Weirdo #21 [1st printing]

(Fall 1987)

The Black Cat Bone (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mary Fleener [as M. Fleener] (signed); Zora Neale Hurston

Pencils:

Mary Fleener [as M. Fleener] (signed)

Inks:

Mary Fleener [as M. Fleener] (signed)

Letters:

Mary Fleener [as M. Fleener] (signed)

Content Information

Synopsis:

How to sacrifice a black cat

Reprints:

• in HooDoo (3-D Zone, 1988 series) #[nn] (November 1988)

Indexer Notes

Adapted from a recording of a magic ritual

Auntie Mary (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Carol Tyler [as Carol Ann Tyler]

Pencils:

Carol Tyler [as Carol Ann Tyler]

Inks:

Carol Tyler [as Carol Ann Tyler]

Letters:

Carol Tyler [as Carol Ann Tyler]

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Carol Tyler; Auntie Mary

Synopsis:

Childhood modesty shredded

Reprints:

• in Late Bloomer (Fantagraphics, 2005 series) #[nn] (August 2005)

Keywords:

autobiography

Harvey Sez (Table of Contents)

text article / 0.44 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Harvey Pekar

Synopsis:

Harvey praises the work of Leonard Rifas and Joyce Brabner's "Real War Stories."

Indexer Notes

Includes a Kominsky-Crumb spot illustration.

Weirdo no. 21 (Table of Contents)

letters page / 1.44 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Pencils:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Inks:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Letters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Content Information

Characters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Indexer Notes

Includes an editorial and small self-portrait. Letters from: Jane (NYC); Pat Bryant; B.N. Duncan; Steve Lafler; Edgar "Bolt" Upright; Ed Jackson (Maywood, ILL)

Can Your Scalp Pass the Finger-Nail Test? (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.12 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

Robert Crumb

Indexer Notes

Ad for back issues of Weirdo.

Pissing it All Away (Table of Contents)

Mickey Rat / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Armstrong

Pencils:

Robert Armstrong

Inks:

Robert Armstrong

Letters:

Robert Armstrong

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Mickey Rat; Hector Ybardez; Driver

Synopsis:

Mickey Rat wins the lottery

Beach Blanket (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

William Clark

Pencils:

William Clark

Inks:

William Clark

Letters:

William Clark

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Angie; Moondoggy; Col; Gate; George; Hodad

Synopsis:

Surf teenager Angie wants to experience the wider world

I Know Meats! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

C. Croce

Pencils:

Michael Dougan [as M. Dougan]

Inks:

Michael Dougan [as M. Dougan]

Letters:

Michael Dougan [as M. Dougan]

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

A meat fetish

Sex Crazed Housewife or My Troubles With Men (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Pencils:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Inks:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Letters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Ricky; Robert Crumb; Leann; Kurt; Sharon

Synopsis:

Aline's late-flourishing attraction to men

Reprints:

• in Love That Bunch (Fantagraphics, 1990 series) #[nn] (July 1990)

Keywords:

autobiography

Blankie (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Carol Tyler [as Carol Ann Tyler]

Pencils:

Carol Tyler [as Carol Ann Tyler]

Inks:

Carol Tyler [as Carol Ann Tyler]

Letters:

Carol Tyler [as Carol Ann Tyler]

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Mr. Simms

Synopsis:

Mr. Simms shakes off his catatonia

Reprints:

• in Late Bloomer (Fantagraphics, 2005 series) #[nn] (August 2005)

R. Crumb's Cavalcade of Sketches (Table of Contents)

illustration / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Pencils:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Inks:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Letters:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Content Information

Characters:

Robert Crumb; Sophie Crumb; Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Synopsis:

Annotated sketches and short strips from Crumb

Indexer Notes

Ten illustrations and three comics from early '85 to mid '86. The illustrations are titled "Self, Feb. '86;" "R. Crumb's Need More Comics;" "Aline, Oct. 20th '85;" "The Little Guy That Lives Inside My Brain;" "Executing the Family Cat;" "Yeah Yeah Yeah;" "I can't take another minute of this... I'm gonna lose my mind or kill myself!!;" "Service Jobs;" "Pick up your feet!;" "I hate you..." (featuring Sophie Crumb).

The comics are titled "Art" "Foolish Notions," and "My Troubles With Women part 62." The first and last ones are single-pagers while the second one is two pages.

Pizza Lottery (Table of Contents)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Brian Turner

Pencils:

Justin Green [as JG] (signed)

Inks:

Justin Green [as JG] (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Wendt

Synopsis:

The consequences of winning the pizza lottery

Indexer Notes

Includes two illustrations

Suburban Teens on Acid 1969 (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dennis Worden [as D. Worden] (signed)

Pencils:

Dennis Worden [as D. Worden] (signed)

Inks:

Dennis Worden [as D. Worden] (signed)

Letters:

Dennis Worden [as D. Worden] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Dennis Worden; Alan; Bob

Synopsis:

A bad acid experience

Keywords:

autobiography

Come to Me (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Luna Ticks

Pencils:

Luna Ticks

Inks:

Luna Ticks

Letters:

Luna Ticks

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Singe; Singe's Sister

Synopsis:

A visit to a flagellant cult.

["Big Bitch rolls thru the country side with her faithful manservant "Asquith"] (Table of Contents)

Big Bitch / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Spain Rodriguez [as Algernon Backwash]

Pencils:

Spain Rodriguez [as Spain]

Inks:

Spain Rodriguez [as Spain]

Letters:

Spain Rodriguez [as Spain]

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; science fiction

Characters:

Big Bitch; Asquith; Duane; Duane's Mom; Henry Penpal

Synopsis:

Big Bitch comes across a strange religious town

Reprints:

• in She Comics: An Anthology of Big Bitch (Last Gasp, 1993 series) #[nn] (August 1993)

What Is, Isn't Enough (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

B.N. Duncan

Pencils:

B.N. Duncan

Inks:

B.N. Duncan

Letters:

B.N. Duncan

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Hopes for the progression of humanity

The Back Bay & Beacon Hill Chapter of The Boston Great Books Association Discusses Weirdo over Cocktails (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

William Clark

Pencils:

William Clark

Inks:

William Clark

Colors:

William Clark

Letters:

William Clark

Content Information

Synopsis:

A Discussion of Weirdo at a Boston party.

Indexer Notes

Back cover.