Weirdo #23

(Summer 1988)

What If Underground Comix Went Overground? (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ace Backwords

Pencils:

Ace Backwords

Inks:

Ace Backwords

Letters:

Ace Backwords

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Crumbwood; Bunchie; Mr. Dickhead; Spaced-Out Spliff [Coolvin]; Mutant Fascist Pig

Synopsis:

Underground style pastiche of Blondie, Garfield and Calvin & Hobbes titled "Crumbwood & Bunchie," "Mausfield" and "Coolvin & Buds."

Indexer Notes

3 single tier strips

Weirdo no. 23 (Table of Contents)

letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Aline Kominsky Crumb; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Pencils:

Robert Crumb

Inks:

Robert Crumb

Letters:

Aline Kominsky Crumb; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Indexer Notes

Includes a Kominsky-Crumb editorial along with letters from: B. Haden; Peter Ridsdale (Bristol, UK); Tony Bennett (London); Tattoo Dave (Chicago); Father Elisa. Robert Crumb designed the masthead.

Lisa Lee - Weirdo's Hot New 'Zine Reviewer! (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Lisa Lee

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

Lisa introduces herself and gives capsule reviews of the following: "The Blotter" (Roy Tompkins); "Unsupervised Existence" (Terry Laban); "This is Nancy's Magazine;" "Guilt Comics" (Maurice Vellekoop); "Cardboard Love" (E.E. Moore); "Chicken Slacks;" "Dada Gumbo" (Dale Luciano); "Pop Romance." Includes small spot illustrations from each publication.

Our Lovely Home (Table of Contents)

Aline 'n' Bob / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]; Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Pencils:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]; Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Inks:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]; Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Letters:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]; Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Robert Crumb; Mr. Perfect; Aline Kominsky Crumb; Yves; John; Isaiah; Sophie Crumb; Bucky

Synopsis:

The family settle into their new house.

Reprints:

• in My Troubles with Women (Last Gasp, 1992 series) #[nn] (1992)
• in The Complete Dirty Laundry Comics (Last Gasp, 1993 series) #[nn] (June 1993)
• in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #17 - Cave Wimp (July 2005)
• in Need More Love A Graphic Memoir (MQ Publications, 2007 series) #[nn] (2007)
• in Drawn Together (W. W. Norton, 2012 series) #[nn] (2012)

Keywords:

autobiography

Bat Girl (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ted Jouflas

Pencils:

Ted Jouflas

Inks:

Ted Jouflas

Letters:

Ted Jouflas

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Winkie

Synopsis:

Winkie's tragic life

My First Summer Job (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tom Chalkley

Pencils:

Tom Chalkley

Inks:

Tom Chelkley

Letters:

Tom Chalkley

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Drifter; Bob Lopez; Yarborough; Frances

Synopsis:

Bob Lopez's summer working in a restaurant kitchen

Indexer Notes

Subtitled 'A Memoir Of Bob Lopez preserved in comic form'

Oliver Limpdingle's Search For Love (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Sacco

Pencils:

Joe Sacco

Inks:

Joe Sacco

Letters:

Joe Sacco

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Oliver Limpdingle; Bruiser Beefbruno

Synopsis:

Oliver's total inability to relate with women

Reprints:

• in Notes from a Defeatist (Fantagraphics, 2003 series) #[nn] (January 2003)

["On the small hours of the morning a single light shines from a tiny office in the Kremlin"] (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

Characters:

Big Bitch; Minister Oblimov; S. Fulmanova; Asquith; Ivan

Synopsis:

The Soviets fear an invasion of fashionable footwear

Reprints:

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

Moving Graphics featuring the Adventures of Gregory Gremlin (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Lindsay Arnold [as Ellé]

Pencils:

Lindsay Arnold [as Ellé]

Inks:

Lindsay Arnold [as Ellé]

Letters:

Lindsay Arnold [as Ellé]

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Lindsay Arnold

Synopsis:

Lindsay recalls his days as an artist in Australian local TV in the 1960s

Keywords:

autobiography

Pong Wook-EE (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Kim Deitch

Pencils:

Kim Deitch

Inks:

Kim Deitch

Letters:

Kim Deitch

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Kewpie; Doc Ledicker; Al Ledicker

Synopsis:

Kewpie sees a performance from the young Doc Ledicker

Reprints:

• in Shadowland (Fantagraphics, 2006 series) #[nn] (September 2006)

Indexer Notes

This ties in to a vast continuity of carnival stories created by Deitch

I-I-I (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

B.N. Duncan

Pencils:

B.N. Duncan

Inks:

B.N. Duncan

Letters:

B.N. Duncan

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Duncovsky; Duncovsky's Mother; Psychiatrist; Sister; Ace Backwords; Vivacious Artistic Woman

Synopsis:

Dumkovsky tries to work through his problems

School Trouble (Table of Contents)

Little Lilly / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Sophie Crumb

Pencils:

Sophie Crumb

Inks:

Sophie Crumb

Colors:

Sophie Crumb

Letters:

Sophie Crumb

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Little Lilly

Synopsis:

Little Lilly lies about her misbehaviour at school

Indexer Notes

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