Weirdo #25

(Summer 1989)

Let's Party (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Rick Altergott

Pencils

Rick Altergott

Inks

Rick Altergott

Letters

Rick Altergott

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Fred; Hank; Playguy Advisor

Synopsis

Fred and Hank have no chance with the women with the Playguy Advisor at the party.

Weirdo no. 25 Summer 1989 (Table of Contents: 2)

letters page / 1.19 pages (report information)

Script

Peter Bagge (credited)

Pencils

Peter Bagge (credited)

Inks

Peter Bagge (credited)

Letters

Peter Bagge (credited)

Indexer Notes

A guest editorial plus letters from Richard Roseberg, Ace Backwords, Paul N., Ess Jay, Fishspit, M. Parlette.

The Butthole Machine (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 0.23 page (report information)

Script

Jaun Gomez (signed)

Pencils

Jaun Gomez (signed)

Inks

Jaun Gomez (signed)

Letters

Jaun Gomez (signed)

Genre

humor

Synopsis

The butthole machine breaks down

Indexer Notes

Located on the first letters page.

Soviets On TV (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 0.21 page (report information)

Script

Lloyd Dangle (signed)

Pencils

Lloyd Dangle (signed)

Inks

Lloyd Dangle (signed)

Letters

Lloyd Dangle (signed)

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Synopsis

The Soviets are ridiculed by a U.S. TV host.

Keywords

Soviet Union; television

Indexer Notes

Located on the second letters page.

Just the Liquor Talking (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 0.26 page (report information)

Script

Michael Corcoran (credited as M. "Corky" Corcoran)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

Peter Bagge

Keywords

alcoholism

Indexer Notes

Located on the second letters page. Includes a small masthead illustration.

Diggety Dog (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 0.11 page (report information)

Script

Paul Nicoloff (credited as Nicoloff)

Pencils

Paul Nicoloff (credited as Nicoloff)

Inks

Paul Nicoloff (credited as Nicoloff)

Letters

Paul Nicoloff (credited as Nicoloff)

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Indexer Notes

Located on the second letters page.

Lisa Darling (Table of Contents: 7)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Carol Tyler (credited as Lisa Lee)

Pencils

Carol Tyler (credited as Lisa Lee)

Inks

Carol Tyler (credited as Lisa Lee)

Letters

Carol Tyler (credited as Lisa Lee)

Genre

humor

Characters

Lisa Lee

Synopsis

A Lisa Lee dream date contest.

Women (Table of Contents: 8)

Bob the Snowman / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Glenn Head (signed)

Pencils

Glenn Head (signed)

Inks

Glenn Head (signed)

Letters

Glenn Head (signed)

Genre

humor

Characters

Bob the Snowman; Sondra Snowbabe; Bill

Synopsis

Bob recounts his dysfunctional relationship with Sondra.

Reprints

• in Avenue D (Fantagraphics, 1991 series) #1 (1991)

Indexer Notes

A note credits Bob's creation to Carl Vierow.

"Thanx to Charles Bukowski"

The Night Jayne Mansfield's Head Hosted the Johnny Carson Show (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Mark Landman (signed as Landman)

Pencils

Mark Landman (signed as Landman)

Inks

Mark Landman (signed as Landman)

Letters

Mark Landman (signed) (typeset)

Genre

humor

Characters

Jayne Mansfield; Ed McMahon; Vic Morrow

Synopsis

Jayne has a drinking contest with Ed McMahon.

The Ever-Lovin' Adventures Of Stretchpants and Beverage Bottles (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

David Carrino (credited as D. Carrino)

Pencils

Peter Bagge (signed as P. Bagge)

Inks

Peter Bagge (signed as P. Bagge)

Letters

Peter Bagge (signed as P. Bagge)

Genre

humor

Characters

Stretchpants; Italian Subway Worker; Beverage Bottles

Synopsis

Stretchpants discovers his calling in life

Reprints

• in Martini Baton! (Fantagraphics, 1994 series) (May 1994)

Christmas 1,000,000 B.C. (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

J. D. King (credited); Alice Sebold (credited) (co-wrote pages 1 &2)

Pencils

J. D. King (credited)

Inks

J. D. King (credited)

Letters

J. D. King (credited)

Genre

humor

Synopsis

A caveman can't decide what to give his girlfriend for Christmas

Reprints

• in Drawn & Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly, 1990 series) #1 (Spring 1990)

Mental Block Party (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Wayne Honath (signed as Honath)

Pencils

Wayne Honath (signed as Honath)

Inks

Wayne Honath (signed as Honath)

Letters

Wayne Honath (signed as Honath)

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Synopsis

Middle-age hypocrisy at work.

Human Garbage (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Ken Avidor (credited as Ken Weiner)

Pencils

Ken Avidor (credited as Ken Weiner)

Inks

Ken Avidor (credited as Ken Weiner)

Letters

Ken Avidor (credited as Ken Weiner)

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Dave; Bob; Death

Synopsis

Two dumb guys hang out.

Lost Lǖther (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Alexander Ross (credited)

Pencils

Alexander Ross (credited)

Inks

Alexander Ross (credited)

Letters

Alexander Ross (credited)

Genre

humor

Characters

Lǖther; Max

Synopsis

Lǖther manifests in a strange surreal place.

So Help Me! (Table of Contents: 15)

cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Mark Newgarden (signed as Newgarden Co.)

Pencils

Mark Newgarden (signed as Newgarden Co.)

Inks

Mark Newgarden (signed as Newgarden Co.)

Letters

Mark Newgarden (signed as Newgarden Co.)

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Synopsis

Approximately eighteen assorted cartoons featuring mock-satirical commentary on dull cartooning.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Steven / illustration / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Doug Allen (signed)

Pencils

Doug Allen (signed)

Inks

Doug Allen (signed)

Letters

Doug Allen (signed)

Genre

humor

Characters

Steven

Reprints

• from ?

Indexer Notes

The frontispiece for the following selection of two tier strips.

Steven and Brock: Comedians (Table of Contents: 17)

Steven / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Doug Allen (signed)

Pencils

Doug Allen (signed)

Inks

Doug Allen (signed)

Letters

Doug Allen (signed)

Genre

humor

Characters

Steven; Brock

Synopsis

Steven hates his stand-up comedy gig.

Reprints

• from Steven newspaper strip ? (1985)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Steven / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Doug Allen (signed)

Pencils

Doug Allen (signed)

Inks

Doug Allen (signed)

Letters

Doug Allen (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This is my assistant Brock, he will begin for us today, ready, go!

Genre

humor

Characters

Brock; Steven; Fifi Doodle

Synopsis

Fifi shoots Steven with a shotgun.

Reprints

• from Steven newspaper strip ?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Steven / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Doug Allen (credited)

Pencils

Doug Allen (credited)

Inks

Doug Allen (credited)

Letters

Doug Allen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I was wrong about you "Fifi Doodle."

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Fifi Doodle; Steven; E.T.; Woodrow; Shuman; Snap-E-Tom; Mr. Owl P.H.D.

Reprints

• from Steven newspaper strip ?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

Steven / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Doug Allen (signed)

Pencils

Doug Allen (signed)

Inks

Doug Allen (signed)

Letters

Doug Allen (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What's your New Years resolution Steven?

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Steven; Brock; Fifi Doodle

Synopsis

Fifi literally trashes Steven.

Reprints

• from Steven newspaper strip ?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Steven / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Doug Allen (signed)

Pencils

Doug Allen (signed)

Inks

Doug Allen (signed)

Letters

Doug Allen (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Steven is washed up, last years news, ya know what I mean?

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Fifi Doodle; Brock; Steven

Reprints

• from Steven newspaper strip ?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

Steven / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Doug Allen (signed)

Pencils

Doug Allen (signed)

Inks

Doug Allen (signed)

Letters

Doug Allen (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I said, I'm "Fifi Doodle" and I say you're not funny!

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Steven; Fifi Doodle; E.T.; Woodrow; Shuman; Snap-E-Tom; Mr. Owl P.H.D.; Brock

Reprints

• from Steven newspaper strip ?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

Steven / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Doug Allen (signed)

Pencils

Doug Allen (signed)

Inks

Doug Allen (signed)

Letters

Doug Allen (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Steven! It's time to do the show!

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Steven; Brock; Woodrow; E.T.; Shuman; Fifi Doodle

Reprints

• from Steven newspaper strip ?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

Steven / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Doug Allen (signed)

Pencils

Doug Allen (signed)

Inks

Doug Allen (signed)

Letters

Doug Allen (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hi we're back, talking with Fifi Doodle.

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Fifi Doodle; Brock; Steven

Reprints

• from Steven newspaper strip ?

Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous (Table of Contents: 25)

Steven / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Doug Allen (signed)

Pencils

Doug Allen (signed)

Inks

Doug Allen (signed)

Letters

Doug Allen (signed)

Genre

humor

Characters

Steven; Brock

Synopsis

Steven walks off his TV show.

Reprints

• from Steven newspaper strip ?

Parade of Idiots (Table of Contents: 26)

Steven / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Doug Allen (signed)

Pencils

Doug Allen (signed)

Inks

Doug Allen (signed)

Letters

Doug Allen (signed)

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Brock; Steven; Fifi Doodle

Reprints

• from Steven newspaper strip ?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

Steven / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Doug Allen

Pencils

Doug Allen

Inks

Doug Allen

Letters

Doug Allen

Genre

humor

Characters

Steven; Brock

Reprints

• from Steven newspaper strip ?

Dames Make the Man (Table of Contents: 28)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Josh Friedman (credited as Josh Alan Friedman)

Pencils

Drew Friedman (credited)

Inks

Drew Friedman (credited)

Letters

Drew Friedman (credited); typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Artemus; Jayne Mansfield (unnamed); Marcus Bojohnson Jr.; Gus; Fifi; Joe; Wayne Newton (unnamed)

Synopsis

How a man's profile is raised by his choice of date

Reprints

• in Warts and All (Penguin, 1990 series) (1990)
• in Warts and All (Fantagraphics, 1994 series) (March 1994)

I'm Grateful! I'm Grateful! (Table of Contents: 29)

Robert Crumb / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Crumb (signed)

Pencils

Robert Crumb (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb (signed)

Genre

non-fiction; biography; humor; satire-parody

Characters

Robert Crumb; Crumb's Friend [Terry Zwigoff] (unnamed); Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Sophie Crumb

Synopsis

Crumb muses on the better elements of his life.

Reprints

• in Obras Completas Crumb (Ediciones La Cúpula, 1985 ? series) #3 - La historia de mi vida (1990)
• in R. Crumb Comics (Black Sparrow Press, 1990 series) (1990)
• in My Troubles with Women (Last Gasp, 1992 series) (1992)
• in R. Crumb Comics (Gingko Press, 1992 series) (1992)
• in Crumb (Oog & Blik, 1992 series) (april 1992)
• in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #17 - Cave Wimp (July 2005)
• in Mes Problèmes avec les femmes (Cornélius, 2007 series) (août 2007)
• in R. Crumb The Weirdo Years: 1981-'93 (Last Gasp, 2013 series) (2013)
• in Mein Ärger mit den Frauen (Reprodukt, 2013 series) (Juni 2013)

Keywords

autobiography

Beto and Carol in It's Not the Motion, It's the Meat (Table of Contents: 30)

Beto and Carol / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Gilbert Hernandez (credited); Carol Hernandez (credited)

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez (credited); Carol Hernandez (credited)

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez (credited); Carol Hernandez (credited)

Letters

Gilbert Hernandez (credited); Carol Hernandez (credited)

Genre

humor; biography; satire-parody

Characters

Gilbert Hernandez; Carol Hernandez

Synopsis

Gilbert and Carol's day.

Reprints

• in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #15 - Hernandez Satyricon (August 1997)
• in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #12 - Comics Dementia (2016)

Keywords

autobiography

Indexer Notes

Strip parodies the stories jointly created by Robert Crumb and Aline Kominsky-Crumb. The artists draw each other rather than themselves.

Anatomy of a New Mom (Table of Contents: 31)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Carol Tyler (signed)

Pencils

Carol Tyler (signed)

Inks

Carol Tyler (signed)

Letters

Carol Tyler (signed)

Synopsis

How a baby sucks the life from its mother.

Reprints

• in Twisted Sisters: A Collection of Bad Girl Art (Penguin, 1991 series) #[nn] (1991)
• in Late Bloomer (Fantagraphics, 2005 series) (August 2005)

Life in These United States (Table of Contents: 32)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Peter Bagge (credited)

Pencils

Daniel Clowes (signed as D. Clowes)

Inks

Daniel Clowes (signed as D. Clowes)

Letters

Daniel Clowes (signed as D. Clowes)

Genre

humor

Characters

Emma; Joan; Bill; Hank

Synopsis

The tensions simmering between friends.

Reprints

• in Lout Rampage (Fantagraphics, 1991 series) (October 1991)
• in Peter Bagge's Other Stuff (Fantagraphics, 2013 series) (March 2013)

Tammy Faye Bakker and Her Hoppin' Shoppin' Demons (Table of Contents: 33)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Carel Moiseiwitsch (signed as Moiseiwitsch)

Pencils

Carel Moiseiwitsch (signed as Moiseiwitsch)

Inks

Carel Moiseiwitsch (signed as Moiseiwitsch)

Letters

Carel Moiseiwitsch (signed as Moiseiwitsch)

Genre

humor

Characters

Tammy Faye Bakker

Reprints

• in Twisted Sisters: A Collection of Bad Girl Art (Penguin, 1991 series) #[nn] (1991)

[Crucifixion] (Table of Contents: 34)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Krystine Kryttre (signed)

Pencils

Krystine Kryttre (signed)

Inks

Krystine Kryttre (signed)

Colors

Krystine Kryttre (signed)

Letters

Krystine Kryttre (signed)

Synopsis

A crucifixion in the artist's unique style.

Reprints

• in Death Warmed Over (Cat-Head Comics, 1990 series) ([September?] 1990)
• in Twisted Sisters: A Collection of Bad Girl Art (Penguin, 1991 series) #[nn] (1991)

Indexer Notes

Back cover.