Weirdo #12 [3.95 cover price (unknown printing)]

Skinboy Lives in the City (Table of Contents)

Skinboy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

J.R. Williams

Pencils:

J.R. Williams

Inks:

J.R. Williams

Letters:

J.R. Williams

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Skinboy

Synopsis:

Skinboy samples city night life

Weirdo number 12 (Table of Contents)

letters page / 1.38 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Peter Bagge

Pencils:

Peter Bagge

Inks:

Peter Bagge

Letters:

Peter Bagge

Indexer Notes

Brief editorial plus letters from Reverend Ivan Stang; Richard Strassberg; Mary Fleener; John E. (Wichita, KS); Brad Johnson (San Francisco); Bill Sherman (Bloomington, ILL); David Carrino; Ken Weiner; Robert Williams; Tim Di Chiara (W. Redding, CT). Besides a Bagge masthead illustration there are small illustrations from Richard Strassberg, Tom Crow, Brad Johnson and David Carrino.

Rory Hayes: An Appreciation (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 0.27 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Griffith

Pencils:

Bill Griffith; Rory Hayes

Inks:

Bill Griffith; Rory Hayes

Letters:

Peter Bagge

Indexer Notes

Includes one small spot illustration apiece from the listed artists.

Observations from One Interior (Table of Contents)

text article / 0.35 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

B.N. Duncan [as Bruce N. Duncan]

Pencils:

B.N. Duncan [as Bruce N. Duncan]

Inks:

B.N. Duncan [as Bruce N. Duncan]

Letters:

B.N. Duncan [as Bruce N. Duncan]; Peter Bagge

Content Information

Characters:

George Orwell; Aldous Huxley; Al Capp

Indexer Notes

Includes three small spot illustrations.

Wax Paper (Table of Contents)

comic story / 0.44 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Brad Johnson

Pencils:

Brad Johnson

Inks:

Brad Johnson

Letters:

Brad Johnson

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

A food storage problem solved

Reject Stories (Sent in by Some of Our Readers!!) (Table of Contents)

letters page / 0.44 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Peter Bagge

Letters:

Peter Bagge

Indexer Notes

Readers reminisce about rejects they knew in school (in response to Bagge's "The Reject" story from issue ten). Letters from Robert Armstrong; Sue D. Nym (Chicago); Ashliegh Johnsyn (Seattle); Ace Backwords; Carol Jackson (West Corina, CA).

["Hi, I'm Tootles! Today I'm going to work!"] (Table of Contents)

Tootles / comic story / 0.12 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ken Struck

Pencils:

Ken Struck

Inks:

Ken Struck

Letters:

Ken Struck

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Tootles; Doodles

Synopsis:

Tootles goes to work

["Hey pop! Watcha doing?"] (Table of Contents)

Farmer Brown / comic story / 0.12 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ken Weiner

Pencils:

Ken Weiner

Inks:

Ken Weiner

Letters:

Ken Weiner

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Farmer Brown; Sis; Farmer Brown's Son

Synopsis:

Farmer Brown tries to move the outhouse

["I know great art when I see it, and these self-made publications are the greatest things being made in America today!"] (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.47 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Peter Bagge

Letters:

Peter Bagge

Indexer Notes

Promo for several small-press zines as well as back issues of Weirdo and "Mr. Natural" R. Crumb sculptures. Also includes three "Crazy Lady" cocktail napkin spot illustrations by Percy Parker

5 Fingered Romance! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 0.41 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ashleigh Talbot [as Triangle / Slash] (signed)

Pencils:

Ashleigh Talbot [as Triangle / Slash] (signed)

Inks:

Ashleigh Talbot [as Triangle / Slash] (signed)

Letters:

Ashleigh Talbot [as Triangle / Slash] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

The tragic romance between a man and his left hand

Indexer Notes

During this time period the artist used a "triangle/slash" symbol as a pseudonym.

Strange Bedfellows (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Josh Alan Friedman

Pencils:

Drew Friedman

Inks:

Drew Friedman

Letters:

Drew Friedman

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Doris Day (unnamed); Rock Hudson (unnamed); Jim Nabors (unnamed)

Synopsis:

A Hollywood rumour

Reprints:

• in Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead Is Purely Coincidental (Fantagraphics, 1986 series) #[nn] (July 1986)
• in Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead Is Purely Coincidental (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #[nn] [3rd printing & up] (September 1986)
• in Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead Is Purely Coincidental: An Anthology of Comic Art 1979-1985 (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #[nn] (February 2012)

Sour Grapes (Table of Contents)

The Wacky World of Ken Weiner and Peter Bagge / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Peter Bagge

Pencils:

Peter Bagge

Inks:

Peter Bagge

Letters:

Peter Bagge

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Peter Bagge; Ken Weiner; Randy

Synopsis:

Some disagreements between friends

Reprints:

• in Junior (Fantagraphics, 2000 series) #4

The Party's Over! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ken Weiner

Pencils:

Ken Weiner

Inks:

Ken Weiner

Letters:

Ken Weiner

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

The guys snipe at the party guests after they leave

A Page of Crap (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dennis Worden

Pencils:

Dennis Worden

Inks:

Dennis Worden

Letters:

Dennis Worden

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Assorted jokes and illustrations

Reprints:

• in Pedestrian Vulgarity (Fantagraphics, 1990 series) #1 (July 1990)

Indexer Notes

Text and illustration combined in equal measure.

More Crap (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (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)

Indexer Notes

Thirteen small humorous illustrations.

Rest in Peaces (Table of Contents)

L'il Louie & Bulldozer / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

J.D. King

Pencils:

J.D. King

Inks:

J.D. King

Letters:

J.D. King

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

L'il Louie; Bulldozer

Synopsis:

The boys go on the hunt for chicks in 1970

No. 1 Treasure of X-Isle (Table of Contents)

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Xno

Pencils:

Xno

Inks:

Xno

Letters:

Xno

Content Information

Synopsis:

Escheresque maze

Indexer Notes

Centrespread

["Oh look! He's got a copy of the social register... I should get myself one of those!"] (Table of Contents)

Mode O'Day and Her Pals / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Pencils:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

humor; satire-parody

Characters:

Mode O'Day; Mara; Doggo; Dorfman E. Dolphin [as Porpy]; Paul; Manuel Beastly; Cassandra

Synopsis:

Mode's shallow attitudes are exposed.

Reprints:

• in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #15 - Mode O'Day and Her Pals (August 2001)

The Rory Story (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Rory Hayes; Bill Griffith

Pencils:

Bill Griffith

Inks:

Bill Griffith

Letters:

Bill Griffith

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Rory Hayes; Pooh Raas

Synopsis:

Hayes' quotes adapted to a metaphor for his life

Reprints:

• from San Francisco Comic Book (The Print Mint; Last Gasp, 1980 series) #5 ([January] 1980)

The Keeper of the Mind (Table of Contents)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Rory Hayes [as R. Hayes] (signed)

Pencils:

Rory Hayes [as R. Hayes] (signed)

Inks:

Rory Hayes [as R. Hayes] (signed)

Letters:

Rory Hayes [as R. Hayes] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popoff Hayes; Joe Aiello; Jerry

Synopsis:

Popoff samples a mixture of drugs

Reprints:

• in Where Demented Wented: The Art and Comics of Rory Hayes (Fantagraphics, 2008 series) #[nn] (2008)

Indexer Notes

From 1971

Pod (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob X

Pencils:

Bob X

Inks:

Bob X

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Pod is juiced

Is This You? (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jim Woodring [as J.W.] (signed)

Pencils:

Jim Woodring [as J.W.] (signed)

Inks:

Jim Woodring [as J.W.] (signed)

Colors:

Jim Woodring [as J.W.] (signed)

Letters:

Jim Woodring [as J.W.] (signed)

Content Information

Synopsis:

Back cover ad for Weirdo