Weirdo #12 [Second Printing]

(1993)

Skinboy Lives in the City (Table of Contents: 1)

Skinboy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

J. R. Williams (signed as JWilliams)

Pencils

J. R. Williams (signed as JWilliams)

Inks

J. R. Williams (signed as JWilliams)

Letters

J. R. Williams (signed as JWilliams)

Genre

humor

Characters

Skinboy

Synopsis

Skinboy samples city night life

Weirdo number 12 (Table of Contents: 2)

letters page / 1.38 pages (report information)

Script

Peter Bagge (credited as Ed.) (intro + replies)

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: 3)

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

Script

Bill Griffith (credited)

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: 4)

text article / 0.35 page (report information)

Script

B. N. Duncan (credited as Bruce N. Duncan)

Pencils

B. N. Duncan (credited)

Inks

B. N. Duncan (credited)

Letters

B. N. Duncan; Peter Bagge

Characters

George Orwell; Aldous Huxley; Al Capp

Indexer Notes

Includes three small spot illustrations.

Wax Paper (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 0.44 page (report information)

Script

Brad Johnson (signed)

Pencils

Brad Johnson (signed)

Inks

Brad Johnson (signed)

Letters

Brad Johnson (signed)

Genre

humor

Characters

Wax

Synopsis

A food storage problem solved

Reject Stories (Sent in by Some of Our Readers!!) (Table of Contents: 6)

letters page / 0.44 page (report information)

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).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Tootles / comic story / 0.12 page (report information)

Script

Ken Struck (signed as Struck)

Pencils

Ken Struck (signed as Struck)

Inks

Ken Struck (signed as Struck)

Letters

Ken Struck (signed as Struck)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hi, I'm Tootles! Today I'm going to work!

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Tootles; Doodles

Synopsis

Tootles goes to work

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Farmer Brown / comic story / 0.12 page (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)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hey pop! Watcha doing?

Genre

humor

Characters

Farmer Brown; Sis; Farmer Brown's Son

Synopsis

Farmer Brown tries to move the outhouse

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

Peter Bagge

Letters

Peter Bagge

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I know great art when I see it, and these self-made publications are the greatest things being made in America today!

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: 10)

comic story / 0.41 page (report information)

Script

Ashleigh Talbot (signed as Triangle / Slash)

Pencils

Ashleigh Talbot (signed as Triangle / Slash)

Inks

Ashleigh Talbot (signed as Triangle / Slash)

Letters

Ashleigh Talbot (signed as Triangle / Slash)

Genre

humor

Synopsis

The tragic romance between a man and his left hand

Indexer Notes

During this time period the artist used a small triangle with a slash through it as a pseudonym.

Strange Bedfellows (Table of Contents: 11)

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)

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) (July 1986)
• in Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead Is Purely Coincidental (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #[nn] [3rd & 4th printings] (September 1986)
• in Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead Is Purely Coincidental: An Anthology of Comic Art 1979-1985 (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) (February 2012)

Sour Grapes (Table of Contents: 12)

Ken Weiner; Peter Bagge / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Peter Bagge (signed as P. Bagge)

Pencils

Peter Bagge (signed as P. Bagge)

Inks

Peter Bagge (signed as P. Bagge)

Letters

Peter Bagge (signed as P. Bagge)

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: 13)

comic story / 1 page (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

Characters

Hubby; Lance; Jean; Jeff

Synopsis

The guys snipe at the party guests after they leave

A Page of Crap (Table of Contents: 14)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Dennis Worden (credited as Dennis "Never throw nothin' away" Worden)

Pencils

Dennis Worden (credited as Dennis "Never throw nothin' away" Worden)

Inks

Dennis Worden (credited as Dennis "Never throw nothin' away" Worden)

Letters

Dennis Worden (credited as Dennis "Never throw nothin' away" Worden)

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: 15)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Dennis Worden (signed as D. Worden)

Pencils

Dennis Worden (signed as D. Worden)

Inks

Dennis Worden (signed as D. Worden)

Letters

Dennis Worden (signed as D. Worden)

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

Thirteen small humorous illustrations.

Rest in Peaces (Table of Contents: 16)

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

Script

J. D. King (signed)

Pencils

J. D. King (signed)

Inks

J. D. King (signed)

Letters

J. D. King (signed)

Genre

humor

Characters

L'il Louie; Bulldozer

Synopsis

The boys go on the hunt for chicks in 1970 by dressing as hippies.

No. 1 Treasure of X-Isle (Table of Contents: 17)

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Xno (signed)

Pencils

Xno (signed)

Inks

Xno (signed)

Letters

Xno (signed)

Synopsis

Escheresque maze

Indexer Notes

Centrespread

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

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

Script

Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)

Pencils

Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)

Inks

Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)

Letters

Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oh look! He's got a copy of the social register... I should get myself one of those!

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

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

Synopsis

Mode's shallow attitudes are exposed.

Reprints

• in El Víbora (Ediciones La Cúpula, 1979 series) #84
• in Obras Completas Crumb (Ediciones La Cúpula, 1985 ? series) #4 - Mode O'Day (1991)
• in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #15 - Mode O'Day and Her Pals (August 2001)
• in R. Crumb The Weirdo Years: 1981-'93 (Last Gasp, 2013 series) (2013)

The Rory Story (Table of Contents: 19)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Rory Hayes (credited); Bill Griffith (signed as "Nuts-Boy" Griffy)

Pencils

Bill Griffith (signed as "Nuts-Boy" Griffy)

Inks

Bill Griffith (signed as "Nuts-Boy" Griffy)

Letters

Bill Griffith (signed as "Nuts-Boy" Griffy)

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: 20)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Rory Hayes (signed as R. Hayes)

Pencils

Rory Hayes (signed as R. Hayes)

Inks

Rory Hayes (signed as R. Hayes)

Letters

Rory Hayes (signed as R. Hayes)

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) (2008)

Indexer Notes

From 1971

Pod (Table of Contents: 21)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bob X (signed as Bob "X")

Pencils

Bob X (signed as Bob "X")

Inks

Bob X (signed as Bob "X")

Genre

humor

Synopsis

Pod is juiced

Is This You? (Table of Contents: 22)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jim Woodring (signed as J. W.)

Pencils

Jim Woodring (signed as J. W.)

Inks

Jim Woodring (signed as J. W.)

Colors

Jim Woodring (signed as J. W.)

Letters

Jim Woodring (signed as J. W.)

Synopsis

Back cover ad for Weirdo