Weirdo #4

(February 1982)

Last Gasp, 1981 Series

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Price: 2.25 USD
Pages: 44
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Last Gasp Eco Funnies
Brand: Last Gasp Eco-Funnies
ISBN: 0-86719-135-X

Editing: Robert Crumb (as R. Crumb)

Issue Notes

Cover design resembles early issues of Mad as a Magazine. Letters page includes comments from Gary Panter

1st printing: February 1982 (2.25 USD); 2nd printing: ? (2.25 USD) 10,000 copies

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

in R. Crumb The Weirdo Years: 1981-'93 (Last Gasp, 2013 series) (2013)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Robert Crumb (signed as R. Heronymus Crumb)
Inks: Robert Crumb (signed as R. Heronymus Crumb)
Colors: ?
Letters: Robert Crumb (signed as R. Heronymus Crumb)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Only the Best People Read

Genre

humor

Reprints

in Endzeit Comics (Zweitausendeins, 1986 series) ([Juni] 1986)
in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #14 - The Early '80s & Weirdo Magazine (April 2000)
in R. Crumb The Weirdo Years: 1981-'93 (Last Gasp, 2013 series) (2013)

Keywords

adult

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Cover gallery

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Dennis Worden
Inks: Dennis Worden
Letters: Dennis Worden

Genre: humor

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Dennis Worden
Pencils: Dennis Worden
Inks: Dennis Worden
Letters: Dennis Worden

Genre: humor
Characters: Bulk; Noboy
Synopsis: Bulk hangs out

Weirdo's Advice to the Lovelorn / letters page / 0.3 page (report information)

Script: Terry Zwigoff (as Prof. T. E. Zwigoff)
Letters: ?

Characters: Terry Zwigoff [as Prof. T.E. Zwigoff] (photo)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Juan Baptiste, Rev. Waldo T. Tupper and "Barry Manilow."

letters page / 0.7 page (report information)

Script: Robert Crumb (as R. Crumb)
Pencils: Robert Crumb (as R. Crumb)
Inks: Robert Crumb (as R. Crumb)
Letters: Robert Crumb (as R. Crumb)

Reprints

in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #14 - The Early '80s & Weirdo Magazine (April 2000) [Letters page logo only]

Indexer Notes

Letters from Dale Lee Coovert (Trotwood, OH), Steve Edgell (London, UK), Joel Weinstein (Portland, OR), Larry Windham, Alfred Bergdoll (NY, NY), David T. Pudelwitts (Provincetown, Mass) (includes a small illustration), Gary Panter and Richard Boyle (Sandiacre, Nottingham, UK).

photo story / 6 pages (report information)

Script: Aline Kominsky-Crumb (story idea); Robert Crumb; Erna Burger
Pencils: Gregg Gannon (as "Stomp" Ganos) (photographs)
Inks: Gregg Gannon (as "Stomp" Ganos) (photographs)
Letters: Robert Crumb

Genre

humor

Characters

Bob (photo of Robert Crumb); La Buncharoni (photo of Aline Kominsky-Crumb); Rosita (photo of Ernita Burger)

Synopsis

Bob is tempted by the housekeeper

Reprints

in Crumb Family Comics (Last Gasp, 1998 series) (1998) [first page only]
in Need More Love A Graphic Memoir (MQ Publications, 2007 series) (2007)
in R. Crumb The Weirdo Years: 1981-'93 (Last Gasp, 2013 series) (2013)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script: Dori Seda
Pencils: Dori Seda
Inks: Dori Seda
Letters: Dori Seda

Genre

humor

Synopsis

The photography class model arrives worse for wear.

Reprints

in Dori Stories (Last Gasp, 1999 series) (1999)

illustration / 4 pages (report information)

Pencils: Robert Armstrong
Inks: Robert Armstrong

Indexer Notes

Several dozen small illustrations

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Drew Friedman
Pencils: Drew Friedman
Inks: Drew Friedman
Letters: Drew Friedman

Genre

humor

Characters

Tor Johnson

Synopsis

Tor at home

Reprints

in High Times Magazine (Trans-High Corporation, 1974 series) #91 (March 1983)
in Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead Is Purely Coincidental (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #[nn] [First Printing] (November 1985)
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)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Drew Friedman
Pencils: Drew Friedman
Inks: Drew Friedman
Letters: Drew Friedman

Genre

humor

Characters

Farmer; Edna; Ed; Ed's Father; Ed's Mother; Louie

Synopsis

Reactions to the death of Chet Huntley

Reprints

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Elinore Norflus
Pencils: Elinore Norflus
Inks: Elinore Norflus
Letters: Elinore Norflus

Genre

humor

Characters

Depressed Dora

Synopsis

Depressed Dora needs to talk with someone

Reprints

in An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories (Yale University Press, 2006 series) #2 ([October 21] 2008)

photo story / 4 pages (report information)

Script: Robert Crumb ?
Pencils: ? (photo)
Inks: ? (photo)
Letters: Robert Crumb (as R. Crumb)

Genre: humor
Characters: The Pest (photo of Robert Armstrong)
Synopsis: A practical joker on a date

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Terry Boyce
Pencils: Terry Boyce
Inks: Terry Boyce
Letters: Terry Boyce

Genre: humor
Characters: Peter the Penis
Synopsis: The pet penis returns in a poor state

text article / 4 pages (report information)

Script: Jay Kinney

Synopsis: Feature about a Church Of The Subgenius Convention

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Kaz Prapuolenis (as Kaz)
Pencils: Kaz Prapuolenis (as Kaz)
Inks: Kaz Prapuolenis (as Kaz)
Letters: Kaz Prapuolenis (as Kaz)

Genre

humor

Synopsis

The disappearance of Mr Teeth isn't the tragedy it might have been

Reprints

in Buzzbomb (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) (December 1987)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Kaz Prapuolenis (as Kaz)
Pencils: Kaz Prapuolenis (as Kaz)
Inks: Kaz Prapuolenis (as Kaz)
Letters: Kaz Prapuolenis (as Kaz)

Genre

humor

Characters

Migmotto; Nauseana

Synopsis

Why did Mig drop his son down the chimney?

Reprints

in El Víbora (Ediciones La Cúpula, 1979 series) #66

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script: Tom Bertino
Pencils: Tom Bertino
Inks: Tom Bertino
Letters: Tom Bertino

Genre: humor
Characters: Brown Rahdin' Hood; Granny Hood; The Wolf
Synopsis: Satire on white folks stereotypical view of black folk

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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)

Genre

biography

Characters

Robert Crumb; Mom; Dad; Gingerbread Princess; Jesus Freak; Hare Krishna

Synopsis

Crumb's recollections of the 1960s.

Reprints

in High Times Magazine (Trans-High Corporation, 1974 series) #94 (June 1983)
in Obras Completas Crumb (Ediciones La Cúpula, 1985 ? series) #1 - Mis problemas con las mujeres (Octubre 1985)
in Tegn (Tegn, 1986 series) #3/1989 (1989)
in Crumb (Oog & Blik, 1992 series) (april 1992)
in The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book (Little, Brown, 1997 series) (1997)
in Crumb Family Comics (Last Gasp, 1998 series) (1998)
in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #14 - The Early '80s & Weirdo Magazine (April 2000)
in The New Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Stories: From Crumb to Clowes (Smithsonian Institution / New College Press, 2004 series) (2004)
in Mes Problèmes avec les femmes (Cornélius, 2007 series) (août 2007)
in Mein Ärger mit den Frauen (Reprodukt, 2013 series) (Juni 2013)
in El Víbora (Ediciones La Cúpula, 1979 series) #64 [como Recordando los 60]

Keywords

autobiography

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: B. N. Duncan
Pencils: B. N. Duncan
Inks: B. N. Duncan
Letters: B. N. Duncan

Genre: humor
Synopsis: Conversation with an ashtray seller

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script: B. N. Duncan (as Bruce Duncan) (signed as B. N. D.)
Pencils: ? (photo)
Inks: ? (photo)
Letters: B. N. Duncan (as Bruce Duncan) (signed as B. N. D.)

Genre: humor; satire-parody
Characters: I. I. I. Nomore
Synopsis: A mock-wanted poster.

Indexer Notes

Mostly text with a small photo. Back cover.

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Related Scans

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Series Information

Table of Contents

0. ["Only the Best People Read"]
1. Those In Power Send Us To Hell
2. Null In The Family
3. Weirdo's Advice to the Lovelorn
Weirdo's Advice to the Lovelorn
4. Weirdo number 4
5. The Unfaithful Husband and La Malisima Tentadora
6. The Nude Photography Class
7. Excerpts from the Sketchbooks of Robert Armstrong
8. Tor Johnson At Home
9. The Day Chet Huntley Died
10. Depressed Dora Comics
11. Beauty and the Pest
12. The Return of the Pet Penis
13. Inside 'Bob' Cult's Dallas Pow Wow
14. The Disappearance of Mr. Teeth
15. Big Broadcast Of 1936
16. Liddle Brown Rahdin' Hood
17. I Remember the Sixties
18. Berserkeley Blues
19. [Wanted for Blowing His Mind in Public]

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Weirdo #4 (February 1982)

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cover / 1 page (report information)

Those In Power Send Us To Hell (Table of Contents: 1)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Null In The Family (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Weirdo's Advice to the Lovelorn (Table of Contents: 3)

Weirdo's Advice to the Lovelorn / letters page / 0.3 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Weirdo number 4 (Table of Contents: 4)

letters page / 0.7 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

The Unfaithful Husband and La Malisima Tentadora (Table of Contents: 5)

photo story / 6 pages (report information)

The Nude Photography Class (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Excerpts from the Sketchbooks of Robert Armstrong (Table of Contents: 7)

illustration / 4 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Tor Johnson At Home (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

The Day Chet Huntley Died (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Depressed Dora Comics (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Beauty and the Pest (Table of Contents: 11)

photo story / 4 pages (report information)

The Return of the Pet Penis (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Inside 'Bob' Cult's Dallas Pow Wow (Table of Contents: 13)

text article / 4 pages (report information)

The Disappearance of Mr. Teeth (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Big Broadcast Of 1936 (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Liddle Brown Rahdin' Hood (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

I Remember the Sixties (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Berserkeley Blues (Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

[Wanted for Blowing His Mind in Public] (Table of Contents: 19)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Weirdo #4

(February 1982)