Weirdo #5

(Spring 1982)

They Need Your Designer Jeans (Table of Contents: 1)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Josh Friedman (signed as Friedman Bros.)

Pencils

Drew Friedman (signed as Friedman Bros.)

Inks

Drew Friedman (signed as Friedman Bros.)

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Synopsis

Fake fundraising ad

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)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Laugh Makers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Drew Friedman (credited)

Pencils

Drew Friedman (credited)

Inks

Drew Friedman (credited)

Letters

Drew Friedman (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Bud Abbott made his final stage appearance in 1974 at the old actors home in Los Angeles.

Genre

humor

Characters

Bud Abbott; Joe DeRita; Oliver Hardy; Fred Quimby; Doodles Weaver; Jimmy Nelson; Danny O'Day; Farfel

Synopsis

False biographical oddities about comedians in their advanced old age.

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 The New Comics Anthology (Macmillan Publishing, 1991 series) (1991)
• in Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead Is Purely Coincidental: An Anthology of Comic Art 1979-1985 (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) (February 2012)

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

Weirdo's Advice to the Lovelorn / letters page / 0.29 page (report information)

Script

Terry Zwigoff (credited as Prof T. E. Zwigoff)

Letters

?

Characters

Prof. T. E. Zwigoff (photo of Terry Zwigoff)

Weirdo Number 5 (Table of Contents: 4)

letters page / 1.41 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Crumb

Pencils

Robert Crumb (masthead drawing)

Inks

Robert Crumb (masthead drawing)

Letters

Robert Crumb

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Dawn Martin (Seattle, WA), Larry Adler (NY, NY), R.F. McAteer, John King (NY, NY), J.H. Szostek (Leeds, UK), Steve Replogle (Grant, CO), Big Red, Kim Deitch, Steven Dover (NY, NY), Ron Evry (Fredericksburg, VA), Ole Askholm (Brandon, Manitoba).

Somebody Help Me! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.3 page (report information)

Unsung Heroes in the History of Humour (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Crumb; ?

Pencils

William Steig; ?

Inks

William Steig; ?

Letters

Robert Crumb; ?

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

Approximately twenty-six assorted old cartoons and gags, most of them anonymous.

Professor Brainard Admonishes His Nephew Maynard (Table of Contents: 7)

Professor Brainard / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Harry Robins (credited as Harry S. Robins)

Pencils

Harry Robins (credited as Harry S. Robins)

Inks

Harry Robins (credited as Harry S. Robins)

Letters

Harry Robins (credited as Harry S. Robins)

Genre

humor

Characters

Professor Brainard; Maynard

Synopsis

Rhyme about the perils of youth

The Space Case (Table of Contents: 8)

Professor Brainard / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Harry Robins (credited as Harry S. Robins)

Pencils

Harry Robins (credited as Harry S. Robins)

Inks

Harry Robins (credited as Harry S. Robins)

Letters

Harry Robins (credited as Harry S. Robins)

Genre

humor

Characters

Professor Brainard

Synopsis

Cautionary rhyme about spreading our bad habits elsewhere.

Indexer Notes

Although a page in length, this is stretched over a double page spread with the strip below.

Professor Brainard Encounters Lemurman (Table of Contents: 9)

Professor Brainard / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Harry Robins (credited as Harry S. Robins)

Pencils

Harry Robins (credited as Harry S. Robins)

Inks

Harry Robins (credited as Harry S. Robins)

Letters

Harry Robins (credited as Harry S. Robins)

Genre

humor

Characters

Professor Brainard; Lemurman

Synopsis

The Professor meets Lemurman.

Indexer Notes

Although a page in length, this is stretched over a double page spread with the strip above.

The Hucksters (Table of Contents: 10)

Professor Brainard / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Harry Robins (credited as Harry S. Robins)

Pencils

Harry Robins (credited as Harry S. Robins)

Inks

Harry Robins (credited as Harry S. Robins)

Letters

Harry Robins (credited as Harry S. Robins)

Genre

humor

Characters

Professor Brainard

Synopsis

The Professor rails against greed.

Indexer Notes

Although a page in length, this is stretched over a double page spread with the strip below.

A Dissertation On Creation (Table of Contents: 11)

Professor Brainard / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Harry Robins (credited as H. S. Robins)

Pencils

Harry Robins (credited as H. S. Robins)

Inks

Harry Robins (credited as H. S. Robins)

Letters

Harry Robins (credited as H. S. Robins)

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Professor Brainard

Synopsis

A rhyming rant against creationists.

Indexer Notes

Although a page in length, this is stretched over a double page spread with the strip above.

Peter Makes the Scene (Table of Contents: 12)

Peter the Penis / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Terry Boyce (signed)

Pencils

Terry Boyce (signed)

Inks

Terry Boyce (signed)

Letters

Terry Boyce (signed)

Genre

humor

Characters

Peter the Penis; Angela

Synopsis

Peter is introduced to other women.

Ricky Dickner's Manic Activity Book (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Tom -n- Craig (credited)

Pencils

Tom -n- Craig (credited)

Inks

Tom -n- Craig (credited)

Letters

Tom -n- Craig (credited)

Genre

humor

Characters

Ricky Dickner; Crazy Man; Little Meredith Gruber

Synopsis

The fate of wildman Ricky Dickner.

Indexer Notes

Strip credited only to "Tom -n- Craig."

She Jumped On Her Pushbike and Pedalled Away! (Table of Contents: 14)

photo story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Crumb (sourced)

Pencils

? (photo)

Inks

? (photo)

Letters

Robert Crumb

Genre

humor

Characters

Aline Kominsky-Crumb (photo)

Synopsis

The pleasures of cycling

Reprints

• in Need More Love A Graphic Memoir (MQ Publications, 2007 series) (2007)

Indexer Notes

Photostrip adapting an old song lyric

The Pen Is (Table of Contents: 15)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Cliff Neal (credited as Oisif Egaux)

Pencils

Cliff Neal (credited as Oisif Egaux)

Inks

Cliff Neal (credited as Oisif Egaux)

Letters

Cliff Neal (credited as Oisif Egaux); typeset

Indexer Notes

Ad for Dr. Wirtham's Comix & Stories.

The Old Songs are the Best Songs (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Crumb

Pencils

Robert Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb

Letters

Robert Crumb

Genre

humor

Synopsis

Humourous adaptations of old song lyrics. The songs adapted are: On the Street Where You Live, My Guy, Purple Haze and When You Go a Courtin'.

Reprints

• in R. Crumb Draws the Blues (Knockabout, 1992 series) (1992)
• in R. Crumb Draws the Blues (Last Gasp, 1993 series) (1993)
• in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #14 - The Early '80s & Weirdo Magazine (April 2000)
• in Klassiker der Comic-Literatur (Frankfurter Allgemeine, 2005 series) #19 - Fritz the Cat (2006), #19 - Fritz the Cat (2006), #19 - Fritz the Cat (2006), #19 - Fritz the Cat (2006)
• in Rocky (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 2003 series) #4/2006 ([mai] 2006) [part 1], #6/2006 ([august] 2006) [part 2]
• in R. Crumb The Weirdo Years: 1981-'93 (Last Gasp, 2013 series) (2013)

I Became the Slave of the Wild Girls of Putah Creek (Table of Contents: 17)

photo story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

M. Jan Garrison (photo); Carol Engberg (photo)

Inks

M. Jan Garrison (photo); Carol Engberg (photo)

Letters

Robert Crumb

Genre

humor

Synopsis

An explorer is captured by jungle amazons

Macedonio #268314 (Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Macedonio Garcia (credited)

Pencils

Macedonio Garcia (credited)

Inks

Macedonio Garcia (credited)

Letters

Macedonio Garcia (credited)

Genre

biography

Synopsis

Life in a Texas prison

Keywords

autobiography

Indexer Notes

This sequence includes the following stories and illustrations from the then-Texas prisoner: "Contoones;" "Tales from the Inside- "Cultured Criminals;" "Tales from the Inside- Shitter Time;" "The Rebellion"

Punch-A-Bunch (Table of Contents: 19)

The Bunch / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Pencils

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Inks

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Letters

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Genre

humor

Characters

Robert Crumb; The Bunch

Synopsis

Fake ad for a roll-back doll

Reprints

• in Love That Bunch (Drawn & Quarterly, 2018 series) (May 2018)

Weirdo License (Table of Contents: 20)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)

Pencils

Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)

Inks

Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)

Colors

Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)

Letters

Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)

Genre

humor

Characters

Etoain Shrdlu

Synopsis

Official Weirdo certificate

Reprints

• 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)
• in The Book of Weirdo (Last Gasp, 2019 series) (2019)

Indexer Notes

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