Weirdo
#6
[First Printing]
(Summer 1982)
Last Gasp,
1981 Series
- Price
- 2.50 USD
- Pages
- 44
- On-sale Date
- 1982
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Last Gasp
- Brand
-
Last Gasp Eco-Funnies
- ISBN
-
0-86719-144-9
- Editing
- Robert Crumb (credited as R. Crumb) (editor)
Issue Notes
Letters page contains comments from Jay Lynch and J.D. King
1st printing: ? (2.50 USD); 2nd printing ? (3.95 USD)
This issue has variants:
1st printing: ? (2.50 USD); 2nd printing ? (3.95 USD)
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb) (photo collage)
- Inks
- Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb) (photo collage)
- Colors
- Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb) (photo collage)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb) (photo collage)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Are we not men?
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Cover is a photo collage by R. Crumb.
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Woman's Plight
illustration / 1 page
- Script
- Terry Boyce (credited)
- Pencils
- Terry Boyce (credited)
- Inks
- Terry Boyce (credited)
- Letters
- Terry Boyce (credited)
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Peter the Penis
Indexer Notes
A maze of womens options
Dip Shit the Teenage Jack-Off
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Ace Backwords (signed)
- Pencils
- Ace Backwords (signed)
- Inks
- Ace Backwords (signed)
- Letters
- Ace Backwords (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Dip Shit; Fred; Wally; Mom; Dip Shit's Father; Dip Shit's Shrink
- Synopsis
- Dip Shit is caught masturbating.
Weirdo's Advice to the Lovelorn
Weirdo's Advice to the Lovelorn / letters page / 0.31 page
- Script
- Terry Zwigoff (credited as Prof. T. E. Zwigoff)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- Characters
- Prof. T. E. Zwigoff (photo of Terry Zwigoff)
Weirdo Number Six
letters page / 1.69 pages
- Script
- Robert Crumb (credited as editor)
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb (credited as editor)
- Inks
- Robert Crumb (credited as editor)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb (credited as editor)
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Letters from J. D. King; T. L. Bolman (Cambridge, Mass); Jay Lynch; Bruce Sweeney (Boston, Mass); Milo Miles (Cambridge, Mass); B. N. (Bruce) Duncan; Catherine Bryant (Occidental, CA); Pope Janor Hypercleats; Brad Johnson (San Francisco, CA); Kevin P. Coffey (Fairfax, CA); Pete Morasov (San Francisco, CA); Jim Woodring; Alban (West Germany); Dan Fleming (Lawrence, KA).
The masthead drawings only are reprinted in The Complete Crumb vol. 14.
Mini Comix
illustration / 4 pages
- Script
- Robert Crumb (intro + captions); various
- Pencils
- various
- Inks
- various
- Letters
- Robert Crumb (intro + captions); various
- Synopsis
- Cover reproductions of approximately twenty-five mini-comics
Indexer Notes
Some of the covers shown are by Matt Feazell, Ace Backwords, Clark Dissmeyer, Roman Scott, Wild Man Billy Wolf, B. N. Duncan, Par Holman and Clay Geerdes.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Norman Dog (credited)
- Pencils
- Norman Dog (credited)
- Inks
- Norman Dog (credited)
- Letters
- Norman Dog (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, I know a great joke.. you want to hear it...?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Black Guy; Bartender; Kangaroo
- Synopsis
- The telling of a joke goes wrong
Indexer Notes
Strip is printed landscaped rather than portrait
Curse of the Mysterious Horror!
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Norman Dog (credited)
- Pencils
- Norman Dog (credited)
- Inks
- Norman Dog (credited)
- Letters
- Norman Dog (credited)
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Exceedingly Friendly Butler; M. Valdemar
- Synopsis
- A visit to a spooky house
Indexer Notes
Strip is printed landscaped rather than portrait
Space Sluts!
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Norman Dog (credited)
- Pencils
- Norman Dog (credited)
- Inks
- Norman Dog (credited)
- Letters
- Norman Dog (credited)
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Baron Klaw; Space Sluts
- Synopsis
- Baron Klaw deals with the Space Sluts
Indexer Notes
Strip is printed landscaped rather than portrait
Egghead
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Norman Dog (credited)
- Pencils
- Norman Dog (credited)
- Inks
- Norman Dog (credited)
- Letters
- Norman Dog (credited)
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Egghead
- Synopsis
- Egghead is the victim of violence
Indexer Notes
Strip is printed landscaped rather than portrait
Big Fun!
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Norman Dog (credited)
- Pencils
- Norman Dog (credited)
- Inks
- Norman Dog (credited)
- Letters
- Norman Dog (credited)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Assorted designs
Indexer Notes
Strip is printed landscaped rather than portrait
Leftovers!
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Norman Dog (credited)
- Pencils
- Norman Dog (credited)
- Inks
- Norman Dog (credited)
- Letters
- Norman Dog (credited)
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Li'l Hitler; Fuckof the Lovable Klown
- Synopsis
- Assorted strip ideas cobbled together
Indexer Notes
Strip is printed landscaped rather than portrait
Trash - what do we throw away?
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Robert Crumb (credited as R. Crumb)
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb (credited as R. Crumb)
- Inks
- Robert Crumb (credited as R. Crumb)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb (credited as R. Crumb)
- Genre
- non-fiction; advocacy
- Characters
- J.B.; A.J.; J.S.; Mr. Bossman
- Synopsis
- Crumb considers trash
- Reprints
-
in Crumb (Oog & Blik, 1992 series) (april 1992) -
in R. Crumb's America (Knockabout, 1994 series) (1994 ?) -
in R. Crumb's America (Last Gasp, 1995 series) (October 1995) - 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 Amerika (Reprodukt, 2019 series) (Februar 2019)
-
Untamed Passion For Pasta
photo story / 4 pages
- Script
- Robert Crumb ?
- Pencils
- ? (photo)
- Inks
- ? (photo)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Chee Chee Zucchini (photo of Cecelina Franchescini)
- Synopsis
- Chee Chee has a passion for pasta.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Character credit ID from Comic Book Creator #21.
Gold is Where You Find It
Axel Wazunoski King Of The Highway / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Axel Wazunoski; Byron; Waldo Zeus; Lydia Loring; Lt. Motley; Sgt. Toole; Don Ignatzio "The Hammer" Corleboni; The Lieutenant; Little Nicky the Nefarious Neo-Nazi; Jack Chick
- Synopsis
- Butch trucker Axel is hired to deliver a sensitive shipment.
Joe Franklin is a Dream Walkin'
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Drew Friedman (credited)
- Pencils
- Drew Friedman (credited)
- Inks
- Drew Friedman (credited)
- Letters
- Drew Friedman (credited)
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Joe Franklin
- Synopsis
- Joe Franklin walks through Times Square in his sleep
- 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)
-
Old Bud Abbott
comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Drew Friedman (credited)
- Pencils
- Drew Friedman (credited)
- Inks
- Drew Friedman (credited)
- Letters
- Drew Friedman (credited)
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Bud Abbott
- Synopsis
- Bud Abbott is called by a reporter
- 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)
-
Larry: The Extraordinary Story of Lawrence Fine
illustration / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Larry Fine
- Synopsis
- Fake book ad for Larry Fine's biography
New York Elevator Men - A Vanishing Breed
illustration / 1 page
- Script
- Drew Friedman (credited)
- Pencils
- Drew Friedman (credited)
- Inks
- Drew Friedman (credited)
- Letters
- Drew Friedman (credited)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Assorted ugly men
- 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, 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)
-
Fried Nuts
illustration / 2 pages
- Script
- Robert Crumb (credited as R. Crumb)
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb (credited as R. Crumb)
- Inks
- Robert Crumb (credited as R. Crumb)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb (credited as R. Crumb)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Seven assorted cartoons
- Reprints
Stalking the Great American Jock Girl
photo story / 4 pages
- Script
- Robert Crumb ?
- Pencils
- ? (photo)
- Inks
- ? (photo)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Jock-Girl (photo of ?); Boy Explorer (photo of ?)
- Synopsis
- An adventurer stalks a girl on roller skates.
- Reprints
Cool Alley
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Butch Austin (credited)
- Pencils
- Butch Austin (credited)
- Inks
- Butch Austin (credited)
- Letters
- Butch Austin (credited)
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Reds; Champ; Curley
- Synopsis
- Champ collects some bootleg hooch
- Reprints
- from Hep magazine (October 1955)
Fireball Freddie!
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Doris McClarty (signed)
- Pencils
- Doris McClarty (signed)
- Inks
- Doris McClarty (signed)
- Letters
- Doris McClarty (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A romeo is taken for a ride.
- Reprints
- from Hep Magazine (October 1955)
[no title indexed]
Marsha [Butch Austin] / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Butch Austin (credited)
- Pencils
- Butch Austin (credited)
- Inks
- Butch Austin (credited)
- Letters
- Butch Austin (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Cool Breeze didn't show tonight! So when I dig him we're gonna fight!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Cool Breeze; Marsha; Cool Charlie
- Synopsis
- Cool Breeze stands Marsha up
- Reprints
- from Jive Magazine (March 1956)
[no title indexed]
Marsha [Butch Austin] / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Butch Austin (credited)
- Pencils
- Butch Austin (credited)
- Inks
- Butch Austin (credited)
- Letters
- Butch Austin (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've a date with my gate! So I'll cut in on Big-Leg Bessy's Beauty Salon and get straight!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Cool Breeze; Marsha; Big Leg Bessy
- Synopsis
- Cool Breeze and Marsha have a row
- Reprints
- from Jive Magazine (June 1956)
[no title indexed]
Marsha [Butch Austin] / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Butch Austin (credited)
- Pencils
- Butch Austin (credited)
- Inks
- Butch Austin (credited)
- Letters
- Butch Austin (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've had a hard day! I've got to be on my way and hit the hay!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Cool Breeze; Marsha
- Synopsis
- Cool Breeze is caught two-timing.
- Reprints
- from Jive Magazine (July 1956)
The Bunch, Her Baby & Grammaw Blabette
The Bunch / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Aline Kominksy-Crumb (signed as Aline Ricky Crumb)
- Pencils
- Aline Kominksy-Crumb (signed as Aline Ricky Crumb)
- Inks
- Aline Kominksy-Crumb (signed as Aline Ricky Crumb)
- Colors
- Aline Kominksy-Crumb (signed as Aline Ricky Crumb)
- Letters
- Aline Kominksy-Crumb (signed as Aline Ricky Crumb)
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- The Bunch; Bunch's Mother [Grammaw Blabette]; Bunch's Daughter [Der Soferschnitzel]
- Synopsis
- Baby Sophie's reactions to her grandmother
- Reprints
- in Love That Bunch (Fantagraphics, 1990 series) (July 1990)
- in Need More Love A Graphic Memoir (MQ Publications, 2007 series) (2007)
- in An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories (Yale University Press, 2006 series) #2 ([October 21] 2008)
-
in Love That Bunch (Drawn & Quarterly, 2018 series) (May 2018)
-
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
The Bunch is Aline Kominsky's self-caricature. Strip extends onto the back cover. The first page only is in black and white.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Are we not men?"]
-
1.
Woman's Plight
-
2.
Dip Shit the Teenage Jack-Off
-
3.
Weirdo's Advice to the Lovelorn
Weirdo's Advice to the Lovelorn -
4.
Weirdo Number Six
-
5.
Mini Comix
-
6.
["Hey, I know a great joke.. you want to hear it...?"]
-
7.
Curse of the Mysterious Horror!
-
8.
Space Sluts!
-
9.
Egghead
-
10.
Big Fun!
-
11.
Leftovers!
-
12.
Trash - what do we throw away?
-
13.
Untamed Passion For Pasta
-
14.
Gold is Where You Find It
Axel Wazunoski King Of The Highway -
15.
Joe Franklin is a Dream Walkin'
-
16.
Old Bud Abbott
-
17.
Larry: The Extraordinary Story of Lawrence Fine
-
18.
New York Elevator Men - A Vanishing Breed
-
19.
Fried Nuts
-
20.
Stalking the Great American Jock Girl
-
21.
Cool Alley
-
22.
Fireball Freddie!
-
23.
["Cool Breeze didn't show tonight! So when I dig him we're gonna fight!"]
Marsha [Butch Austin] -
24.
["I've a date with my gate! So I'll cut in on Big-Leg Bessy's Beauty Salon and get straight!"]
Marsha [Butch Austin] -
25.
["I've had a hard day! I've got to be on my way and hit the hay!"]
Marsha [Butch Austin] -
26.
The Bunch, Her Baby & Grammaw Blabette
The Bunch
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- Katie
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Mike Nielsen
- Steven Samuels
- Jim Van Dore
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