Weirdo #7 [1st printing]

(Winter 1983)

Getting Into Weirdo (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Dennis Worden

Pencils:

Dennis Worden

Inks:

Dennis Worden

Letters:

Dennis Worden

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Dennis Worden

Synopsis:

The trials of creating for Weirdo

Laugh Makers (Second of a Series) (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script:

Drew Friedman

Pencils:

Drew Friedman

Inks:

Drew Friedman

Letters:

Drew Friedman

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Arthur Q. Bryan; Mantan Moreland; Dave O'Brien; Mousie Garner; El Brendel; Don Wilson; Frank Fontaine; Larry Fine

Synopsis:

False biographical oddities about comedians

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 / 0.3 page (report information)

Script:

Terry Zwigoff [as Prof. T.E. Zwigoff]

Letters:

?

Characters:

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

Weirdo no. 7 (Table of Contents: 4)

letters page / 1.07 pages (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)

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Vlad Neerewtteur; Steve Davies (London, UK); Kay Marshall (Anchorage, Alaska); Piet Schreuders (Amsterdam, Netherlands); D. Abston (Santa Clara, CA); Bruce Duncan; Richard Roesburg (Northfield, NJ); Paul McGehee (San Francisco); Lonnie Somer (Englishtown, NJ)

She's No Dum Dum! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.63 page (report information)

Helen Hippo (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Elinore Norflus

Pencils:

Elinore Norflus

Inks:

Elinore Norflus

Letters:

Elinore Norflus

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Helen

Synopsis:

How Helen was transformed into a hippo

Uncle Bob's Mid-Life Crisis (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 8 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 [as Bob]; Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as Arline]; Sophie Crumb; Franki; Feldkamp

Synopsis:

Crumb has a mid-life crisis.

Reprints:

• in The Best Comics of the Decade (Fantagraphics, 1990 series) #2 (July 1990)
• in My Troubles with Women (Last Gasp, 1992 series) (1992)
• in Crumb (Oog & Blik, 1992 series) (april 1992)
• in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #14 - The Early '80s & Weirdo Magazine (April 2000)
• in An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories (Yale University Press, 2006 series) #[1] ([October] 2006)
• in Mes Problèmes avec les femmes (Cornélius, 2007 series) (août 2007)
• in R. Crumb The Weirdo Years: 1981-'93 (Last Gasp, 2013 series) (2013)

Keywords:

autobiography

The Siamese Fiendlings (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

Robert Williams

Pencils:

Robert Williams

Inks:

Robert Williams

Letters:

Robert Williams

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Marcus; Mabus; Matt Gallagher; Lois Gallagher; Tracy Gallagher; Sean Gallagher

Synopsis:

Evil siamese twins run riot

Reprints:

• in Hysteria in Remission: The Comix & Drawings of Robt. Williams (Fantagraphics, 2002 series) (September 2002)

Keywords:

adult

Slaves of the Comic Book Factory! (Girl Cartoonists Turned Into...) (Table of Contents: 9)

photo story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

Dori Seda (story idea); Terry Boyce; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Pencils:

Terry Zwigoff [as T. "Stiglitz" Zwigoff] (photo)

Inks:

Terry Zwigoff [as T. "Stiglitz" Zwigoff] (photo)

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Sylvia Silicosis (photo of Dori Seda); Baba Ron (photo of Ron Turner); Venus V-2; Terry Boyce ?

Synopsis:

Two women want to work as artists for Last Gasp.

Reprints:

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

Gold Is Whar' Ya Find It, Chapter 5: Nicky's Doom (Table of Contents: 10)

Axel Wazunoski King Of The Highway / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Jeff John

Pencils:

Jeff John

Inks:

Jeff John

Letters:

Jeff John

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Axel Wazunoski; Nicky

Synopsis:

Axel's truck is hijacked

Gold Is Where You Find It, Chapter 6: The Trip (Table of Contents: 11)

Axel Wazunoski King Of The Highway / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Jeff John

Pencils:

Jeff John

Inks:

Jeff John

Letters:

Jeff John

Characters:

Axel Wazunoski; Waldo; Nicky; Byron; Toole

Gold Is Whar' Ya Find It, Chapter 7: Sapped Saps (Table of Contents: 12)

Axel Wazunoski King Of The Highway / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Jeff John

Pencils:

Jeff John

Inks:

Jeff John

Letters:

Jeff John

Characters:

Axel Wazunoski

Gold Is Whar' Ya Find It, Chapter 8: Hijack! (Table of Contents: 13)

Axel Wazunoski King Of The Highway / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Jeff John

Pencils:

Jeff John

Inks:

Jeff John

Letters:

Jeff John

Characters:

Sheriff; Axel Wazunoski

The Penis Pet Show (Table of Contents: 14)

Peter The Penis / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script:

Terry Boyce

Pencils:

Terry Boyce

Inks:

Terry Boyce

Letters:

Terry Boyce

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Peter The Penis

Synopsis:

Peter is placed in a pet show

Reprints:

• in Pox (Epix, 1984 series) #1/1988 ([januari] 1988) [original title: The Penis Pet Show, 1983]

[“Weather's kinda strange. Probably those experiments they're doing up north”] (Table of Contents: 15)

Trashman Agent Of The 6th International / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

Spain Rodriguez [as Algernon Backwash]

Pencils:

Spain Rodriguez [as Spain]

Inks:

Spain Rodriguez [as Spain]

Letters:

Spain Rodriguez [as Spain]

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Trashman; Nasty Elaine; Mal-Occula; The Fatman

Synopsis:

Much ado about banned chocolate

Reprints:

• in Trashman Lives!: The Collected Stories from 1968 to 1985 (Fantagraphics, 1989 series) (June 1989)

The Life-Cycle of an Artist (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script:

Dori Seda

Pencils:

Dori Seda

Inks:

Dori Seda

Letters:

Dori Seda

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Dori Seda; Bob; Peter

Synopsis:

How others see Dori

Reprints:

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

Watch the Pork Chop Chop (Table of Contents: 17)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Article about girls racing with pigs

Indexer Notes

Reprinted from "Hit Picture Pageant #1" (1942). Seven photos with a brief text piece.

C.P. Grimsley (Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Kazimieras G. Prapuolenis [as Kaz]

Pencils:

Kazimieras G. Prapuolenis [as Kaz]

Inks:

Kazimieras G. Prapuolenis [as Kaz]

Letters:

Kazimieras G. Prapuolenis [as Kaz]

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

How to develop breasts

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Kazimieras G. Prapuolenis [as Kaz]

Pencils:

Kazimieras G. Prapuolenis [as Kaz]

Inks:

Kazimieras G. Prapuolenis [as Kaz]

Letters:

Kazimieras G. Prapuolenis [as Kaz]

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Twelve assorted bizarre images in Kaz's unique style.

Indexer Notes

The title is shown using what appears to be Japanese characters.

More Fine Art (Table of Contents: 20)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Pencils:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Inks:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Colors:

?

Letters:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Weird creatures despair

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)

Indexer Notes

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