Weirdo #21 [1st printing]

(Fall 1987)

Last Gasp, 1981 Series

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Price: 2.95 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1987
Publisher's Age Guidelines: Adults Only
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Last Gasp Eco-Funnies
Brand: Last Gasp Eco-Funnies
ISBN: 0-86719-193-7

Editing: Aline Kominsky-Crumb (credited) (Editor)

Issue Notes

1st printing: ? (2.95 USD); 2nd printing: ? (3.95 USD)
This issue has variants:

Weirdo (Last Gasp, 1981 series) #21 [2nd print- 3.95 USD]

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script: Robert Crumb (signed)
Pencils: Robert Crumb (signed)
Inks: Robert Crumb (signed)
Colors: Robert Crumb (signed)
Letters: Robert Crumb (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Not so fast sonny boy!

Genre

humor

Reprints

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comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Zora Neale Hurston; Mary Fleener (signed as M. Fleener)
Pencils: Mary Fleener (signed as M. Fleener)
Inks: Mary Fleener (signed as M. Fleener)
Letters: Mary Fleener (signed as M. Fleener)

Synopsis

How to sacrifice a black cat

Reprints

in HooDoo (3-D Zone, 1988 series) (November 1988)

Indexer Notes

Adapted from a recording of a magic ritual

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Carol Tyler
Pencils: Carol Tyler
Inks: Carol Tyler
Letters: Carol Tyler

Genre

biography

Characters

Carol Tyler; Auntie Mary

Synopsis

Childhood modesty shredded

Reprints

in Late Bloomer (Fantagraphics, 2005 series) (August 2005)

Keywords

autobiography

text article / 0.44 page (report information)

Script: Harvey Pekar
Letters: ?

Characters: Harvey Pekar
Synopsis: Harvey praises the work of Leonard Rifas and Joyce Brabner's "Real War Stories."

Indexer Notes

Includes a Kominsky-Crumb spot illustration.

letters page / 1.44 pages (report information)

Script: Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Pencils: Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Inks: Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Letters: Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Characters: Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Indexer Notes

Includes an editorial and small self-portrait. Letters from: Jane (NYC); Pat Bryant; B.N. Duncan; Steve Lafler; Edgar "Bolt" Upright; Ed Jackson (Maywood, ILL)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.12 page (report information)

Script: ?
Letters: Robert Crumb

Indexer Notes

Ad for back issues of Weirdo.

Mickey Rat / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script: Robert Armstrong
Pencils: Robert Armstrong
Inks: Robert Armstrong
Letters: Robert Armstrong

Genre: humor
Characters: Mickey Rat; Hector Ybardez; Driver
Synopsis: Mickey Rat wins the lottery

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script: William Clark
Pencils: William Clark
Inks: William Clark
Letters: William Clark

Genre: humor
Characters: Angie; Moondoggy; Col; Gate; George; Hodad
Synopsis: Surf teenager Angie wants to experience the wider world

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script: C. Croce
Pencils: Michael Dougan (credited as M. Dougan)
Inks: Michael Dougan (credited as M. Dougan)
Letters: Michael Dougan (credited as M. Dougan)

Genre: humor
Synopsis: A meat fetish

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script: Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Pencils: Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Inks: Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Letters: Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Genre

biography

Characters

Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Ricky; Robert Crumb; Leann; Kurt; Sharon

Synopsis

Aline's late-flourishing attraction to men

Reprints

in Love That Bunch (Fantagraphics, 1990 series) (July 1990)
in Love That Bunch (Drawn & Quarterly, 2018 series) (May 2018)

Keywords

autobiography

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Carol Tyler
Pencils: Carol Tyler
Inks: Carol Tyler
Letters: Carol Tyler

Genre

humor

Characters

Mr. Simms

Synopsis

Mr. Simms shakes off his catatonia

Reprints

in Late Bloomer (Fantagraphics, 2005 series) (August 2005)

illustration / 6 pages (report information)

Script: Robert Crumb
Pencils: Robert Crumb
Inks: Robert Crumb
Letters: Robert Crumb

Characters

Robert Crumb; Sophie Crumb; Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Synopsis

Annotated sketches and short strips from Crumb

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Ten illustrations and three comics from early '85 to mid '86. The illustrations are titled "Self, Feb. '86;" "R. Crumb's Need More Comics;" "Aline, Oct. 20th '85;" "The Little Guy That Lives Inside My Brain;" "Executing the Family Cat;" "Yeah Yeah Yeah;" "I can't take another minute of this... I'm gonna lose my mind or kill myself!!;" "Service Jobs;" "Pick up your feet!;" "I hate you..." (featuring Sophie Crumb).

The comics are titled "Art" "Foolish Notions," and "My Troubles With Women part 62." The first and last ones are single-pagers while the second one is two pages.

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script: Brian Turner
Pencils: Justin Green (signed as JG)
Inks: Justin Green (signed as JG)
Letters: typeset

Genre: humor
Characters: Wendt
Synopsis: The consequences of winning the pizza lottery.

Indexer Notes

Includes two illustrations.

comic story / 8 pages (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: biography
Characters: Dennis Worden; Alan; Bob
Synopsis: A bad acid experience.
Keywords: autobiography

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script: Luna Ticks
Pencils: Luna Ticks
Inks: Luna Ticks
Letters: Luna Ticks

Genre: horror-suspense
Characters: Singe; Singe's Sister
Synopsis: A visit to a flagellant cult.

Big Bitch / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script: Spain Rodriguez
Pencils: Spain Rodriguez
Inks: Spain Rodriguez
Letters: Spain Rodriguez

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Big Bitch rolls thru the country side with her faithful manservant "Asquith

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Big Bitch; Asquith; Duane; Duane's Mom; Henry Penpal

Synopsis

Big Bitch comes across a strange religious town

Reprints

in She Comics: An Anthology of Big Bitch (Last Gasp, 1993 series) (August 1993)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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

Genre: humor
Synopsis: Hopes for the progression of humanity

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script: William Clark
Pencils: William Clark
Inks: William Clark
Colors: William Clark
Letters: William Clark

Synopsis: A Discussion of Weirdo at a Boston party.

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Editing

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Series Information

Table of Contents

0. ["Not so fast sonny boy!"]
1. The Black Cat Bone
2. Auntie Mary
3. Harvey Sez
4. Weirdo no. 21
5. Can Your Scalp Pass the Finger-Nail Test?
6. Pissing it All Away
Mickey Rat
7. Beach Blanket
8. I Know Meats!
9. Sex Crazed Housewife or My Troubles With Men
10. Blankie
11. R. Crumb's Cavalcade of Sketches
12. Pizza Lottery
13. Suburban Teens on Acid 1969
14. Come to Me
15. ["Big Bitch rolls thru the country side with her faithful manservant "Asquith"]
Big Bitch
16. What Is, Isn't Enough
17. The Back Bay & Beacon Hill Chapter of The Boston Great Books Association Discusses Weirdo over Cocktails

This issue was modified by, among others

Katie
Peter Croome
Gregory Fischer
Mike Nielsen
Steven Samuels
Jim Van Dore

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Weirdo #21 [1st printing] (Fall 1987)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

The Black Cat Bone (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Auntie Mary (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Harvey Sez (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 0.44 page (report information)

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Weirdo no. 21 (Table of Contents: 4)

letters page / 1.44 pages (report information)

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Can Your Scalp Pass the Finger-Nail Test? (Table of Contents: 5)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.12 page (report information)

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Pissing it All Away (Table of Contents: 6)

Mickey Rat / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Beach Blanket (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

I Know Meats! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Sex Crazed Housewife or My Troubles With Men (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Blankie (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

R. Crumb's Cavalcade of Sketches (Table of Contents: 11)

illustration / 6 pages (report information)

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Pizza Lottery (Table of Contents: 12)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

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Suburban Teens on Acid 1969 (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Come to Me (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Big Bitch / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

What Is, Isn't Enough (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

The Back Bay & Beacon Hill Chapter of The Boston Great Books Association Discusses Weirdo over Cocktails (Table of Contents: 17)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Weirdo #21 [1st printing]

(Fall 1987)