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Issue: Weirdo #21
Publication Date: January 1987
 
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Variant: 1st printing
Rating: Adults Only
Publisher: FlagLast Gasp
Indicia Publisher: Last Gasp Eco-Funnies
On Sale Date: 1987
Volume:
Pages: 52
ISBN: 0867191937
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Price: $2.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 18 (12 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color Covers, Black & White Interior
Dimensions: 10.75" x 8.25" (27.3 cm x 20.9 cm)
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Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
humorous
Not so fast sonny boy!
Reprinting
FlagR. Crumb The Weirdo Years: 1981-'93 #[nn] published January 2013
FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #16 published July 2002
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Black Cat Bone

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
hobby
How to sacrifice a black cat
Reprinting
FlagHooDoo #[nn] published November 1988
as The Black Cat Bone [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
Adapted from a recording of a magic ritual
Auntie Mary

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
autobiography
Carol Tyler; Auntie Mary
Childhood modesty shredded
Reprinting
FlagLate Bloomer #[nn] published August 2005
 
Miscellaneous
1
Harvey Sez

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
Harvey Pekar
Harvey praises the work of Leonard Rifas and Joyce Brabner's "Real War Stories."
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Miscellaneous
0.44
Includes a Kominsky-Crumb spot illustration.
Weirdo no. 21

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Aline Kominsky-Crumb
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Miscellaneous
1.44
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)
Can Your Scalp Pass the Finger-Nail Test?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.12
Ad for back issues of Weirdo.
Pissing it All Away

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Mickey Rat
Mickey Rat; Hector Ybardez; Driver
Mickey Rat wins the lottery
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Miscellaneous
3
Beach Blanket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Angie; Moondoggy; Col; Gate; George; Hodad
Surf teenager Angie wants to experience the wider world
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Miscellaneous
6
I Know Meats!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
A meat fetish
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
3
Sex Crazed Housewife or My Troubles With Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
autobiography
Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Ricky; Robert Crumb; Leann; Kurt; Sharon
Aline's late-flourishing attraction to men
Reprinting
FlagLove That Bunch #[nn] published July 1990
as Sex Crazed Housewife or My Troubles With Men [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
Blankie

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Mr. Simms
Mr. Simms shakes off his catatonia
Reprinting
FlagLate Bloomer #[nn] published August 2005
 
Miscellaneous
1
R. Crumb's Cavalcade of Sketches

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb; Sophie Crumb; Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Annotated sketches and short strips from Crumb
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Miscellaneous
6
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.
Pizza Lottery

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Wendt
The consequences of winning the pizza lottery.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
3
Includes two illustrations.
Suburban Teens on Acid 1969

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
autobiography
Dennis Worden; Alan; Bob
A bad acid experience.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
8
Come to Me

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
horror
Singe; Singe's Sister
A visit to a flagellant cult.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
3
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Big Bitch
Big Bitch; Asquith; Duane; Duane's Mom; Henry Penpal
Big Bitch rolls thru the country side with her faithful manservant "Asquith
Big Bitch comes across a strange religious town
Reprinting
FlagShe Comics: An Anthology of Big Bitch #[nn] published August 1993
as Town [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
What Is, Isn't Enough

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Hopes for the progression of humanity
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
The Back Bay & Beacon Hill Chapter of The Boston Great Books Association Discusses Weirdo over Cocktails

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
A Discussion of Weirdo at a Boston party.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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