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Issue: Weirdo #1
Publication Date: January 1981
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Issues: #1 of 28 Issues (47 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagLast Gasp
Brand: Last GaspView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Last Gasp Eco Funnies
On Sale Date: 1981
Volume:
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN:
Price: $2.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 17 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: 1st printing: March 1981 (10000 copies, 2.25 USD); 2nd printing: ? (3.95 USD)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color covers; black and white interiors
Dimensions: 8.25 in. x 10.75 in. (20.9 cm x 27.3 cm)
Paper Stock: glossy cover
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
Format Notes:  
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Featuring Etoain Shrdlu

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Etoain Shrdlu
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagR. Crumb The Weirdo Years: 1981-'93 #[nn] published January 2013
In Content Item: FlagThe R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book #[nn] published January 1997
as Featuring Etoain Shrdlu [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #14 [unnamed variant] published April 2000
as Featuring Etoain Shrdlu [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover design resembles early issues of Mad as a Magazine.
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Psychic Dominance- How to Rule Others with Your Thoughts

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.29
Disclose Notes: A column featuring eight classic comic book classified ads- "Psychic Dominance- How to Rule Others with Your Thoughts," "Do You Want Power? Secular Products," "Men! This is It! Nothing Like These Cartoon Booklets, Ever! Q. T. Sales," "Cartoon Booklets- Reginald Sales," "Frenchy Playing Cards- Parisian Art Imports," "Party Records for Adults Only," "Power Like Yoga-Hypnotism-Telepathy-Psychology Combined," "Illustrated Comic Booklets- Terry Thorne"
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Weirdo the Magazine for Modern Misfits

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
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In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #14 [unnamed variant] published April 2000
as Weirdo Letters Page Logos [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.63
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Weirdo's Advice to the Lovelorn

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Weirdo's Advice to the Lovelorn
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.08
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TV Blues

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Etoain Shrdlu
Character(s): Etoain's Son; Etoain's Wife
Synopsis: Etoain is pulled into his TV to participate in wild dancing.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagEndzeit Comics #[nn] published June 1986
In Issue: FlagR. Crumb The Weirdo Years: 1981-'93 #[nn] published January 2013
In Content Item: FlagEpix #5/1987 (37) published May 1987
as TV Blues med Etoain Shrdlu [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #14 [unnamed variant] published April 2000
as TV Blues [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagKlassiker der Comic-Literatur #19 published January 2006
as TV-Blues mit Qwertz Uiopü [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Suburban Cowgirls

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Billy Jo (photo of ?); Ricki (photo of ?); Chi-Chi (photo of ?)
Synopsis: Three cowgirls compare vacuums
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Erna Burger and Cecelina Franchescini are the main characters. Which specific character they played to be determined. Credits from Last Gasp's The Book of Weirdo (2019).
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Zermatism

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Bess; Yetinsyn; King Faruk; Fiorello H. La Guardia; Fidel Castro; Nikita Khrushchev; Tsar's Soldat; Village Eta; Charles Manson; William Calley; Labor Leader; Doctor; Maria Lima; Juan Corona
Synopsis: Article concerning Szukalski's unconventional theories about the origins of man
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Reprint Notes: from Troughful of Pearls or Behold!!! the Protong (Glen Bray, 1980 series) #[nn] (1980)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Includes twenty-eight portrait illustrations.
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The Witch Of Malleghem

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Old Timers
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Reproduction of a 1559 Bruegel illustration. Centrespread. AKA "The Stone Operation or the Witch of Mallegem"
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Top Comedy and Bottom Burlesque

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Four cartoons about sadomasochism.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Baby Sniggums and Her Daddy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Baby Sniggums and Her Daddy
Character(s): Baby Sniggums; Baby Sniggums' Daddy
Synopsis: Baby Sniggums is spanked
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Four three-panel strips.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Popeye; Bluto
First Line: You're wrong to think that women don't ever like unaggressive men
Synopsis: Approximately thirty-seven drawings, many about sadomasochism.
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Reprint Notes: from Top Comedy and Bottom Burlesque; from Tele-Times #22
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Beautiful Experience: The Weirdo Makeover

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Kathy Smeargoo; Suzy Goosmere; Kathy Sukpumpe; Carol Spunksukker
Synopsis: Fake ad for "The Weirdo Makeover"
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #14 [unnamed variant] published April 2000
as The Beautiful Experience: The Weirdo Makeover [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Cute Brat Gets Creamed

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Bean Sisters: Jenny [photo of Jenny Burger]; Erna Ray (photo of Erna Rae Burger); Dad (photo of Robert Crumb)
Synopsis: Jenny has an accident while roller skating.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Credits from Jon B. Cooke's The Book of Weirdo (Last Gasp).
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High Times Interviews R. Crumb

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Tommy
Synopsis: A blowhard interviewer goads Crumb into a fit of anger.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #12 published March 1997
as High Times Interviews R. Crumb [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagKlassiker der Comic-Literatur #19 published January 2006
as High Times interviewt R. Crumb [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Repent! Quit Your Job! Slack Off! The World Ends Tomorrow and You May Die!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): JR "Bob" Dobbs
Synopsis: Exhortation to join the Church of the SubGenius.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from ?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: All art is appropriated. Reprinted with permission from the Subgenius Foundation.
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Remove Ugly Blackheads at No Cost

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jim; Bob
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from ?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A classic comic book ad from Ballco Products
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Weirdo Jeans

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adult, humorous
Synopsis: Parodies the Brooke Shields Jordache jeans ads from the eighties.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #14 [unnamed variant] published April 2000
as Weirdo Jeans [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: back cover

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