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Issue: Weirdo #3
Publication Date: January 1981
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Issues: #3 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: 0867191341
UPC/EAN:
Price: $2.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 21 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: 1st printing: September 1981 (2.25 USD); 2nd printing: November 1981 (2.25 USD). Both had a print run of 10,000 copies.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: There's no hope.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagR. Crumb The Weirdo Years: 1981-'93 #[nn] published January 2013
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #14 [unnamed variant] published April 2000
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover design resembles early issues of Mad magazine.
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Cheerleader

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Janet Mercurio (photo)
First Line: We gotta fight! We gotta win!
Synopsis: A perky cheerleader discovers her voice within.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: The very last photo panel incorporates a small Crumb drawing.
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Weirdo's Advice to the Lovelorn

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.3
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Weirdo number 3

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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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: 0.7
Disclose Notes: Includes letters from Wayne Gibson (Seattle, WA), Larry Windham (Tucson, AZ), Harvey Kurtzman, Jane Lynch (Chicago, IL), Catherine Yronwode, Brad Johnson (Boston, MA), Alfred Bergdoll (NY, NY), Karla Kast (Santa Cruz, CA), Skunk (Hayward, CA), John Holstrom, Annie Elf (Vancouver), Terry Beatty.

The masthead illustration is reprinted in The Complete Crumb vol. 14.
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Troubles with Gassel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Morrie Gassel; Crazy Old Broad; Hippy Girl
Synopsis: Morrie is caught short needing a dump.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: People make me nervous
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagR. Crumb The Weirdo Years: 1981-'93 #[nn] published January 2013
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #14 [unnamed variant] published April 2000
as [untitled] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Adventures of Onion Head

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Onion Head
Character(s): Onion Head; Dad
Synopsis: Onion Head leaves the farm for the wider world.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagR. Crumb's America #[nn] published October 1995
as The Adventures of Onion Head [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #13 published April 1998
as The Adventures of Onion Head [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Drawings by Max Crumb

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Twenty-one drawings produced by Max Crumb, who had never previously drawn.
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Karen Meets Boz

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Feature(s): Sharon & Karen
Character(s): Sharon; Karen; Boz Scaggs
Synopsis: Karen approaches Boz Scaggs in a bar.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #14 [unnamed variant] published April 2000
as Karen Meets Boz [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Crumb misspells Scaggs as Skaggs.
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My Pet Penis

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A girl discovers a pet penis.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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The Bean Sisters Get in Shape

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Baby Jenny (photo of Jenny Burger); Edna Rae (photo of Erna Rae Burger); Bob (photo of Robert Crumb)
Synopsis: The Bean Sisters visit Bob's Dancercise Studio.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagR. Crumb The Weirdo Years: 1981-'93 #[nn] published January 2013
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Credits from Last Gasp's The Weirdo Book.
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"Hy" Perboly and Al A. Gory

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): "Hy" Perboly; Al A. Gory
Synopsis: Mutants ponder life.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #14 [unnamed variant] published April 2000
as "Hy" Perboly and Al A. Gory [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Excerpts from Boswell's London Journal 1762-1763

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Feature(s): A Klassic Komic
Character(s): Sir James Boswell; Sheridan; Louisa; Goldsmith; Samuel Johnson; Dempster
Synopsis: Boswell carouses and discusses literature in London
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In Issue: FlagThe Graphic Canon #1 published January 2012
In Issue: FlagNausea #[nn] published October 2012
In Issue: FlagR. Crumb The Weirdo Years: 1981-'93 #[nn] published January 2013
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #14 [unnamed variant] published April 2000
as Excerpts from Boswell's London Journal 1762-1763 (A Klassic Komic) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Adventures of Skank, Arms & Bud!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Skank; Arms; Bud
Synopsis: Skank, Arms & Bud have a night out.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: The first credit for future editor Peter Bagge.
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The Bitter Ironies of Life

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A self-doubting vegetarian walks past an arrogant strutting meat eater.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #14 [unnamed variant] published April 2000
as The Bitter Ironies of Life [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Nukuler Holocaust Kicks

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Six illustrations with a nuclear theme.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #14 [unnamed variant] published April 2000
as Nukuler Holocaust Kicks [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Jazz Cartoons

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Cat
Synopsis: Twenty-four assorted cartoons with a jazz theme.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from The Record Changer #? (194?)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Gene is father of cartoonist Kim Deitch.
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Salvation $1

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Lecture from Bob Dobbs.
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Frogs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sunday Funnie
Character(s): Mr. Rock; Mr. Hammer
Synopsis: Bizarre behaviour by frogs.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Strip was allegedly passed to Roger Brand on a bus by the elderly Mr. Teal.
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Sara Mucuss Canned Busts

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Lee Anne Milkbaggs; Sara Mucuss
Synopsis: A mock advertisement for Sara Mucuss Canned Busts.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #14 [unnamed variant] published April 2000
as Sara Mucuss Canned Busts [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Weirdo "No Hope" Diagram

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: An elaborate diagram explaining how there's absolute no hope in the world.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagR. Crumb The Weirdo Years: 1981-'93 #[nn] published January 2013
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #14 [unnamed variant] published April 2000
as The Weirdo "No Hope" Diagram [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover

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