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Issue: Weirdo #17
Publication Date: January 1986
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Adults Only
Publisher: FlagLast Gasp
Indicia Publisher: Last Gasp Eco-Funnies
On Sale Date: 1986
Volume:
Pages: 44
ISBN: 0867191732
UPC/EAN:
Price: $2.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 25 (21 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Peter Bagge's final regular issue as editor.
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
adult, humorous
Wait! Stop! Don't look! This is not a nice magazine!
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
Art Art Art

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Otto Comic Strip no. 3
Jol; Bader Zug; Valery; Duck Odd
Thank heaven you're here at last!
Jol prevents a leak disrupting a gallery show in this sendup of the high art world.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Otto Comic Strip no. 4: The New Undead

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Otto Comic Strip
Zedo the Zombie; Zedo's girlfriend
Hi! My name is Zedo.
Zedo's daily routine- a very normal person who doesn't mind the rat race.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Weirdo number 17

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
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Miscellaneous
2
A Bagge-drawn letterhead and spot illustration accompanies letters from Jim Woodring, Skutch Bundy; Leslie Remer (Poughkeepsie, NY); Percy Lustre (Grand Rapids, MI); Buster Calhoun (Fair Oaks, CA); Vernon L. Wiley (Chicago); Rodney Schroeter (Random Lake, WI); Jym Mooney (Milwaukee); D.C. Roberts (Long Beach, CA); Andrew Webster (NYC); M. Morris (Portland, OR); Lynn Von Schlichting; Alfred Bergdoll (NYC); Edwin Bergdoll (Dutton, VA).

Also includes a reader-submitted illustration from Paul Ullrich (Winnipeg) and eight small cartoons from Bill Harmer (reprinted from "100 Rejected Cartoons.")
Comics (Weirdo Recommends:)

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
0.85
Bagge promotes the following zines: "Private Hell" (Lynn Von Schlichting); "Scratchez" (Bob Lewis + Kathe Pritz); "All Small" and "Combo" (David Stienlicht); "Wurst Funnies" (Brad Johnson); "Spaz" (Vernon L. Wiley); "The Blotter" (Roy Tompkins); "Screaming Disaster"; "Demo"; "Blab" (Monte Beauchamp); "The Realist" (Paul Krassner); "W.D.C. Period" (Gordon Gordon); "Blatch" (Jim Blanchard); "Next Big Thing" (Lindsay Hutton); "Kicks" (Billy Miller + Miriam Linna); "Rumble" (Liam Killen)

The section includes a Brady Bunch-themed illustration by Von Schlichting as well as small sample illustrations from Xno, David Stienlicht, Brad Johnson, V.L. Wiley. Finally, there's a small cartoon by Bill Harmer titled "Damn Banana Peels" from "100 Rejected Cartoons."
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Creation of Steven's Unconcious
Who are you?
Steven meets a creation of his subconcious.
Reprinting
from Steven (self-published zine ?)
Miscellaneous
0.29
Visiting with Ramona

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
Ramona
Nadine, my new room-mate, will go to bed with any guy who gives her lots of coke
Ramona spills the dirt about her friends
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Miscellaneous
0.22
Brothers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Count your blessings and subtract your misfortunes.
A guy with a miniature brother on his back
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Miscellaneous
0.26
All in a Day's Work

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Godzilla
Godzilla's day waking from slumber and burning a city.
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Miscellaneous
0.19
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Tootles
Tootles; Bank Teller
Hi! I'm Tootles! Today I'm going to rob a bank!
Tootles attempts to rob a bank.
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Miscellaneous
0.19
Isle of Lust

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Ginger Grant; Gilligan; The Skipper; The Professor; Lovey Howell; Thurston Howell III; Mary Ann Summers
The bee-you-ti-ful Ginger Grant tells all!
Ginger from Gilligan's Island spills the dirt about her fellow castaways in these outtakes from her bestselling book Isle of Lust.
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Miscellaneous
1
The Religious Experience of Philip K. Dick

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
biography
Philip K. Dick; Tess; Christopher; Thomas M. Disch [Tom Disch]; John the Baptist
Philip K. Dick was a writer of science fiction.
Crumb illustrates Dick's testimony of some strange experiences. Dick struggles to make sense of a vision that made him see the world from the point of view of Apostolic Christians from ancient Rome. Eventually, a transformation occurs. What was once merely a vision begins to take over his mind.
Reprinting
FlagNausea #[nn] published October 2012
FlagR. Crumb The Weirdo Years: 1981-'93 #[nn] published January 2013
FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #16 published July 2002
as The Religious Experience of Philip K. Dick [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagKlassiker der Comic-Literatur #19 published January 2006
as Die religiöse Erleuchtung des Philip K. Dick [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Dick's dialogue taken from "Philip K. Dick: The Last Testament" (Fragments West / The Valentine Press)
Glorious Outer Space

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
Pig
Pig; Fuzzy; Squinky; Worm; Horsefeathers; Joan Jones
I can't stand it anymore
Pig remembers taking a ride in a flying saucer.
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Miscellaneous
1
A New (Not Old) Adventure!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Bill & Phil
Bill; Old Crazy Person; Batty Old Broad; Phil; Bob
Hi, my name is Bob...
Bill and Phil take action against old folk including Bob.
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Miscellaneous
2
Vegetable Kingdom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Big Jim; Willy the Cook; Sal-Manila; Judy the Ex-Psychologist; Marvin; Barbara Sprout
I moved into a residence hotel
A rundown of a residence hotel's bizarre inhabitants.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Monster Shirts by Mouse

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
Approximately fifty-two T-shirt design illustrations of various sizes reprinted from the artist's catalogs (1963-66). Includes a brief Bagge intro.
Mouse Meets Fred

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
Fred; Mouse
This is Fred trying to elude the busting policia (fuzz)!
How Mouse started designing hot rods.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Original two page strip reduced to one laid out in the landscape format.
The Checkered Demon In Hell!, part I

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Lamenting Sinner
One day, down below, the checkered one bopped along, over embers and sinners.
The Checkered Demon checks out an oddity in hell
Reprinting
FlagThe Collected Checkered Demon #1 published January 1998
as The Checkered Demon in Hell!, part I [Story on Interior Page(s)]
in Northwest Extra! #14 ?
Miscellaneous
1
Drunk Driving

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Farmer Brown
Farmer Brown; Sheriff; Mad-Dog Crowley
Wahoooo!!
Farmer Brown has a succession of car accidents.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Stooge Women

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Helen; Mabel; Gertrude; Elaine
What kind of guy was he?
The wives of assorted Three Stooges speak out
Reprinting
FlagWarts and All #[nn] published January 1990
FlagWarts and All #[nn] published March 1994
as Stooge Women [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
DiDi Has an Orgasm

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Hymie; Didi's Mom [Irma]; Glenda; Nathan; Boss; Alfie; Doctor; Bartender; Loretta; Crystal; Mom; Estelle Hochman; Selma Brown; Noreen Reilly; Rochelle Gold; Mr. E
Ooooh!!
DiDi is tired of her usual unsatisfying sex life.
Reprinting
FlagGlitz-2-Go #[nn] published January 2012
FlagTrue Glitz #[nn] published January 1990
as Didi Has an Orgasm [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
12
How the Utterly Insane Lunatic Gets His Favorite Food

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
The Utterly Insane Lunatic
The Utterly Insane Lunatic
Hey! What're you doing?!!
The lunatic winds up in the hospital on purpose.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.25
The Utterly Insane Lunatic as "The Psychiatrist"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
The Utterly Insane Lunatic
The Utterly Insane Lunatic; Geoff E. Hough
Anyway, Doc, aside from the armed robberies I told you about.....
Geoff sees the Utterly Insane Lunatic.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.25
Introducing the Paid Distractor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
The Utterly Insane Lunatic
The Utterly Insane Lunatic; The Paid Distractor
How many fingers?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
Welcome to East Texas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
autobiography, biography
Tales from East Texas
Michael's brother-in-law; Mark Lumpkin
In the Summer of 1969, we watched Neil Armstrong walk on the moon.
Dougan discovers a soulmate while in Biology class.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
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