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Issue: Weirdo #18
Publication Date: January 1986
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Issues: #18 of 28 Issues (47 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Adults Only
Publisher: FlagLast Gasp
Brand: Last Gasp Eco-Funnies
Indicia Publisher: Last Gasp
On Sale Date: 1988
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: 0867191740
UPC/EAN: 075470408
Price: $2.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 16 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Aline Kominsky-Crumb's first issue as editor. Cover pastiches womens magazines. 1st printing: ? (2.50 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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Disclose Reprinted In13
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Ew, what a low-life name for a magazine!! Can't we change the name??
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In Issue: FlagR. Crumb The Weirdo Years: 1981-'93 #[nn] published January 2013
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #16 published July 2002
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Glitz to Go

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Josephine Jo-Jo Jones; Brent Trent; Persephone Feldman
Synopsis: Rundown of assorted fashions
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In Issue: FlagGlitz-2-Go #[nn] published January 2012
In Content Item: FlagTrue Glitz #[nn] published January 1990
as Glitz to Go [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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A Warning from Peter Bagge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Bagge repents for his editorial stint for the evil periodical named Weirdo magazine.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Weirdo number 18

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.65
Disclose Notes: A masthead drawing by Clark. Aline and Eric Freeman each contribute small spot illustrations. R. Crumb letters the reader letters- Kevin Dixon (Chapel Hill, NC); Joanne Hackett; Michael Bifulco; Karen Paperno (Austin, TX); Scott Semans (Seattle).
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Ruptured? You Poor Schmuck!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.35
Disclose Notes: Small ads for back issue of Weirdo and "The Shit Generation's" (Ed Nukes & Jocko Levant Brainiac 5) "Spooky Comics."
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adult, humorous
Character(s): Mara; Doggy; Porpy; Alison; Scott; Jerry Wombat; Darlene
First Line: They say opportunity knocks but once and you'd better grab it while you can!!
Synopsis: Mode is offered a bit part in a film. She then hosts an "intimate gathering" to celebrate this.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #16 published July 2002
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Second Time Around

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Sharon; Jack Wolf; Ray
Synopsis: Binky meets a fellow signpainter in a bar, and offers to help him out
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Story accompanied by four small illustrations. Binky Brown is Green's autobiographical pseudonym
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I Remember the Sixties

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Feature(s): East Texas
Synopsis: Childhood recollections of living in Irving, Texas in 1963.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Deep Thoughts from My Kitchen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography, humorous
First Line: This is me.. I have it all!
Synopsis: Aline's daily routine
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In Content Item: FlagLove That Bunch #[nn] published July 1990
as Deep Thoughts From My Kitchen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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What Big Girls Are Made Of

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: melted make-up
Synopsis: Commentary on female accoutrements
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In Issue: FlagGlitz-2-Go #[nn] published January 2012
In Content Item: FlagThe New Comics Anthology #[nn] published January 1991
as What Big Girls are Made of [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Cleanliness is Next to Dogliness!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Tona-Toons
Character(s): Tona the Dog; Dracula the cat
First Line: Boy- it's been a rough day at work, the car broke down...
Synopsis: Life with Dori's pet dog Tona as she gives the dog a bath to treat its eczema.
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In Content Item: FlagTwisted Sisters: A Collection of Bad Girl Art #[nn] published January 1991
as Cleanliness is Next to Dogliness!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDori Stories #[nn] published January 1999
as Cleanliness is Next to Dogliness!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Asquith; Mal-Ocula; Nasty Elaine; Senator; Globaco Representative
First Line: This is about as much fun as french kissing the "Alien"
Synopsis: Big Bitch steals the formula for Coke and delivers it to the Subcommitee on Internal Functions.
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In Content Item: FlagShe Comics: An Anthology of Big Bitch #[nn] published August 1993
as BlurpCola [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Big City

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
First Line: New face
Synopsis: The dangers and attractions of being a new face in the city.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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4 Red Brides

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Carol's sis; Carol's brother; Carol's friend
Synopsis: How art became an escape for Carol early on in her life.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Schlep Set

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography, humorous
Character(s): Didier; The Fru-Fru; Dominique
First Line: My fingers are numb
Synopsis: The Crumb family take a trip to France for a comics festival as The Bunch details her infatuation with the country.
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In Content Item: FlagLove That Bunch #[nn] published July 1990
as The Schlep Set [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Valmor Story

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (anonymous)
Inker(s): ? (anonymous)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
First Line: In 1972 I was walking around a flea market outside San Francisco and bought several old bottles and cans...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Text article about a hunt for 1930s Valmor advertising and sales material. Illustrated with approximately twenty-three images of labels and ads. In b&w except for the back cover. Monte Beauchamp did an article on the same subject in Blab! #8 (1995).

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