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Issue: Weirdo #21
Publication Date: January 1987
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Issues: #21 of 28 Issues (47 Printings)
Title:
Variant: First Printing
Rating: Adults Only
Publisher: FlagLast Gasp
Brand: Last Gasp Eco-Funnies
Indicia Publisher: Last Gasp Eco-Funnies
On Sale Date: 1987
Volume:
Pages: 52
ISBN: 0867191937
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 18 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: 1st printing: ? (2.95 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 In8
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Not so fast sonny boy!
Reprinting
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)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Black Cat Bone

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, hobby
First Line: Sometimes you have to be able to walk invisible.
Synopsis: How to sacrifice a black cat
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHooDoo #[nn] published November 1988
as The Black Cat Bone [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Adapted from a magic ritual recorded by Neale Hurston.
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Auntie Mary

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Auntie Mary
First Line: Hurry!
Synopsis: Childhood modesty shredded as Carol asks her aunt for a towel in this tale taking place in 1958.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagLate Bloomer #[nn] published August 2005
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Comic Journalism

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Harvey Sez
First Line: One of the recurring themes in my essays about comics is that they can be used in many ways...
Synopsis: Harvey praises the work of Leonard Rifas and Joyce Brabner's "Real War Stories."
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.44
Disclose Notes: Includes a Kominsky-Crumb spot illustration.
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Weirdo no. 21

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Letters to the Editor
First Line: Hello readers... its me again...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.44
Disclose Notes: 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)
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Can Your Scalp Pass the Finger-Nail Test?

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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Character(s): Hector Ybardez; Driver
First Line: Our story opens with the Rat trying to sneak his way up the socioeconomic ladder...
Synopsis: Mickey Rat wins the California Lottery after taking someone else's forgotten lottery tickets.
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Pages: 3
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Beach Blanket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Angie; Moondoggy; Col; Gate; George; Hodad; Mom; Dad
First Line: Moondoggy, I'm bored
Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old surf teenager Angie wants to experience the wider world so she breaks up with her boyfriend Moondoggy and attempts to hitchhike to see her sister Kate.
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Pages: 6
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I Know Meats!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, humorous
Character(s): C. Croce; Big John; The Butcher; Doctor
First Line: It all started real simple.
Synopsis: A meat fetish- how a lifelong appreciation for meat came about.
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Pages: 3
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Sex Crazed Housewife or My Troubles With Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography, humorous
Character(s): Easily Impressed White Boy; Ricky; Leann; Cute Young Man; Latin Type Guy; Kurt; Sharon
First Line: I'm waiting for this libido to die down awreddy!
Synopsis: Aline's late-flourishing attraction to men.
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In Content Item: FlagLove That Bunch #[nn] published July 1990
as Sex Crazed Housewife or My Troubles With Men [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
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Blankie

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Mr. Simms
First Line: Mr. Simms had been catatonic for months...
Synopsis: Mr. Simms shakes off his catatonia after he sees a blanket being removed from a clothesline.
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In Issue: FlagLate Bloomer #[nn] published August 2005
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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R. Crumb's Cavalcade of Sketches

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
First Line: Just my normal day...
Synopsis: Annotated sketches and short strips from Crumb.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: 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.
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Pizza Lottery

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Wendt
First Line: Wendt didn't even know this woman.
Synopsis: The consequences of winning the pizza lottery.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Includes two illustrations.
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Suburban Teens on Acid 1969

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Dennis Worden; Alan; Bob
First Line: Everything was set up for a bummer.
Synopsis: A bad acid experience.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Come to Me

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, horror
Character(s): Singe; Singe's Sister
First Line: Free from the vulgarity that is the human race, I've buried myself in this labyrinth.
Synopsis: A visit to a flagellant cult.
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Pages: 3
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Town

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous, science fiction
Character(s): Asquith; Cheeseman; Duane; Duane's Mom; Henry Penpal
First Line: Big Bitch rolls thru the country side with her faithful manservant "Asquith"
Synopsis: While in search of Henry Penpal, Big Bitch and her manservant Asquith come across a strange town full of religious fanatics.
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In Content Item: FlagShe Comics: An Anthology of Big Bitch #[nn] published August 1993
as Town [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story title is from the book "She Comics: An Anthology of Big Bitch."
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What Is, Isn't Enough

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: When you look at people, they come off as so real- vivid, breathing, moving...
Synopsis: Hopes for the progression of humanity.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Back Bay & Beacon Hill Chapter of The Boston Great Books Association Discusses Weirdo over Cocktails

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: But Weirdo repudiates Post-Modernism...
Synopsis: A discussion of Weirdo at a Boston party.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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