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Issue: Weirdo #23
Publication Date: January 1988
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Issues: #23 of 28 Issues (47 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Adults Only
Publisher: FlagLast Gasp
Brand: Last Gasp Eco-Funnies
Indicia Publisher: Last Gasp Eco-Funnies
On Sale Date: 1988
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 13 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: This is a killer funny book, dude!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagR. Crumb The Weirdo Years: 1981-'93 #[nn] published January 2013
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #17 [unnamed variant] published July 2005
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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What If Underground Comix Went Overground?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Crumbwood; Bunchie; Mr. Dickhead; Spaced-Out Spliff [Coolvin]; Mutant Fascist Pig
First Line: Oh boy!
Synopsis: Underground style pastiche of Blondie, Garfield and Calvin & Hobbes titled "Crumbwood & Bunchie," "Mausfield" and "Coolvin & Buds."
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: 3 single tier strips
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Weirdo no. 23

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
First Line: My dear readers... I'm in a state trying to get this issue of Weirdo out to you eager fans...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes a Kominsky-Crumb editorial along with letters from: B. Haden; Peter Ridsdale (Bristol, UK); Tony Bennett (London); Tattoo Dave (Chicago); Father Elisa. Robert Crumb designed the masthead.
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Lisa Lee - Weirdo's Hot New 'Zine Reviewer!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Lisa Lee (masthead portrait)
First Line: From all over the U.S.A., fine young talented cartoonists are sending in copies of their self-published magazines.
Synopsis: Lisa introduces herself amd talks about her qualifications for this zine review column.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Tyler confirmed in a December 2020 Comic Book Historians podcast episode that she took on this zine review job as a favor to Kominsky-Crumb. But rather than using her real name, she took on the persona of a complaining worker at the nonexistent Weirdo magazine office.

Capsule reviews of the following: "The Blotter" (Roy Tompkins); "Unsupervised Existence" (Terry Laban); "This is Nancy's Magazine;" "Guilt Comics" (Maurice Vellekoop); "Cardboard Love" (E.E. Moore); "Chicken Slacks;" "Dada Gumbo" (Dale Luciano); "Pop Romance." Includes small spot illustrations from each publication.
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Our Lovely Home

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Mr. Perfect; Yves; John; Isaiah; Bucky
First Line: We've been putting all our hard earned money into home improvements lately...
Synopsis: The family settle into their new house as they have various workers doing home improvement projects for them.
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In Content Item: FlagMy Troubles with Women #[nn] published January 1992
as Our Lovely Home [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Dirty Laundry Comics #[nn] [unnamed variant] published June 1993
as Our Lovely Home [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #17 [unnamed variant] published July 2005
as Our Lovely Home [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagNeed More Love A Graphic Memoir #[nn] published January 2007
as Aline 'n' Bob in Our Lovely Home [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDrawn Together #[nn] published October 2012
as Aline 'n' Bob in Our Lovely Home [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Bat Girl

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, horror
Character(s): Winkie
First Line: Twistin' and a Twitchin!
Synopsis: Winkie's tragic life from her trailer park childhood living with religious fanatics to her deep dive into plastic surgery as an adult.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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My First Summer Job

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Character(s): Drifter; Bob Lopez; Bob's parents; Yarborough; Frances; Yarborough's grandson; The other night help; Crewcut
First Line: Once when I was about 4 years old, I lost my parents at the Kay-Cee Shoppe...
Synopsis: A memoir of Bob Lopez's summer working in a restaurant kitchen with an abrasive boss.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Subtitled 'A Memoir Of Bob Lopez preserved in comic form.'
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Oliver Limpdingle's Search For Love

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Oliver Limpdingle; Bruiser Beefbruno; Bruiser's 87-year-old bride
First Line: To better understand the opposite sex, Oliver Limpdingle studies the pages of the 'Ladies' Home Journal' avidly...
Synopsis: Oliver's total inability to relate with women.
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In Content Item: FlagNotes from a Defeatist #[nn] published January 2003
as Oliver Limpdingle's Search for Love [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Russia

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, humorous
Character(s): Big Bitch; Minister Oblimov; S. Fulmanova; Asquith; Ivan
First Line: On the small hours of the morning a single light shines from a tiny office in the Kremlin
Synopsis: Kremlin apparatchik Minister Oblimov fears an invasion of fashionable footwear as he dispatches S. Fulmanova to put an end to Big Bitch's joint venture with official Soviet state representatives.
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In Content Item: FlagShe Comics: An Anthology of Big Bitch #[nn] published August 1993
as Russia [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Title taken from the She Comics: An Anthology of Big Bitch book.
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Moving Graphics featuring the Adventures of Gregory Gremlin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Lindsay Arnold; Lindsay's dad; The Manager; Cedric/Keghead; Producer of kid's shows; Zeke
First Line: Yer mother tells me you got sacked from the TV station?!!?
Synopsis: Lindsay recalls his days as a TV artist in a Tasmanian local TV station in the 1960s.
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Pages: 6
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Pong Wook-EE!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Kewpie; Doc Ledicker; Al Ledicker; Indian maiden; He Tuck Chaw; The Grey Ones
First Line: In a space station thirty thousand miles from Earth.
Synopsis: Kewpie sees a performance from the young Doc Ledicker.
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In Issue: FlagShadowland #[nn] published September 2006
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: This ties in to a vast continuity of carnival stories created by Deitch
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I-I-I!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Duncovsky; Duncovsky's Mother; Psychiatrist; Sister; Ace Backwords; Vivacious Artistic Woman
First Line: The inferno of being self-obsessed and closed-in!
Synopsis: Dumkovsky tries to work through his problems as he talks to his therapist.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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School Trouble

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Little Lilly
Character(s): Little Lilly; Lilly's mom; Lilly's teacher
First Line: Bye Lilly
Synopsis: Little Lilly lies about her misbehaviour at school.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: back cover

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