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Issue: Weirdo #9
Publication Date: January 1984
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Issues: #9 of 28 Issues (47 Printings)
Title:
Variant: First Printing
Rating:
Publisher: FlagLast Gasp
Brand: Last Gasp Eco-Funnies
Indicia Publisher: Last Gasp
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN: 086719152X
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 19 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: 2nd printing: ? (3.95 USD)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color Covers, Black & White Interior
Dimensions: 10.75" x 8.25" (27.3 cm x 20.9 cm)
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In21
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adult, humorous
First Line: Pssst.... Hey! C'mere! Got something important I wanna tell ya...
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagR. Crumb The Weirdo Years: 1981-'93 #[nn] published January 2013
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #15 [unnamed variant] published August 2001
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 as a Magazine. Letters page includes comments from Jay Lynch, Larry Marder and Drew Friedman. Robert Crumb's final issue as editor
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: ....I don't expect it to be readily apparent to you, but I just want you to be aware...
Synopsis: Plea to buy Weirdo
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagEndzeit Comics #[nn] published June 1986
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #15 [unnamed variant] published August 2001
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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A Hollywood Love Supreme

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Rock Hudson; Gina Lollobrigida; Jim Nabors (unnamed)
Synopsis: Comment on the alleged relationship between Rock Hudson and Jim Nabors
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagAny Similarity to Persons Living or Dead Is Purely Coincidental #[nn] published July 1986
In Issue: FlagAny Similarity to Persons Living or Dead Is Purely Coincidental: An Anthology of Comic Art 1979-1985 #[nn] published February 2012
In Content Item: FlagAny Similarity to Persons Living or Dead Is Purely Coincidental #[nn] [3rd & 4th printings] published September 1986
as A Hollywood Love Supreme [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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They'll Never Own a Yacht

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A collection of ugly men and their trades
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagAny Similarity to Persons Living or Dead Is Purely Coincidental #[nn] published July 1986
In Issue: FlagAny Similarity to Persons Living or Dead Is Purely Coincidental: An Anthology of Comic Art 1979-1985 #[nn] published February 2012
In Content Item: FlagAny Similarity to Persons Living or Dead Is Purely Coincidental #[nn] [3rd & 4th printings] published September 1986
as They'll Never Own a Yacht [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Weirdo's Advice to the Lovelorn

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Weirdo's Advice to the Lovelorn
Character(s): Prof. T.E. Zwigoff (photo of Terry Zwigoff)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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Weirdo Number 9

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #15 [unnamed variant] published August 2001
as Weirdo #9 Letters Page Masthead and Spot Illustration [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.31
Disclose Notes: Includes letters from Tom Christopher (Vashon, WA); Jay Lynch; Dave Kempker (Folsom, CA); Maxon Crumb; Roger Carrington (Fairfax, CA); Don Kochi (Los Angeles); Larry Marder; Joe Paulino (Berkeley, CA); Geoff Burkman (Dayton, OH); Rudy Rucker (Lynchburg, VA); Jean-Francois Duval; John Jayman (Montague, Mass); C.S. Duncan (Orland, CA); Drew Friedman; Dan Slavin (Cerritos, CA); George Parsons (Nevada City, CA); John Terrorist (NY, NY).

The masthead drawing and a spot illustration only are reprinted in The Complete Crumb vol. 15.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
First Line: Please help R. Crumb to get rich & powerful by ordering lots 'n lots of...
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #15 [unnamed variant] published August 2001
as [untitled] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.36
Disclose Notes: Ad for back issues of this magazine.
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Elf Squelch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Behind the scenes in the elf household.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: a parody of ElfQuest.
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Arline 'n' Bob and That Thing in the Bedroom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adult, autobiography
Feature(s): Arline 'n' Bob
Character(s): Arline; Bob; Nick; Liz; Sophie
Synopsis: The trials of having an infant child.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMy Troubles with Women #[nn] published January 1992
as Arline 'n' Bob and That Thing In the Bedroom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Dirty Laundry Comics #[nn] [unnamed variant] published June 1993
as Arline 'n' Bob and That Thing In the Bedroom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #15 [unnamed variant] published August 2001
as Arline 'n' Bob and That Thing In the Bedroom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDrawn Together #[nn] published October 2012
as Arline 'n' Bob and That Thing In the Bedroom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Mission Nites

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Trashman
Character(s): Trashman; Big Bitch; Enmascarado Loco
Synopsis: Big Bitch is on Trashman's trail
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTrashman Lives!: The Collected Stories from 1968 to 1985 #[nn] published June 1989
as Mission Nites [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Cockroach Crisis

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Hank and Hannah
Character(s): Hank; Hannah
Synopsis: Hannah ponders the sanctity of life
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Max Crumb Art

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Six illustrations. The titles are "Psychotic Fit on One Leg;" "Execution of Woman Communist Reactionary Police- Wuhan, China, 1927;" "Sex Act of the Aborigines;" "Dead Animal Smell and the Beloved;" "Dance of the Chinese Exhibitionist;" "St. Lazarus Contemplating the Image of a Goose."
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Peter to the Rescue!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Peter the Penis
Character(s): Peter the Penis
Synopsis: Peter's owner is trapped by a group of rogue penises
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mode O'Day and Her Pals
Character(s): Mode O'Day; Doggo; Geoffrey; Sam Greenberg
First Line: She's just a small town girl but what she'd really like to be is a fashion model in New York
Synopsis: Doggo delivers some industrial salvage that Mode passes off as art.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #15 [unnamed variant] published August 2001
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe R. Crumb Handbook #[nn] published January 2005
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Joe Venuti

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Joe Venuti
Synopsis: Vignettes from the life of a fictitious 1920s jazz musician
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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I Married a Jerk

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: The faults of a geek husband
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Artist Meets a Swinger or... Crabs Eating Raoul

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Dori Seda; Tona; Leonard; Sally; Young Wastrel
Synopsis: Dori's experience with swingers.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDori Stories #[nn] published January 1999
as The Artist Meets a Swinger or... Crabs Eating Raoul [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Cave Nudes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Fred Flintstone; Wilma Flintstone; Arnold; Barney Rubble; Betty Rubble
Synopsis: Fred finds the paper boy a nuisance
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A short paragraph on top of the page states this was sent anonymously by an employee at Hanna-Barbera Productions with this note: "A fine funny fellow pinned copies of this up all over the producer's wing at H&B in order to create havoc and chaos. Nothing was ever said about them, but all were gone within an hour."

Art credits are from a comment the artist left on a fellow animator's blog.
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Modern Boy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): The modern boy
Synopsis: The modern boy rails against society
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Strip concludes on the back cover. In b&w except for the final page.

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