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Issue: Weirdo #2
Publication Date: January 1981
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Issues: #2 of 28 Issues (47 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagLast Gasp
Brand: Last GaspView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Last Gasp Eco Funnies
On Sale Date: 1981
Volume:
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN:
Price: $2.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 25 (16 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: 1st printing: 10,000 (June 1981); 2nd printing: 10,000 (July 1981, 2.25 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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
First Line: I'm no dum dum!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagR. Crumb The Weirdo Years: 1981-'93 #[nn] published January 2013
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #14 [unnamed variant] published April 2000
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 Magazine
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Weirdo number 2

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #14 [unnamed variant] published April 2000
as Weirdo Letters Page Logos [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.79
Disclose Notes: Includes letters from Charles Schwenk (Portland, OR), Jane and Jay Lynch, David Wald (NYC), Tim Barrett (San Francisco) and Harry the Man-Ape (Hamburg, Germany). The logo only is reprinted in the Complete Crumb.
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Weirdo's Advice to the Lovelorn

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Prof. T.E. Zwigoff (photo of Terry Zwigoff)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.21
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Big Bitch
Character(s): Harry Chesna; Babs; Big Bitch; Asquith
First Line: At the Bureau of Internal Functions, Harry Chesna "The Chinless Wonder" speaks to his men
Synopsis: Big Bitch erases a databank
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Reprint Notes: from ? (1980)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Hillary's Impertinent Pup

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Hillary
Synopsis: Hillary takes her dog for a walk but gets all tangled up.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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The Entropy Crisis

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Professor Brainard
Character(s): Professor Brainard; Entropy
Synopsis: Poem about entropy
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from ? (1979)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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A Bagatelle In Hell

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Professor Brainard
Character(s): Professor Brainard; The Devil
Synopsis: A dream in rhyme
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from ? (1979)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Although a page in length, this is stretched over a double page spread with the strip below.
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Science Or Sanity?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Professor Brainard
Character(s): Professor Brainard
Synopsis: The Professor lucks out in love
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from ? (1980)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Although a page in length, this is stretched over a double page spread with the strip above.
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Make Mine Mucilage

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Professor Brainard
Character(s): Professor Brainard
Synopsis: Musing about philosophy in rhyme
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Although a page in length, this is stretched over a double page spread with the strip below.
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Posterity Is Just Around The Corner

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Professor Brainard
Character(s): Professor Brainard
Synopsis: A rhyme warning about the possible world of tomorrow
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from ? (1980)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Although a page in length, this is stretched over a double page spread with the strip above.
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Weirdo Does a Total Makeover

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Doctor (photo of Robert Crumb); Alcoholic Bag-Hag (photo of Leila Jane Dornacker)
Synopsis: A bum has a Weirdo makeover
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: The final page includes a small ad for a 45RPM single from Dornacker's band "Leila and the Snakes."
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Backwoods Comic Postcards

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Eight cartoons about 1940s rural American life
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The titled ones are "Nature's Boy," "The Hangover Bar," "Buck Fever," "Saturday Nite at Louie's," "P.U. Hoganslush Hot Dog Co. Inc.," "Ma Making an Ass of Herself," "Northwoods Tavern"
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Doodly Squats

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adult, humorous
Character(s): Jerk; Plutonium Salesman; Professor Wanowski; Modern Man; Business Man; Environmentalist
Synopsis: Seven assorted cartoons
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In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #14 [unnamed variant] published April 2000
as Doodly Squats [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Mr. Bunch Takes a Sabbatical

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Bunch
Character(s): The Bunch
Synopsis: The Bunch loses her masculine side
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLove That Bunch #[nn] published July 1990
as Mr. Bunch Takes a Sabbatical [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: The Bunch is Aline Kominsky's self-caricature
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How Bob's Body Bought Him Fame Instead of Shame

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Wimp (photo of Robert Crumb); The Bully (photo of Gregg Gannon); Two Women
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Photostrip parodying Charles Atlas ads. Character and photo credits from the upcoming Weirdo Book from Last Gasp.
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Weirdo Art Section: It's Art For Art's Sake!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Cartoon doodles
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #14 [unnamed variant] published April 2000
as Weirdo Art Section: It's Art for Art's Sake! [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe R. Crumb Handbook #[nn] published January 2005
as Weirdo Art Section: It's Art for Art's Sake! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Bloods in Space

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Jim; Jack; Reverend Ike
Synopsis: Earth has a visitation
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In Content Item: FlagDori Stories #[nn] published January 1999
as Bloods in Space [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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"Figure Studies" At The Art Museum

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe R. Crumb Handbook #[nn] published January 2005
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #14 [unnamed variant] published April 2000
as "Figure Studies" at the Art Museum [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The World Of The Future: Some Things Never Change!

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #14 [unnamed variant] published April 2000
as The World of the Future: Some Things Never Change! [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Direction of American Youth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Holistic Surrealist
Synopsis: Assorted peoples' aspirations
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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What's The World Coming To!

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #14 [unnamed variant] published April 2000
as What's the World Coming To! [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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"Mr Sensitive" Can't Take It!

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #14 [unnamed variant] published April 2000
as "Mr. Sensitive" Can't Take It! [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Brombo the Panda

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Brombo The Panda
Synopsis: Brombo has problems in the real world
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #14 [unnamed variant] published April 2000
as Brombo the Panda [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe R. Crumb Handbook #[nn] published January 2005
as Brombo the Panda [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Character noted as being created by R. Crumb in 1951
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Yes, my darling it's a cruel world...
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #14 [unnamed variant] published April 2000
as [untitled] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Signed "For Cat Yronwode."
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Will You Kiss Me in the Dark, Baby?

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ? (typeset)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover reprint of a 1940s comic book ad from the "Glow in the Dark Necktie Co."

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