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Issue: Weirdo #8
Publication Date: January 1983
 
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Variant: First Printing
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Publisher: FlagLast Gasp
Indicia Publisher: Last Gasp
On Sale Date: 1983
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN: 0867191511
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 23 (19 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Cover design resembles early issues of Mad magazine. 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
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
humorous
I'll be alright in a minit... I'm just a little over-loaded you might say...
Reprinting
FlagR. Crumb The Weirdo Years: 1981-'93 #[nn] published January 2013
FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #14 [unnamed variant] published April 2000
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Pee Dawg Pulls a Train

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Pee Dog
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Together the two cartoonists also refer themselves as "The Shit Generation."
Weirdo's Advice to the Lovelorn

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
Weirdo's Advice to the Lovelorn
Prof. T.E. Zwigoff (photo of Terry Zwigoff)
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Miscellaneous
0.31
Weirdo Number 8

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
1.35
Includes letters from Eddie Nukes (a.k.a. Jay Condom); Lizardman (Spartanburg, SC); Mike H. Price (Fort Worth, TX); Frank Gaard (Minneapolis, MN); Charles Kraft (New Orleans); John Holstrom; J.D. King; C. "Jerry" Kutner (North Hollywood, CA); Steve Lafler; Keith Edwards (Detroit); Pauli Kallio (Erkkila, Finland); Ace Backwords (a.k.a. Pete Labreola); Aiko Schmidt (Emden, W. Germany); Fazul Reet (Los Angeles); Leonard Rifas; Dirty Norman (Pembrokeshire, Wales)

The masthead illustration only is reprinted in The Complete Crumb vol. 14.
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb (photo)
Give me back my Weirdo magazine, you hussy!!
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Miscellaneous
0.34
Ad for back issues of this magazine.
Dat Brat from Brooklyn!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Martini Baton
Martini Baton
The life story of a Brooklyn brat
Reprinting
FlagMartini Baton! #[nn] published May 1994
as Dat Brat From Brooklyn! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
These series of pages also include a one-tier strip titled "Jesus Critters." The first line of dialogue for this first one is "Hippity-hop on my feet!"
A Hot Day in Brooklyn!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Martini Baton
Martini Baton
Reprinting
FlagMartini Baton! #[nn] published May 1994
as A Hot Day In Brooklyn! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
The first line of dialogue for the accompanying "Jesus' Critters" strip is "Look what nuclear wastes did to Prancer the Reindeer!"
A Trip to the Country!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Martini Baton
Martini Baton
Reprinting
FlagMartini Baton! #[nn] published May 1994
as A Trip To The Country! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
The first line of dialogue for the accompanying "Jesus' Critters" strip is "Today the Jesus Critters are having a bake sale!"
The Seed Is Sown!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Martini Baton
Martini Baton
Reprinting
FlagMartini Baton! #[nn] published May 1994
as The Seed Is Sown! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
The first line of dialogue for the accompanying "Jesus' Critters" strip is "What do I have to be thankful for?"
Murder!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Martini Baton
Martini Baton
Reprinting
FlagMartini Baton! #[nn] published May 1994
as Murder! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
The first line in the accompanying "Jesus' Critters" strip is "And now it's time I suffer for Jesus!"
Her New Family

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Martini Baton
Martini Baton
Reprinting
FlagMartini Baton! #[nn] published May 1994
as Her New Family [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
The first line in the accompanying "Jesus' Critters" strip is "What has God done for you lately?"
The Axeman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Historical Weirdos
An axe murderer in 1920s Louisiana
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Miscellaneous
4
Gold Is Whar You Find It, Chapter 9: No Man Is an Axle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Axel Wazunoski King of the Highway
Axel Wazunoski
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Miscellaneous
1
Gold Is Where You Find It, Chapter 10: Fool's Gold!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Axel Wazunoski King of the Highway
Axel Wazunoski
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Miscellaneous
1
Gold Is Whar You Find It, Chapter 11: Don't Mess Wif Me

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Axel Wazunoski King of the Highway
Axel Wazunoski
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Miscellaneous
1
Gold Is Where You Find It! Chapter 12: Meteor!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Axel Wazunoski King of the Highway
Axel Wazunoski
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Miscellaneous
1
Has a credit thanking John Kricfalusi.
Girls Turned into Vibrator Zombies!

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Sylvia Silicosis (photo of Dori Seda); Bettie Bidet (photo of Jenny Ashworth); Vaseline Sally (photo of Joan Floria)
Sylvia and Bettie go to the vibrator shop.
Reprinting
FlagDori Stories #[nn] published January 1999
as Girls Turned Into Vibrator Zombies! [Photo Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
Jono Emoto

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Jono Emoto
Jono's girlfriend wants to move out
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Love-Life of an Artist...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
autobiography
Dori Seda; Barry; Bill; Tona
Dori breaks up her engagement
Reprinting
FlagDori Stories #[nn] published January 1999
as The Love-Life of an Artist... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
3
The remainder of the title- "...Or... "You Know What They Say About Older Women and Younger Men!""
The Adventures of George "Murky" Murkoid

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
drama
George Murkoid; Gloria; Hal; Maria; Irene
George remembers first meeting Gloria
Reprinting
FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #14 [unnamed variant] published April 2000
as The Adventures of George "Murky" Murkoid [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
9
Life in the Night

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Depressed Dora
Dora's car breaks down
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
Imported Erotika

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
A sex movie pastiche
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Brokerage office. Months went by. One day, going shopping, I passed my brokerage office, only an unlicensed...
A full-page typewritten sample of one of Dec's rants.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
back cover.

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