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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: [no 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: R. Crumb's last issue as editor.

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:  
Disclose Variants2
Disclose Reprinted In21
Disclose Reprinted From0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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
Character(s): Door Man; Barber; Fisherman; Bus Boy; Janitor; Bar Keep; No Trade; Plumber; Bank Dick; Milk Man; Postman; Butcher; Cabbie; Druggist; Locksmith; Retired; Waiter; Geek
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
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Weirdo's Advice to the Lovelorn
Character(s): Patient Leslie; Patient Jill
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Brief text accompanied by three photographs.
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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
Character(s): Eetah Mameetah; Sun Roof; Limburger; Fluffer Nutter
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, biography
Feature(s): Arline 'n' Bob
Character(s): Nick; Liz
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: adventure, humorous, superhero
Character(s): Enmascarado Loco
Synopsis: Big Bitch is on Trashman's trail to retrieve a serum.
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): Hannah; Wendy; Hank
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, superhero
Synopsis: Peter's owner is trapped by a group of rogue penises.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Mode O'Day and Her Pals

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Character(s): 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, non-fiction
Character(s): Joe Venuti; Hoagy Carmichael; Clara Bow; Wingy Manone; Paul Whiteman
Synopsis: Vignettes from the life of a 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
Character(s): Wife; Husband
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, non-fiction
Character(s): 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; Aeriel
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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