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Issue: Weirdo #12
Publication Date: January 1985
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Issues: #12 of 28 Issues (47 Printings)
Title:
Variant: First printing
Rating: Adults Only
Publisher: FlagLast Gasp
Brand: Last Gasp Eco-Funnies
Indicia Publisher: Last Gasp Eco-Funnies
On Sale Date: 1985
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN: 0867191635
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 23 (13 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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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
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Special Loser Issue

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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 Special Loser Issue [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Skinboy Lives in the City

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Skinboy
Synopsis: Skinboy samples city night life
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Weirdo number 12

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.38
Disclose Notes: Brief editorial plus letters from Reverend Ivan Stang; Richard Strassberg; Mary Fleener; John E. (Wichita, KS); Brad Johnson (San Francisco); Bill Sherman (Bloomington, ILL); David Carrino; Ken Weiner; Robert Williams; Tim Di Chiara (W. Redding, CT). Besides a Bagge masthead illustration there are small illustrations from Richard Strassberg, Tom Crow, Brad Johnson and David Carrino.
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Rory Hayes: An Appreciation

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.27
Disclose Notes: Includes one small spot illustration apiece from the listed artists.
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Observations from One Interior

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): George Orwell; Aldous Huxley; Al Capp
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.35
Disclose Notes: Includes three small spot illustrations.
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Wax Paper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Wax
Synopsis: A food storage problem solved
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.44
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Reject Stories (Sent in by Some of Our Readers!!)

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 0.44
Disclose Notes: Readers reminisce about rejects they knew in school (in response to Bagge's "The Reject" story from issue ten). Letters from Robert Armstrong; Sue D. Nym (Chicago); Ashliegh Johnsyn (Seattle); Ace Backwords; Carol Jackson (West Corina, CA).
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Tootles
Character(s): Tootles; Doodles
First Line: Hi, I'm Tootles! Today I'm going to work!
Synopsis: Tootles goes to work
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Pages: 0.12
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Farmer Brown
Character(s): Farmer Brown; Sis; Farmer Brown's Son
First Line: Hey pop! Watcha doing?
Synopsis: Farmer Brown tries to move the outhouse
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Pages: 0.12
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
First Line: I know great art when I see it, and these self-made publications are the greatest things being made in America today!
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Pages: 0.47
Disclose Notes: Promo for several small-press zines as well as back issues of Weirdo and "Mr. Natural" R. Crumb sculptures. Also includes three "Crazy Lady" cocktail napkin spot illustrations by Percy Parker
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5 Fingered Romance!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: The tragic romance between a man and his left hand
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Pages: 0.41
Disclose Notes: During this time period the artist used a small triangle with a slash through it as a pseudonym.
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Strange Bedfellows

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Doris Day (unnamed); Rock Hudson (unnamed); Jim Nabors (unnamed)
Synopsis: A Hollywood rumour.
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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 Strange Bedfellows [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Sour Grapes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Ken Weiner; Peter Bagge
Character(s): Ken Weiner; Randy
Synopsis: Some disagreements between friends
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In Issue: FlagJunior #4 published February 2001
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Party's Over!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Hubby; Lance; Jean; Jeff
Synopsis: The guys snipe at the party guests after they leave
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Pages: 1
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A Page of Crap

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Assorted jokes and illustrations
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In Content Item: FlagPedestrian Vulgarity #1 published July 1990
as A Page Of Crap [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Text and illustration combined in equal measure.
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More Crap

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Thirteen small humorous illustrations.
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Rest in Peaces

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): L'il Louie & Bulldozer
Character(s): L'il Louie; Bulldozer
Synopsis: The boys go on the hunt for chicks in 1970 by dressing as hippies.
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Pages: 2
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No. 1 Treasure of X-Isle

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Escheresque maze
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Centrespread
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Mara; Dorfman E. Dolphin [as Porpy]; Paul; Manuel Beastly; Cassandra
First Line: Oh look! He's got a copy of the social register... I should get myself one of those!
Synopsis: Mode's shallow attitudes are exposed.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #15 [unnamed variant] published August 2001
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Rory Story

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Rory Hayes; Pooh Raas
Synopsis: Hayes' quotes adapted to a metaphor for his life
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From Content Item: FlagSan Francisco Comic Book #5 published January 1980
was The Rory Story [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Keeper of the Mind

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Popoff Hayes; Joe Aiello; Jerry
Synopsis: Popoff samples a mixture of drugs
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In Content Item: FlagWhere Demented Wented: The Art and Comics of Rory Hayes #[nn] published January 2008
as The Keeper of the Mind [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: From 1971
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Pod

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Pod is juiced
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Is This You?

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Back cover ad for Weirdo
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Pages: 1

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