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Issue: Weirdo #23
Publication Date: January 1988
 
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Publisher: FlagLast Gasp
Indicia Publisher: Last Gasp Eco Funnies
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 13 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Aline Kominsky-Crumb
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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
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Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
Subject Matter
humorous
This is a killer funny book, dude!
Reprinting
FlagR. Crumb The Weirdo Years: 1981-'93 #[nn] published January 2013
FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #17 [unnamed variant] published July 2005
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
What If Underground Comix Went Overground?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ace Backwords
Ace Backwords
Ace Backwords
Ace Backwords
Subject Matter
humorous
Crumbwood; Bunchie; Mr. Dickhead; Spaced-Out Spliff [Coolvin]; Mutant Fascist Pig
Underground style pastiche of Blondie, Garfield and Calvin & Hobbes titled "Crumbwood & Bunchie," "Mausfield" and "Coolvin & Buds."
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
3 single tier strips
Weirdo no. 23

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Aline Kominsky Crumb; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
Aline Kominsky Crumb; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Includes a Kominsky-Crumb editorial along with letters from: B. Haden; Peter Ridsdale (Bristol, UK); Tony Bennett (London); Tattoo Dave (Chicago); Father Elisa. Robert Crumb designed the masthead.
Lisa Lee - Weirdo's Hot New 'Zine Reviewer!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Lisa Lee
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Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Lisa introduces herself and gives capsule reviews of the following: "The Blotter" (Roy Tompkins); "Unsupervised Existence" (Terry Laban); "This is Nancy's Magazine;" "Guilt Comics" (Maurice Vellekoop); "Cardboard Love" (E.E. Moore); "Chicken Slacks;" "Dada Gumbo" (Dale Luciano); "Pop Romance." Includes small spot illustrations from each publication.
Our Lovely Home

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]; Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]; Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]; Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]; Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Subject Matter
autobiography
Aline 'n' Bob
Robert Crumb; Mr. Perfect; Aline Kominsky Crumb; Yves; John; Isaiah; Sophie Crumb; Bucky
The family settle into their new house.
Reprinting
FlagMy Troubles with Women #[nn] published January 1992
as Our Lovely Home [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Complete Dirty Laundry Comics #[nn] [unnamed variant] published June 1993
as Our Lovely Home [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #17 [unnamed variant] published July 2005
as Our Lovely Home [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagNeed More Love A Graphic Memoir #[nn] published January 2007
as Aline 'n' Bob in Our Lovely Home [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDrawn Together #[nn] published October 2012
as Aline 'n' Bob in Our Lovely Home [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
9
Bat Girl

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ted Jouflas
Ted Jouflas
Ted Jouflas
Ted Jouflas
Subject Matter
horror
Winkie
Winkie's tragic life
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
7
My First Summer Job

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Tom Chalkley
Tom Chalkley
Tom Chelkley
Tom Chalkley
Subject Matter
biography
Drifter; Bob Lopez; Yarborough; Frances
Bob Lopez's summer working in a restaurant kitchen
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
5
Subtitled 'A Memoir Of Bob Lopez preserved in comic form'
Oliver Limpdingle's Search For Love

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Sacco
Joe Sacco
Joe Sacco
Joe Sacco
Subject Matter
humorous
Oliver Limpdingle; Bruiser Beefbruno
Oliver's total inability to relate with women
Reprinting
FlagNotes from a Defeatist #[nn] published January 2003
as Oliver Limpdingle's Search for Love [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Spain Rodriguez [as Algernon Backwash]
Spain Rodriguez [as Spain]
Spain Rodriguez [as Spain]
Spain Rodriguez [as Spain]
Subject Matter
humorous
Big Bitch
Big Bitch; Minister Oblimov; S. Fulmanova; Asquith; Ivan
On the small hours of the morning a single light shines from a tiny office in the Kremlin
The Soviets fear an invasion of fashionable footwear
Reprinting
FlagShe Comics: An Anthology of Big Bitch #[nn] published August 1993
as Russia [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Moving Graphics featuring the Adventures of Gregory Gremlin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Lindsay Arnold [as Ellé]
Lindsay Arnold [as Ellé]
Lindsay Arnold [as Ellé]
Lindsay Arnold [as Ellé]
Subject Matter
autobiography
Lindsay Arnold
Lindsay recalls his days as an artist in Australian local TV in the 1960s
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
Pong Wook-EE

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Kim Deitch
Kim Deitch
Kim Deitch
Kim Deitch
Subject Matter
humorous
Kewpie; Doc Ledicker; Al Ledicker
Kewpie sees a performance from the young Doc Ledicker
Reprinting
FlagShadowland #[nn] published September 2006
 
Miscellaneous
7
This ties in to a vast continuity of carnival stories created by Deitch
I-I-I

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
B. N. Duncan
B. N. Duncan
B. N. Duncan
B. N. Duncan
Subject Matter
humorous
Duncovsky; Duncovsky's Mother; Psychiatrist; Sister; Ace Backwords; Vivacious Artistic Woman
Dumkovsky tries to work through his problems
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
5
School Trouble

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Sophie Crumb
Sophie Crumb
Sophie Crumb
Sophie Crumb
Sophie Crumb
Subject Matter
humorous
Little Lilly
Little Lilly
Little Lilly lies about her misbehaviour at school
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
back cover

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