Weirdo (comics)
| Weirdo | |
|---|---|
 Weirdo #1 Art by Robert Crumb | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Last Gasp |
| Schedule | Quarterly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Publication date | March 1981 – 1993 |
| No. of issues | 28 |
| Editor(s) | Robert Crumb Peter Bagge Aline Kominsky-Crumb |
Weirdo was a magazine-sized comics anthology created by Robert Crumb and published by Last Gasp from 1981 to 1993.
Weirdo served as a "low art" counterpoint to its contemporary highbrow Raw. Early issues of Weirdo reflect Crumb's interests at the time – outsider art, fumetti, Church of the SubGenius-type anti-propaganda and assorted "weirdness." It also introduced artists such as Peter Bagge, Dori Seda and Dennis (Stickboy) Worden.
With issue #10, Crumb later handed over the editing reins to Bagge; with issue #18, the reins went to Crumb's wife, cartoonist Aline Kominsky-Crumb (except for issue #25, which was again edited by Bagge). The three editorial tenures were known respectively as "Personal Confessions", the "Coming of the Bad Boys", and the "Twisted Sisters".[1]
Weirdo's final issue, #28, an internationally themed 68-page giant titled Verre D'eau (in French, "glass of water"), was published in 1993.[2]
Notable contributors
- Doug Allen
- Robert Armstrong
- Ace Backwords
- Peter Bagge
- Edmond Baudoin
- Charles Burns
- Florence Cestac (in French)
- Daniel Clowes
- David Collier
- Maxon Crumb
- Robert Crumb
- Sophie Crumb
- Lloyd Dangle
- Kim Deitch
- Julie Doucet
- Debbie Drechsler
- Dennis P. Eichhorn
- Mary Fleener
- Josh Alan Friedman
- Drew Friedman
- Phoebe Gloeckner
- Eddie Gorodetsky
- Justin Green
- Bill Griffith
- Rory Hayes
- Gilbert Hernandez
- John Holmstrom
- Kaz
- J. D. King
- Aline Kominsky-Crumb
- John Kricfalusi (as Billy Bunting)
- Krystine Kryttre
- Carol Lay
- Joe Matt
- Jean-Christophe Menu
- Diane Noomin
- Gary Panter
- Harvey Pekar
- Raymond Pettibon
- Placid (in French)
- Sasa Rakezic
- Harry S. Robins
- Spain Rodriguez (as Algernon Backwash)
- Ed "Big Daddy" Roth
- Savage Pencil
- Joe Sacco
- Dori Seda
- Art Spiegelman
- Stan!
- Stanislav Szukalski
- Frank Stack (as Foolbert Sturgeon)
- Carol Tyler
- Willem
- J. R. Williams
- Robert Williams
- S. Clay Wilson
- Dennis Worden
- XNO
- Terry Zwigoff
Notes
- ^ Weirdo page at Last Gasp website. Archived 2010-01-06 at the Wayback Machine Accessed Dec. 14, 2008.
- ^ ISBN 0-86719-219-4
References
- Comic Book Artist vol. 2, #7
- Weirdo at the Grand Comics Database
- Weirdo at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
See also
External links
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