Vagabond Comics & Books

WEIRDO #15



2 pages. Saddlestitched. Black and white illustrations throughout. 8.4 x 10.8″ x 0.1″. First Printing. Last Gasp, 1985.



Cover by Robert Crumb. One-page strips by J.D. King. "Comics From Other Planets Dept.," script and art by Robert Crumb; Untitled Ruby the "Dyke" story, script and art by S. Clay Wilson; Ruby takes revenge on a rapist. "Famous People in Hell," script by Joe O., art by Dori Seda. "Here it is! The grand results of Weirdo's Ugly Art Contest!" (five pages of illustrations). "I Was a Teenage Fishlip," script and art by Cameron Striewski; The horrors of big lips in high school. Eight assorted cartoons by Robert Crumb. "Uncle Hal," script and art by Peter Bagge; Uncle Hal's religion. Twenty-three small illustrations and one brief text piece by Raymond Pettibon. "Murder on the Midway," script and art by Kim Deitch; Kewpie recollects her past. Crumb's comment on Ayn Rand on back cover.



"Picking up where Zap left off, Weirdo defined a new aesthetic for the '80s, opening the way towards a new wave of comics literacy for a generation of outcasts, oddballs and revolutionaries. Weirdo #15, helmed by Peter Bagge, features comics from Bagge, J. D. King, R. Crumb, S. Clay Wilson, Joe O., Dori Seda, Cameron Striewski, Raymond Pettibon's "Tripping Corpse," Kim Deitch, Kaz, plus the Ugly Art Contest and more! From Last Gasp."