Peter Bagge sent copies of his self-published comics Comical Funnies to Crumb, who published some Bagge strips in Weirdo #8 (Summer 1983).
1982) he was a frequent contributor to the magazine throughout its run. Dennis Worden's first published work appeared in issue #4 (Feb. Her work appeared often in Weirdo through issue #24 (Winter 1988/1989), shortly after her untimely death. ĭori Seda's first published comics work was in Weirdo #2 (Summer 1981), a strip titled "Bloods in Space". Ĭrumb's detailed cover borders for most issues of Weirdo were an homage to the 1950s humor magazine Humbug (edited by Harvey Kurtzman) Crumb claimed that the elaborate Jack Davis– Will Elder cover to the second issue of Humbug "changed his life". Early issues of Weirdo reflect Crumb's interests at the time – outsider art, fumetti, Church of the SubGenius-type anti-propaganda and assorted "weirdness" (in fact, Crumb provided early publicity for the Church of the SubGenius by reprinting Sub Genius Pamphlet #1 in Weirdo #1). While meditating in 1980, Crumb conceived of a magazine with a lowbrow aesthetic inspired by punk zines, Mad, and men's magazines of the 1940s and 1950s. Publication history "Personal Confessions" era
Overall, the magazine had a mixed response from audiences Crumb's fumetti contributions, for instance, were so unpopular that they have never appeared in Crumb collections. The three editorial tenures were known respectively as "Personal Confessions", the "Coming of the Bad Boys", and "Twisted Sisters". With issue #10, Crumb handed over the editing reins to Bagge with issue #18, the reins went to Kominsky-Crumb (except for issue #25, which was again edited by Bagge). The anthology introduced artists such as Peter Bagge, Dori Seda, Dennis Worden, and Carol Tyler. David Collier, a Canadian ex-soldier, published autobiographical and historical comics in Weirdo. Many other autobiographical shorts would appear in Weirdo by other artists, including Kominsky-Crumb, Carol Tyler, Phoebe Gloeckner, and Dori Seda. Crumb focused increasingly on autobiography in his stories in Weirdo. Ĭrumb contributed cover art and comics to every issue of Weirdo his wife, cartoonist Aline Kominsky-Crumb, also had work in almost every issue. Featuring cartoonists both new and old, Weirdo served as a "low art" counterpoint to its contemporary highbrow Raw, co-edited by Art Spiegelman. Weirdo was a magazine-sized comics anthology created by Robert Crumb and published by Last Gasp from 1981 to 1993. Clay Wilson, Dennis WordenĪline Kominsky-Crumb (issues #18–24, 26–28) King, Carel Moiseiwitsch, Spain Rodriguez, Dori Seda, Carol Tyler, S. Robert Crumb, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Peter Bagge, Robert Armstrong, Kim Deitch, Mary Fleener, Drew Friedman, Justin Green, Kaz, J. Terry Zwigoff, Josh Alan Friedman, Dennis Eichhorn, Harvey Pekar, et al. Weirdo #1 (March 1981), art by Robert Crumb.
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