Weirdo 1981 #17 - 8.0 - $25.00
Jol prevents a leak disrupting a gallery show in this sendup of the high art world.
Zedo's daily routine- a very normal person who doesn't mind the rat race.
Steven meets a creation of his subconcious.
Ramona spills the dirt about her friends
A guy with a miniature brother on his back
Godzilla's day waking from slumber and burning a city.
Tootles attempts to rob a bank.
Ginger from Gilligan's Island spills the dirt about her fellow castaways in these outtakes from her bestselling book Isle of Lust.
Crumb illustrates Dick's testimony of some strange experiences. Dick struggles to make sense of a vision that made him see the world from the point of view of Apostolic Christians from ancient Rome. Eventually, a transformation occurs. What was once merely a vision begins to take over his mind.
Pig remembers taking a ride in a flying saucer.
Bill and Phil take action against old folk including Bob.
A rundown of a residence hotel's bizarre inhabitants.
How Mouse started designing hot rods.
The Checkered Demon checks out an oddity in hell
Farmer Brown has a succession of car accidents.
The wives of assorted Three Stooges speak out
DiDi is tired of her usual unsatisfying sex life.
The lunatic winds up in the hospital on purpose.
Geoff sees the Utterly Insane Lunatic.
Dougan discovers a soulmate while in Biology class.
Peter Bagge's final regular issue as editor.
- Weirdo number 17 - A Bagge-drawn letterhead and spot illustration accompanies letters from Jim Woodring, Skutch Bundy; Leslie Remer (Poughkeepsie, NY); Percy Lustre (Grand Rapids, MI); Buster Calhoun (Fair Oaks, CA); Vernon L. Wiley (Chicago); Rodney Schroeter (Random Lake, WI); Jym Mooney (Milwaukee); D.C. Roberts (Long Beach, CA); Andrew Webster (NYC); M. Morris (Portland, OR); Lynn Von Schlichting; Alfred Bergdoll (NYC); Edwin Bergdoll (Dutton, VA). Also includes a reader-submitted illustration from Paul Ullrich (Winnipeg) and eight small cartoons from Bill Harmer (reprinted from "100 Rejected Cartoons.")
- Comics (Weirdo Recommends:) - Bagge promotes the following zines: "Private Hell" (Lynn Von Schlichting); "Scratchez" (Bob Lewis + Kathe Pritz); "All Small" and "Combo" (David Stienlicht); "Wurst Funnies" (Brad Johnson); "Spaz" (Vernon L. Wiley); "The Blotter" (Roy Tompkins); "Screaming Disaster"; "Demo"; "Blab" (Monte Beauchamp); "The Realist" (Paul Krassner); "W.D.C. Period" (Gordon Gordon); "Blatch" (Jim Blanchard); "Next Big Thing" (Lindsay Hutton); "Kicks" (Billy Miller + Miriam Linna); "Rumble" (Liam Killen) The section includes a Brady Bunch-themed illustration by Von Schlichting as well as small sample illustrations from Xno, David Stienlicht, Brad Johnson, V.L. Wiley. Finally, there's a small cartoon by Bill Harmer titled "Damn Banana Peels" from "100 Rejected Cartoons."
- The Religious Experience of Philip K. Dick - Dick's dialogue taken from "Philip K. Dick: The Last Testament" (Fragments West / The Valentine Press)
- Monster Shirts by Mouse - Approximately fifty-two T-shirt design illustrations of various sizes reprinted from the artist's catalogs (1963-66). Includes a brief Bagge intro.
- Mouse Meets Fred - Original two page strip reduced to one laid out in the landscape format.
- Welcome to East Texas - back cover
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