Weirdo 1981 #24 - reader copy - $8.00

Harvey advises aspiring writers and illustrators on how to get published and questions the competence of editors and publishers.

Pre-pubescent Minnie wants to grow breasts

Ahead on his syndicated strip, Bill Griffith takes a vacation while confessing his ambivalence about the mainstream's lack of interest in his work.

Binky Brown sees 'The Robe'

Dori and Don clean Gary's house.

Soap opera with sexual content.

Auntie Mary is still a stickler for propriety.

Aline turns 40 and remembers a visit to a weight-reducing camp during childhood.

Buster has an alcoholic hallucination.

1st printing: ? (2.95 USD); 2nd printing: ? (4.95 USD)

• American Bimbos - Script credit corrected from Mary Fleener to Erick Gilbert by Mary Fleener via the GCD Error List.
• Weirdo number 24 - A Kominsky-Crumb editorial is accompanied by letters from: George W. Webber (Sausalito, CA); John T.; Tony Engle (Springfield, OH); Ace Backwords. Also includes a tiny ad for Kim Deitch's "Corn Fed Comics."
• Gary's Birthday Present - Donahue wrote and drew himself in this story; Seda did the rest of it.
• The Adventures of 'Wichita' the Rat Dancer - Strip is a parody of Omaha The Cat Dancer
• Auntie Mary Revisited - A postscript to Tyler's strip in Weirdo #21.
• Draw We Must, On... Gary's Jam - Centrespread. Jam spread noted as having been started in 1972 and finished in 1988.
• For Brian Wilson With Love - back cover