CATALOG RECORD

Weirdo #20

Last Gasp · Series began 1981 · Spring 1987

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Dates

Cover date: Spring 1987
On sale: 1987
Pages: 52

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #20 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Original edition
Source ↗
2nd printing

Second Printing

Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
This edition’s page

Creators

script: Robert Crumb, Dori Seda, Mary Fleener, Harvey Pekar, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Mark Zingarelli, Luna Ticks, Carol Tyler, Lindsay Arnold, Michael Dougan, Justin Greenpencils: Robert Crumb, Dori Seda, Mary Fleener, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Mark Zingarelli, Luna Ticks, Carol Tyler, Lindsay Arnold, Michael Dougan, Justin Greeninks: Robert Crumb, Dori Seda, Mary Fleener, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Mark Zingarelli, Luna Ticks, Carol Tyler, Lindsay Arnold, Michael Dougan, Justin Greencolors: Robert Crumb, Justin Greenletters: Robert Crumb, Dori Seda, Mary Fleener, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Mark Zingarelli, Luna Ticks, Carol Tyler, Lindsay Arnold, Michael Dougan, Justin Green

Stories

How My Family Encouraged Me to Become an Artist! · 2 pages
Dori's shares her misgivings and trials as an artist.
Coping With the "I'm Not Good Enough" Syndrome · 1 pages
Mary rags on her hand mirror.
Harvey Sez · Harvey Sez · 0.28 pages
Moo Goo Gai Pan · 4 pages
Aline's family love to eat, but hate to cook.
Footsy · 8 pages
How Crumb played footsie with girls in his class.
The "Cockeyed" Cook Story · 7 pages
William Cook's life of crime.
The Young and the Frustrated · 2 pages
Vera goes to score "Brain," to her the most illuminating psychedelic drug ever.
Un-covered Property: A Short Study in Family Dynamics · 6 pages
The pre-pubescent Carol doesn't understand why she can't go topless
The Captain Becomes Critic · 2 pages
The Captain rants about stories concerning artists searching for a muse
TV Evangelist · Tales from East Texas · 13 pages
Dougan's grandmother is fleeced of her possessions by an unscrupulous preacher
I Had a Dream Last Nite · 2 pages
Aline relates an odd two-part dream involving among other things a private high school, a housewarming party and a car trip.
The Weirdo Difference! · 1 pages
A ten-panel strip touting the benefits of buying back issues of Weirdo.

Characters

Robert CrumbAline Kominsky-CrumbDori SedaMichael DouganCarol Tyler

Reprinted in

Love That Bunch (1990), Twisted Sisters: A Collection of Bad Girl Art (1991), The New Comics Anthology (1991), Love That Bunch (2018), The Complete Crumb Comics (1987), Real Life (1990), The Best Comics of the Decade (1990), My Troubles with Women (1992), Justin Green's Binky Brown Sampler (1995), Crumb Family Comics (1998), Dori Stories (1999), Late Bloomer (2005), Need More Love A Graphic Memoir (2007), R. Crumb The Weirdo Years: 1981-'93 (2013), Bible of Filth (2017), Bible of Filth (2017), R. Crumb: Existential Comics, Selected Stories 1979-2014 (2025)