CATALOG RECORD

Weirdo #24

Last Gasp · Series began 1981 · Winter 1988-1989

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Dates

Cover date: Winter 1988-1989
Pages: 52

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #24 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Original edition
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2nd printing

Second Printing

Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
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Creators

script: Robert Crumb, Erick Gilbert, Harvey Pekar, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Phoebe Gloeckner, Bill Griffith, Justin Green, Don Donahue, Dori Seda, Carol Tyler, Spain Rodriguez, Jay Kinney, Trina Robbins, Larry Todd, Paul Mavrides, Kim Deitch, S. Clay Wilsonpencils: Robert Crumb, Mary Fleener, Phoebe Gloeckner, Bill Griffith, Justin Green, Dori Seda, Don Donahue, Carol Tyler, Trina Robbins, S. Clay Wilson, Kim Deitch, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Spain Rodriguez, Jay Kinney, Larry Todd, Paul Mavrides, Diane Noomin, Krystine Kryttre, B. N. Duncan, Sophie Crumb, Cathy Milletinks: Robert Crumb, Mary Fleener, Phoebe Gloeckner, Bill Griffith, Justin Green, Don Donahue, Dori Seda, Carol Tyler, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Jay Kinney, Trina Robbins, Larry Todd, Paul Mavrides, Diane Noomin, Krystine Kryttre, B. N. Duncan, Sophie Crumb, Spain Rodriguez, S. Clay Wilson, Kim Deitch, Cathy Milletcolors: Robert Crumbletters: Robert Crumb, Mary Fleener, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Phoebe Gloeckner, Bill Griffith, Justin Green, Dori Seda, Don Donahue, Carol Tyler, Trina Robbins, Jay Kinney, Paul Mavrides, Sophie Crumb, S. Clay Wilson, Kim Deitch, Spain Rodriguez

Stories

American Bimbos · 1 pages
Two airheads go to the back room of a comic book store and receive an education from two dead cartoonists.
A Word to the Wise · Harvey Sez · 0.35 pages
Harvey advises aspiring writers and illustrators on how to get published and questions the competence of editors and publishers.
Periodic Fantasy · 1 pages
Pre-pubescent Minnie wants to grow breasts
Daily Strip · 8 pages
Ahead on his syndicated strip, Bill Griffith takes a vacation while confessing his ambivalence about the mainstream's lack of interest in his work.
The Taboo Gown · 2 pages
Binky Brown and his day camp mates go see a matinee of Victor Mature and Richard Burton's "The Robe."
Gary's Birthday Present · 3 pages
Dori and Don clean Gary's house so he can get a girlfriend.
The Adventures of 'Wichita' the Rat Dancer · 7 pages
Wichita is unsettled by Dave's kinky interest in smelling her gym shoes and other things in the middle of sex. Brice and Tanya go to Max's restaurant. John and his wife try to initiate sex. A soap opera with sexual content.
Auntie Mary Revisited · 1 pages
Thirty years on, Carol finds out some things never change with her blunt Auntie Mary.
Le Bunché de Paree Turns 40 · 5 pages
The Bunch turns 40 and remembers a visit to a weight-reducing camp during childhood.
Mrs. Holla and the Magic Ring! · 15 pages
Buster has an alcoholic hallucination after recounting to his daughter how he got his ancient Egyptian "magic" ring.

Characters

Robert CrumbZippy the PinheadThe BunchSophie CrumbDori SedaBill GriffithCarol TylerThe BogeymanBinky BrownGary ArlingtonDon DonahueRory Hayes

Reprinted in

Twisted Sisters: A Collection of Bad Girl Art (1991), The Complete Crumb Comics (1987), The Best Comics of the Decade (1990), Love That Bunch (1990), The New Comics Anthology (1991), From A to Zippy (1991), All Waldo Comics (1992), Justin Green's Binky Brown Sampler (1995), A Child's Life and Other Stories (1998), Dori Stories (1999), A Child's Life and Other Stories [Revised Edition] (2000), Late Bloomer (2005), R. Crumb The Weirdo Years: 1981-'93 (2013), Love That Bunch (2018)