WEIRDO Magazine Lot - Issues #2-28 by Robert Crumb [FIRST EDITION SET] 1981-1993 • Last Gasp *SEE CONDITION
WEIRDO Issues #2-28 by Robert Crumb, Alice Kominsky Crumb, Jim Woodring, etc.
FIRST EDITION SET [1982-1993] LAST GASP
A Radical collection of this classic and highly influential underground comic series, missing only issue #1.
*COMICS are visibly used and NOT Collector's quality, showing shelf / read wear, but ALL are in tact and Make for Solid Reading copies. All Individually HOUSED in NEW HQ Mag sized Comic Protectors.
Condition VARIES greatly, *PLEASE LOOK AT ALL PHOTOS and READ DETAILED DESCRIPTION BEFORE PURCHASING.
Covers all look amazing-- and look especially stunning framed, and make for a killer accent wall.
CONDITION - On average, these are nice, well bound, mostly 1st printings, with visible shelf and edge wear to cover / creases. Contents are mostly clean, though several do show some ink smudging / fingerprint oil stains to margins. * Two issues have what appears to be heavy coffee / or liquid staining to cover,visible on underside. No structural water damage, just heavy staining.
SEE BELOW FOR DETAILED NOTES ON CONDITION FOR EACH ISSUE. ALSO SEE PHOTOS FOR CLOSE UP EXAMPLES OF FLAWS.
Please Contact with any additional questions / requests re: condition details.
- Issue 2- 2nd printing / 1981. Very good - some cover wear / discoloration. Minor ink smudging. Reads clean.
- Issue 3- Heavy Creasing to cover. 1” tear along spine on front cover. Some spot stains on rear . Reads clean.
- Issue 4 - 2nd printing 1982. Cover creasing / worn edges. Edge tear in rear. Pages clean. Finger oil marks on underside of front cover.
- Issue 5 - 2nd printing 1982 Corner creasing w edge wear to cover. Oil stains on rear cover and underside of front. Or discoloration? Tan spots.
- Issue 6- 1st printing. Sept 1982. Creasing / a few faint stains to rear cover. Pages show mild creasing. Reads clean
- Issue 7- 1st printing. 1983. Creasing + a few nicks to cover. Reads clean with a few smudges / tanned edges.
- Issue 8 - 1st printing. 1983. Creasing + a few nicks to cover. Pin sized holes visible on margins of first few pages. Otherwise reads clean
- Issue 9- 1st printing. 1983. Very good+. Clean, pristine cover, clean contents.
- Issue 10- 1st printing. 1984. Very good. Light shelf / edge wear to cover. Reads clean with a few tan edges.
- Issue 11 - 1st print / 1984. some creasing to upper left corner on front cover; otherwise very good. Reads clean.
- Issue 12- 1st print / 1985. very good with some mild cover and read wear.
- Issue 13- 1st print / 1985 cover very good. Pages have some corner wear / discoloration. Reads nicely.
- Issue 14 - 1st print / 1985, very good cover, pages look and read nicely.
- Issue 15- 1st print / 1985. visible creasing to cover. Some creased / smudged pages.
- Issue 16 - 1st print / 1986. Cover and pages show some creasing in the form of 2 thin vertical lines, likely from improper storage. Otherwise clean and would be very good.
- Issue 17 - 1st print /1986. Poor. Page with a small piece cut out. some red pen markings and circling throughout. Cover looks nice however. Front is immaculate - rear is very nice w one sealed edge tear.
- Issue 18 - 1st printing / 1986. Very good. Small creases to an overall beautiful cover. Reads clean
- Issue 19- 1st printing / 1987 - very good: faintest water stain to rear cover. Otherwise excellent.
- Issue 20 1st printing / 1987- poor - large tan water stain to underside of cover and more mildly to left edge of rear cover - margins show some staining, but print is unaffected.
- Issue 21 - 1st printing /1987 - very good. Light wear / faint spot stain to cover. Inside looks great!
- Issue 22 - 1st printing / 1988 - very good. Trace shelf wear / discoloration to cover. Otherwise excellent
- Issue 23 - 1st printing / 1988 - visible shelf wear to cover; a few faint stains on rear. Some minor creasing along page margins. Otherwise very good.
- Issue 24 - 1st printing / 1989 - very poor — heavy staining (coffee?) to underside of cover, with some more mild staining on rear cover. Pages have some staining to margins. Reads okay.
- Issue 25 - 1st printing / 1989 - faint staining to front cover - otherwise very good.
- Issue 26 - 1st printing / 1989z. very good - some mild shelf wear / creasing to cover. Inside / look and read perfectly.
- Issue 27 - 1st printing/1989. Visible edge wear / creasing to cover. Inside is clean and reads perfectly.
- Issue 28 / 1st printing 1993 - very good/ mild edge wear and a creased corner on rear. Reads as new.
Widely considered to be some of his best work ever. Weirdo was a magazine-sized comics anthology created by Robert Crumb in 1981, which ran for 28 issues.
It served as a "low art" counterpoint to its contemporary highbrow Raw. Early issues of Weirdo reflect Crumb's interests at the outsider art, fumetti, Church of the SubGenius-type anti-propaganda and assorted "weirdness."
The incredibly varied stories include TV Blues, Life of Boswell, People Make me Nervous, The Old Songs are the Best Songs,Uncle Bob's Mid-Life Crisis, Kraft Ebbing's' Psycopathia Sexualis, Goldilocks, The Life of Philip K Dick, and many more.
Also within are several photo strip stories featuring Crumb himself and various of his trademark well-built women including his wife Aline Kominsky-Crumb in tales such as Get in Shape and Unfaithful Husband.