Weirdo #17
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis collection gathers material from the underground comix series Weirdo, originally published by Last Gasp in 1986. It features work by various contributors, including appearances by characters such as DiDi Glitz, Michael Dougan, Steven, and The Checkered Demon, presented in a scrapbook-style format that highlights the eclectic and irreverent spirit of the series.
"Otto Comic Strip no. 3 Art Art Art" presents a surreal collaboration between Philip K. Dick and Robert Crumb, blending Dick’s introspective narrative with Crumb’s unmistakable visual style. In this striking 1986 issue, Dick recounts a disorienting vision that shifts his perspective to that of ancient Apostolic Christians, blurring the line between perception and reality. Crumb’s bold artwork—both interior and on the cover—captures the unsettling transformation as the vision begins to take hold, leaving the mind and the page in flux.
In this striking 1986 entry from *Weirdo* #17, Philip K. Dick recounts a disorienting vision that reorients his perception through the eyes of Apostolic Christians in ancient Rome. As the experience deepens, the line between memory and revelation blurs, and the past begins to assert itself in his present mind. With the presence of Tess, Christopher, and Thomas M. Disch, the story unfolds as a quiet, unsettling meditation on faith, identity, and the mind’s fragile hold on reality.
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Reprinted in Pox #7/1987 (1987), Obras Completas Crumb #3 (1990), True Glitz #[nn] (1990), Warts and All #[nn] (1990), Ein Heldenleben #[nn] (1992), Warts and All #[nn] (1994), The Collected Checkered Demon #1 (1998), The Complete Crumb Comics #16 (2002), Klassiker der Comic-Literatur #19 (2006), Glitz-2-Go #[nn] (2012), Nausea #[nn] (2012), R. Crumb The Weirdo Years: 1981-'93 #[nn] (2013), Métal Hurlant #2 (2022), R. Crumb: Existential Comics, Selected Stories 1979-2014 #[nn] (2025)
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