Weirdo #9 Children's Picture Book visual puns and trompe l'oeil

visual puns and trompe l'oeil conspire in a visual mantra that could be described as "existential manga" if it wasn't for the fact that there is a very human and elegantly-structured tale of a doomed relationship providing a solid foundation to the cutting-edge storytelling

and pin-up angels flying through blue skies

a portal opened over Central America and the Tetza came through

Was a flash of breast enough to force a change

An exhibition catalog from the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco

Weirdo #9 Children's Picture Book visual puns and trompe l'oeil"Created and edited by Robert Crumb, Weirdo picked up where Zap left off, defining a new aesthetic for the '80s, opening the way towards a new wave of comics literacy for a generation of outcasts, oddballs and revolutionaries." Each issue has comics, satiric ads, photo funnies, letters to the editor, and more! Cover by Robert Crumb. "Elf Squelch," script by Jane King and J. D. King, art by J. D. King; a parody of ElfQuest. "Arline 'n' Bob and That