Quarterly Issues #7–10 (1982–1984): Bi-annual Issues #11–19 (1984–1987): Quarterly Issues #20–24 (1987–1989): Bi-annual Issues #25–27 (1989–1990): Quarterly Issues #28 (1993): Annual (after a three-year hiatus) Issues #1–14 were 44 pp. each, issues #15–26 were 52 pp. each, issue #27 was 60 pp., and issue #28 was 68 pp. Controversies Weirdo was at the center of a legal case in 1986: the manager of a comics retailer in the Chicago area, Friendly Frank's, was arrested on charges of distributing obscenity. The comic books deemed obscene were Weirdo, Omaha the Cat Dancer, The Bodyssey, and Bizarre Sex. The case led to the formation of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. In 1993, R. Crumb's contributions to Weirdo #28 — two tongue-in-cheek stories called "When the Niggers Take Over America!" and "When the Goddamn Jews Take Over America!" — got the issue banned as hate literature in Canada. Notable contributors Doug Allen Robert Armstrong Ace Backwords Peter Bagge Edmond Baudoin Florence Cestac Daniel Clowes David Collier Maxon Crumb Robert Crumb Sophie Crumb Lloyd Dangle Kim Deitch Julie Doucet Debbie Drechsler Dennis Eichhorn Mary Fleener Josh Alan Friedman Drew Friedman Phoebe Gloeckner Justin Green Bill Griffith Rory Hayes Gilbert Hernandez John Holmstrom Kaz J. D. King Aline Kominsky-Crumb John Kricfalusi (as Billy Bunting) Krystine Kryttre Carol Lay Joe Matt Jean-Christophe Menu Mark Newgarden Diane Noomin Gary Panter Harvey Pekar Raymond Pettibon Placid Sasa Rakezic Harry S. Robins Spain Rodriguez (occasionally credited as Algernon Backwash) Ed "Big Daddy" Roth Savage Pencil Joe Sacco Dori Seda Stanislav Szukalski Frank Stack (as Foolbert Sturgeon) Carol Tyler Willem J. R. Williams Robert Williams S. Clay Wilson Dennis Worden Terry Zwigoff Collections / exhibitions In 2013, Last Gasp released R. Crumb's The Weirdo Years: 1981-'93, a 255-page collection of all of Crumb's contributions to the anthology. In 2019, Last Gasp published The Book of Weirdo: A Retrospective of R. Crumb's Legendary Humor Comics Anthology, by Jon B. Cooke. The 288-page hardcover book "features the comprehensive story of the fondly-recalled magazine, along with testimonials from over 130 of the mag's contributors, plus interviews with Weirdo's three editors ... as well as publisher 'Baba Ron' Turner. New York's Society of Illustrators hosted an event commemorating the book's publication, with a panel of guests, including Art Spiegelman, Kim Deitch, John Holmstrom, Glenn Head, Mark Newgarden, Drew Friedman, and Cooke. In 2022, Boston College's McMullen Museum of Art featured the exhibition "American Alternative