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Issue: The Complete Crumb Comics #11
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Title: Mr. Natural Committed to a Mental Institution!
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Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
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Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
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Volume: 11
Pages: 144
ISBN: 9781560971726
UPC/EAN: 978156097172651999
Price: $19.99 USD
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76 (53 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Mark Thompson; Gary Groth
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: Black & White with some Color
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11" (21.59 cm x 27.94 cm)
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Binding: Softcover
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
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Subject Matter
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Mr. Natural; Flakey Foont; Ruth Schwartz
Where are you two taking me?
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A completely redrawn version of a Mr. Natural panel from the July 12, 1976 issue of "The Village Voice."
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Inside front cover flap with an excerpt from the introduction.
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The Complete Crumb

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title page
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The Complete Crumb volume 11: Mr. Natural Committed to a Mental Institution!

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title and publisher pages; indicia with production, reprint and copyright credits; table of contents

The table of contents incorrectly states that pg. 57 include illustrations from the Dirty Laundry #2 letters page.
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Introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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There's no indication on who wrote this introduction. However, the indicia page states it is copyrighted by Mr. Crumb.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Mr. Natural
Ah ha! There it is!
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A five-panel Mr. Natural strip promoting "Zap Comix"
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Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Mr. Natural; Professor Wanowski; Billy Bob
We find Mr. Natural relaxing at home.
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As stated in the indicia page, the following series of strips originally appeared in "The Village Voice" in a two-tier format. Most of these later appeared in Mr. Natural #3 (Kitchen Sink Press) in a three-tier format. The strips are reprinted here in the latter format.

In these earlier chapters, the Professor's name is spelled "Wanowski." The "i" in the last name becomes a "y" in the latter chapters.
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Mr. Natural; Billy Bob
Billy Bob, the most devoted of all the Mr. Natural fans, seeks an audience with his hero...
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Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Billy Bob; Mr. Natural
He doesn't like me! Mr. Natural doesn't like me!!
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Billy Bob; Mr. Natural
...As I was saying, I no longer assume to promote or preach to anyone about anything...
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Billy Bob; Mr. Natural
Aw, c'mon, Mr. Natural! Say something inta th' microphone!
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Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Mr. Natural; Billy Bob
Hey, Billy Bob, I'll bet you're not aware that I yoosta lead th' house band right down here
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Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Mr. Natural; Billy Bob; Professor Wanowski
Me for some o' that boiled cabbage, post haste!!
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Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Mr. Natural; Billy Bob; Professor Wanowsky
Mr. Natural's guests this week are Professor Wanowsky and Fan-boy Billy Bob!
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Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Mr. Natural; Professor Wanowsky; Billy Bob
I figured that hot-headed Prof. Wanowsky would pick on th' kid if I left the room...
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Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Professor Wanowsky; Billy Bob; Mr. Natural
Herr Unkle Doktor Wanowsky seems a little bit ticked off, huh, Billy Bob?!
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Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Mr. Natural; Billy Bob
Looky here, Billy Bob, I don't wantcha t' go off feelin' like y' didn't get anything
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Mr. Natural Takes a Walk

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Mr. Natural
"Aarnhh! Um hum... had a weird dream... I was walking through a skid row neighborhood, an' the street was paved with human skin!"
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Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Mr. Natural
The old geezer is out taking a hike in “nature” ...
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Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Mr. Natural; Pizuzu
It's dark as a dungeon an' damp as th' dew down here in this old well...
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Mr. Natural
Being trapped at the bottom of this old well is a golden opportunity to get into
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Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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humorous
Mr. Natural; Pizuzu
Our venerable “ace in the hole” finds himself stuck with an obnoxious character!
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Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Mr. Natural; Pizuzu
Get up and fight like a man, you degenerate old scumbag!
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Mr. Natural; Pizuzu
He's taking a terrific beating from the prince of darkness!!
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Mr. Natural; Pizuzu; Flakey Foont; Shuman the Human; Professor Wanowsky; Ruth Schwartz
Mr. Natural remembers the forgotten “secret of life”!
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Mr. Nostril

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Mr. Natural; Policeman
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The title for this is given in the table of contents. The first line in the story is "He's outa the hole and seething with a new religious fervor!!"
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Mr. Natural; Policeman; Flakey Foont
Mr. “Au Natural” has been nabbed for nudity at noon!!
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Mr. Natural; Flakey Foont; Ruth Schwartz
I'll get it...
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Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Mr. Natural; Flakey Foont; Ruth Schwartz
Foont is convinced that Mr. Natural has lost his wits!
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Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Mr. Natural; Flakey Foont; Ruth Schwartz
Uh, Mr. Natural, let me ask you this... uhh... do you ever feel that reality is...
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Mr. Natural; Flakey Foont; Ruth Schwartz
Oh don't worry! The people there are very nice!!
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Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
humorous
Mr. Natural; Flakey Foont; Ruth Schwartz
Foont believes Mr. Natural has gone bananas...
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Although completed in 1976, this strip never appeared in the Village Voice.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Mr. Natural; Flakey Foont; Ruth Schwartz
Now you're just being obstinate, Mr. Natural!
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Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Mr. Natural; Flakey Foont; Ruth Schwartz
Foont and Schwartz are taking Mr. Natural to a mental institution...
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Mr. Natural; Flakey Foont; Ruth Schwartz; Committals Clerk; Secretary
He'll be in good hands here... we'll run him through an extensive series of tests
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Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Flakey Foont; Ruth Schwartz
Flakey Foont and Ruth Schwartz have just committed Mr. Natural to a mental institution!
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Flakey Foont; Ruth Schwartz; Ricky Bernstein; Mike Manville
Oohhh... I didnt sleep too good... what day is it?
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Flakey Foont; Ruth Schwartz; Ricky Bernstein; Mike Manville
Who is it, Flako ??
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Flakey Foont; Ruth Schwartz; Ricky Bernstein; Mike Manville
Ssssuck !! Oh man, this is some heavy shit!
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Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Flakey Foont; Ricky Bernstein; Mike Manville
D-don't m-mind me, fellows... I always get the shakes when I smoke strong grass...
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Flakey Foont; Ricky Bernstein; Mike Manville
Listen man, the public... the PEOPLE out there... want to know what happened!!
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Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
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Flakey Foont; Ricky Bernstein; Mike Manville; Ruth Schwartz
Those two guys from the “Village Voice” have been here all day!
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Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Ricky Bernstein; Mike Manville; Professor Wanowsky
A reporter and a photographer from the “Voice” are trying to find out what happened
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Although completed in 1976, this strip never appeared in the Village Voice.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Ricky Bernstein; Mike Manville; Professor Wanowsky
Professa Wanowsky, I presume?!?” Heh heh!
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Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
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Ricky Bernstein; Mike Manville; Professor Wanowsky
Man, this's some o' th' best weed I've had in a dog's age, y' know'd what I mean?
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Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
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Ricky Bernstein; Mike Manville; Professor Wanowsky
THAT, right there, is the cause of Mr. Natural's ...uh...shall we say, retreat from reality!
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Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
humorous
Robert Crumb
Hi folks...I...uh...I've been reading some of these letters the “Voice” has been getting
Crumb explains his inability to continue with the weekly strip.
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from Village Voice, The (?, 1955 series) (November 29, 1976)
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Crybaby's Blues

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
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Crybaby Beanhead
Crybaby Beanhead; Black Goddess
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Ain't it Nice?

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Those Cute Little Bearzy Wearzies
Jippo; Boopsy; Policeman
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Shakin' the Afri-Can

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
adult, humorous
Josephine the Cross-Eyed Quadroon
Josephine Johnson; Miss Gina Gianni; Barbara McDermott; Kathy Feldman; Olga Tulchinski
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Six Illustrations

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Robert Crumb; Harvey Kurtzman
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Six illustrations- the logo from the introduction to “Kurtzman Komix” includes drawings of Crumb & Kurtzman; a logo for a company called “Alluvial Fan Productions;” three small self-caricatures from Arcade #5-7; a cover for a Yahoo records catalog (1976)
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R. Crumb's Carload o' Comics

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The book's title page.
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Once I Led the Life of a Millionaire

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Mr. Snoid
Mr. Snoid; Beulah
Snoid's abuse of his maid Beulah comes back to haunt him after her reaction to a prank goes out of control. But his problems get worse once the People's Liberation Army arrives to confiscate his property and recruit Beulah to their cause.
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The Lightning Express #3

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Clifton Chenier (photo); Charlie Musselwhite (photo); Narcisco Martinez (photo)
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from The Lightning Express (Hal Aigner, ? series) #3 (1976)
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Fight the big companies with good 'ol American know-how!
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Arcade #6 cover

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Bearzy Wearzies
Bearzy Wearzies [Jippo; Boopsy]
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Mr. Natural
Stick with me, folks! I got all the answers!
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Modern World Funnies featuring Me!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
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Subject Matter
Robert Crumb
Bob [Robert Crumb]
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Snoid; Mr. Natural; Ruff Tuff Cream Puff; Angelfood McSpade; Salty Dog Sam; Dale Steinberger
It's the creme de la Crumb!
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
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Subject Matter
Golly!
Crumb stares at a blank page as the life cycle of creating a comic book runs through his head.
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The back cover to the book listed above.
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The CoEvolution Quarterly #14 cover

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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
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Subject Matter
Robert Crumb; Aline Kominsky
There's no peace for the living...
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Bunch's Tips on House Work and Exersize

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
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Subject Matter
Robert Crumb; Aline Kominsky
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Five Album Covers

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Robert Crumb; Terry Zwigoff; Robert Armstrong; Allan Dodge; Blind Boy Fuller
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from R. Crumb and His Cheap Suit Serenaders, vol. 2 (Blue Goose, 1976 series) #2019 (front & back album covers); from Bottleneck Guitar Trendsetters of the 1930s (Yazoo, 1975? series) #L-1049 (album cover); from Harmonica Blues: Great Harmonica Performances of the 1920s and '30s (Yazoo, 1976 series) #1053 (album cover); from Truckin' My Blues Away (Yazoo, 1978 series) #1060 (album cover)
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Dry Spell Blues

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Kit 'n' Kaboodle
Kit; Kaboodle
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Fat 'n' Sassy

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humorous
Fat; Sassy
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R. Crumb's Modern Dance Workshop

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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humorous
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb; Shoshana
Crumb tries to direct a female modern dance troupe.
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First a Few Words from the Artists....

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
autobiography, humorous
Robert Crumb; Aline Kominsky
Robert Crumb; Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Mr. Bunch
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Their Cute Li'l Life Together

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
autobiography, humorous
Krumb and Kominsky
Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Robert Crumb; Melissa; Mr. Bunch; Terry Zwigoff (unnamed); Robert Armstrong (unnamed); Mary; Ed Norton; Kris Kristoffersen; Jorge; Pedro; Keith; Blabette
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Hup ho!
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Titled “A Mechanical Man,” this is an illustration for Temps Futur Shop (1977)
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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typeset
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb
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Inner back cover flap includes a list of other Complete Crumb volumes; the back cover includes a 1987 painting of Crumb by his wife.

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