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Issue: The Complete Crumb Comics #6
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Title: On the Crest of a Wave
Is Variant Variant: Second Printing
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Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
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Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 6
Pages: 162
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Price: $18.95 USD
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Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
88 (42 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Gary Groth; Robert Fiore (Editorial Coordination); Robert Boyd (Editorial Coordination); Donald Fiene (Consulting Editor)
Disclose Notes: First printing: January 1991; Second printing: December 1996 (18.95 USD); Third printing: September 2004 (18.95 USD); Fourth printing: October 2013 (19.99 USD)
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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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On the Crest of a Wave

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
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Subject Matter
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
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1
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
This is the front cover flap. It includes an excerpt from the book introduction. The excerpt is continued in the back cover flap.
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[untitled]

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1.5
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The Complete Crumb

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Subject Matter
Title page
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1
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[untitled]

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The Complete Crumb volume 6- On the Crest of a Wave

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3
Title and publisher page; production, copyright and indicia credits; table of contents with reprint credits
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Introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Lela (photo); ? (photo)
Lela (photo); ? (photo)
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb (photo); Kathy (photo); Lela (photo); Jesse Crumb (photo)
Four photographs of Crumb and his then girlfriends Kathy and Lela; a two page Crumb introduction; Six photographs- pictured are Crumb, his then girlfriend Kathy and his son Jesse.
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4
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[untitled]

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1
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Smelly Old Cat

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Smelly
Smelly; Pete
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2
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Why Oh Why Oh Why the Hell Am I In Motor City?

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
adult
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3
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Hi-Lites of Detroit

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1
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Like to Ride? Then Climb Aboard the Big Ass

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1
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Eggs Ackley Among the Vulture Demonesses

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
adult
Eggs Ackley
Eggs Ackley; Vulture Demonesses
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15
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Dale Steinberger the Jewish Cowgirl

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
adult
Dale Steinberger
Dale Steinberger; Gloria Nord
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4
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Big Baby the Infant Terrible

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
humorous
Big Baby
Big Baby
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1
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All Meat Comics

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Subject Matter
adult
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3
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Mrs. Quiver- She Shivers & Shakes Just Like Jelly on a Plate

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Subject Matter
adult
Mrs. Quiver
Mrs. Quiver
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1
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R. Crumb Presents Artsy Fartsy

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
humorous
Artsy Fartsy
Artsy Fartsy; Asper Oggus
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1
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
adult
King Bee
We Dare to Show 'Doing it' Right on the Front Page!!!
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1
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Reel Jam

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Jam strip with the listed artists.
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1
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Joe Blow

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Subject Matter
adult
Joe Blow
Joe Blow; Lois; Joe Jr.; "Sis"
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6
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Mr. Natural Takes a Vacation

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
adult, humorous
Mr. Natural; Groupie; Flakey Foont
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4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
adult
Horny Harriet
Horny Harriet
Hmm... that gives me an idea!! I can get that ol' cow workin' for me!
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0.5
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Sparky Sperm

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
humorous
Sparky Sperm
Sparky Sperm
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0.5
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Jam

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
adult
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3
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Ooga Booga

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
adult
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1
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Snatch Comics Writhes Again!

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
Subject Matter
adult
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0.5
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
adult
Mr. Doggie
Mr. Doggie; Weenie; Bun
You got the weenie, she's got the bun...
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0.5
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Don't Touch Me!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
adult
Luscious Brunette; Huge Brute
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2
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Pump Those Peddles, You Little Brat!
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0.5
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Jiz Comics

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
adult
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0.5
Unused cover idea? The title page for this issue.
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The End Funnies

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Mrs. Smith
Reprinting
from The East Village Other (East Village Other, 1965 series) (September 30, 1969)
Miscellaneous
0.94
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Afterwards Comics

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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from The East Village Other (East Village Other, 1965 series) (September 30, 1969)
Miscellaneous
0.06
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The Adventures of Dicknose

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
adult
Dicknose
Dicknose; Eloise; Miss Updyke
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4
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Gary Arlington & His Comic-Book Store

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Gary Arlington
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Miscellaneous
0.4
An ad for the San Francisco Comic Book Company from January-February 1970.
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On the Bus

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Edgar & Maryjane Crump
Edgar Crump; Maryjane Crump
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from Meatball (Lone Ranger Biology Press, 1969 series) #1
Miscellaneous
0.3
Meatball was a mimeographed poetry magazine from San Francisco.
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Fantasy 62157 the All-American 13-Year Old Nymphet / Lenore Goldberg

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
adult
Lenore Goldberg
Two drawings of females by Crumb.
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from The Village Voice (?, 1955 series) (October 30, 1969)
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0.3
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Sit right down and have yerself a... Meatball

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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from Meatball (Lone Ranger Biology Press, 1969 series) #2
Miscellaneous
1
Signed and dated November 1969.
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Sunny Side of the Street

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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from Meatball (Lone Ranger Biology Press, 1969 series) #2
Miscellaneous
1
The title is given in the table of contents.
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Workers of the World Arise!

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
adult
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1
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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?
Subject Matter
Lenore Goldberg
Lenore Goldberg
Join the world-family revolution or DIE!!!
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1
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Eggs Ackley Among the Vulture Demonesses

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
Subject Matter
adult
Eggs Ackley
Eggs Ackley; Vulture Demonesses
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1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Don't Be a Straggler! Step on the Gas!! Lecher self go! get behind the BIG ASS
ad parody
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1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
Subject Matter
adult
Snatch Comics
So "Hot" It Runs a Close Second to the Real Thing
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0.5
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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?
?
Subject Matter
adult
Snatch Comics
The New All-Time Low in Smut!
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0.5
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
Subject Matter
adult
Snoid
Snoid
Mmm... very tasty indeed I must say!!
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0.5
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
Subject Matter
adult
Down the Old "Jissom Trail!
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0.5
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
Subject Matter
Despair
See if there's anything good on...
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1
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
Subject Matter
Gothic Blimp Works
Dis is da stuff! ... sez Mr. Goodbar!
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1
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Gothic Blimp Works LTD. no. 2

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adult
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Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
Subject Matter
Ab Normal; Mal Adjusted
Hello... my name is 'Ab Normal'!
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1
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Desperation Blues

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Flakey Foont
Flakey Foont; Mr. Natural; Susie; Kathy; Barby
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Miscellaneous
1
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Everyday Funnies

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Reprinting
from Helicon (?, ? series) #v6#1 (Spring 1969)
Miscellaneous
0.5
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
Subject Matter
Mr. Natural
C',mere kid!
Reprinting
from Helicon (?, ? series) #v6#1 (Spring 1969)
Miscellaneous
0.5
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Twas Ever Thus says Mr. Natural

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Mr. Natural
Reprinting
from Changes (Harbinger University Press, ? series) #3 (April 1969)
Miscellaneous
1
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Yellow Dog vol. 2 #13

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
Subject Matter
adult
Yellow Dog
Li'l Cute; Absorbine Jr.; Skutch; The Daily Duck; Yellow Dog (in logo)
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Miscellaneous
1
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Motor City Comics #2 Cover

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
Lenore Goldberg and Her Girl Commandos
Lenore Goldberg
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1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
Subject Matter
Don't You Think It's Time to Stop Watching T.V.?
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Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
Subject Matter
Burned Out
Reprinting
from The East Village Other (East Village Other, 1965 series) #v5#10 (February 11, 1970)
Miscellaneous
1
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The New Comix Exhibition Poster Jam

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Miscellaneous
1
A comics collage piece Moscoso created using cutouts from underground tabloids and comix. The New Comix exhibition was a show held at the Phoenix Gallery in Berkeley in 1969. From October-November 1969.
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Come the Revolution

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Reprinting
from The East Village Other (East Village Other, 1965 series) (October 14, 1969)
Miscellaneous
2
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O-So-Kleen Comics

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
adult
Bob Kleen
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
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The Conspiracy Stomp poster

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Miscellaneous
1
From November 1969. The poster promoted a benefit being held for the Chicago Eight.
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Freak #1 unpublished cover

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Miscellaneous
1
From Fall 1969.
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Krude Kut-Ups

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
adult
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2.45
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Guess I'm Just Neurotic
Mock advertisement promising to reveal the true nature of The Cosmic "Mind-Warp."
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Miscellaneous
0.55
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Ups and Downs

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
adult
Chuck and Bob
Chuck; Bob; Angelfood McSpade
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Miscellaneous
5
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Despair Unused Cover

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Miscellaneous
1
An unused cover originally meant for Apex Novelties' Despair. From 1970.
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Morbid Sense of Humor

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
adult
Robert Crumb
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Miscellaneous
1
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It's Really Too Bad

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
adult
Ruth Schwartz
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Miscellaneous
5
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The Lighter-Than-Air Boys

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
adult, humorous
Merciful Percival and Seymour "Sy" Klopps
Merciful Percival; Seymour "Sy" Klopps
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Miscellaneous
3
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It's the Ruff Tuff Creampuff

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
adult, humorous
Ruff Tuff Creampuff
Ruff Tuff Cream Puff
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Miscellaneous
5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
adult
Angelfood McSpade
Angelfood McSpade
There she is, fellows! Ah! She'll be so grateful to us!
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Miscellaneous
0.88
This exact strip also appears in the Complete Crumb volume 5.
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Cum Comics

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
adult, humorous
Spiegal & Schliegal
Spiegal; Schliegal
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Miscellaneous
0.13
This exact strip also appears in the Complete Crumb volume 5.
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The Same Old Crap

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
Fuzzy the Bunny
Fuzzy the Bunny; Donny the Dog; Donny's Wife
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
5
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Stickman Funnies

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
humorous
Stickman Funnies
Stickman; Nasty McFilthy
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Miscellaneous
2
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Caught in the grips of DESPAIR!?

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Miscellaneous
1
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Drawing Cartoons Is Fun!

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Miscellaneous
1
The back cover to Despair.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
adult
Lenore Goldberg and Her Girl Commandos
Lenore Goldberg
Somewhere in a windowless air-conditioned room tucked away in the upper floors...
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Miscellaneous
15
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
adult, humorous
The Simp and the Gimp
The Simp; The Gimp; Nurse; Doctor; Asper Oggus; Big Bill
Another malevolent comic strip that will undermine all your good intentions
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Miscellaneous
7
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The Barroom Bum

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
humorous
Bo Bo Bolinski
Bo Bo Bolinski; Gil; Lady
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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Potatoes Browning

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Potatoes Browning
Potatoes Browning; Mr. Nelson; Tom
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.75
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Carl the Cartoon Character

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
humorous
Carl the Cartoon Character
Carl
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Miscellaneous
0.25
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Jimmy the Jeep

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
humorous
Jimmy the Jeep
Jimmy the Jeep
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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Night of Terror

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
humorous
Shuman the Human
Shuman the Human; Snoid
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Blank Page(s)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
3.5
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
Excerpt from the introduction. Carried over from the front cover flap.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Back cover includes a 1987 painting of Crumb by Alice Kominsky Crumb. Also included is a small excerpt from Robert Crumb's intro.

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