XOW Logo
Issue: The Complete Crumb Comics #17
Publication Date: January 2013
 
Disclose Detail
Title: Cave Wimp
Is Variant Variant: 2nd Printing
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/02/2013
Volume: 17
Pages: 144
ISBN: 9781606996843
UPC/EAN: 978160699684351999
Price: $19.99 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
55 (11 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Eric Reynolds
Disclose Notes: Available from the publisher's web site two weeks before the official 10/16/13 comic book store release date.
  Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
Disclose Format
Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: Black & White with some Color
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11" (21.59 cm x 27.94 cm)
Paper Stock:  
Binding: Softcover
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted anywhere.
Disclose Reprinted From0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images0
Issue Image
Have this cover scanned?
Become an editor.
Assets0
 
Disclose
Cave Wimp, Mode O'Day, Aline 'n' Bob, R. Crumb Goes to the Academy Awards

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Subject Matter
Cave Wimp
Cave Wimp
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Disclose
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0
Inside front cover flap with a quote from the book intro.
Disclose
[untitled]

Blank Page(s)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
3
Disclose
The Complete Crumb volume 17- The Late 1980s: Cave Wimp, Mode O'Day, Aline 'N' Bob

Credits  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
Title page; title and publisher page; indicia plus production, copyright and reprint credits; table of contents
Disclose
Introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Sassy; Young Female Sasquatch; Female Child Sasquatch; Old Male Sasquatch; Old Female; Young Male Sasquatch; Middle-Aged Male Sasquatch
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
7
An approximate 1.5 page introduction dated April 2005 is accompanied by fourteen model drawings for Crumb & Terry Zwigoff's "Sassy" filmscript- "Model Drawing for Sassy, 1987 (two of them);" "Young Female Sasquatch with Blonde Hair & Light Brown Fur;" "Female Child Sasquatch with Reddish Brown Hair & Fur;" "Young Female Sasquatch - Brown Hair & Fur - Black Fur Line Down Her Back;" "Old Male Sasquatch, White Hair, Gray Fur;" "Old Female, Pale Yellow Hair, Gray Fur;" "Young Male Sasquatch: Reddish Hair, Brown Fur;" "Middle-Aged Male Sasquatch: Black Hair, Dark Brown Fur"
Disclose
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
It's not just the same old "Boy Meets Girl" Story...
A promo announcing the Mitchell Brother's joining forces with Crumb on "Whiteman meets Bigfoot."
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Disclose
[untitled]

Blank Page(s)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Disclose
Memories Are Made of This

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
autobiography
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb; Woman
Crumb recalls the time he visited a woman he didn't like just to see if he could get sex from her.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
Disclose
Our Lovely Home

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
autobiography
Aline 'n' Bob
Robert Crumb; Mr. Perfect; Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Yves; John; Isaiah; Sophie Crumb; Bucky
The couple oversee the improvements workers are making to their house.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
9
Disclose
Draw We Must, On... Gary's Jam

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Zippy the Pinhead; Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Checkered Demon; Waldo the Cat; Robert Crumb; Kim Deitch; Krystine Kryttre; B.N. Duncan; DiDi Glitz; Vulture Demonness
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
"Begun: 1972; "Finished:" Nov., 1988"
Disclose
The Adventures of 'Wichita' the Rat Dancer

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
humorous
Wichita; Dave; Brice; Tanya; Waitress; Lisa; Sean; Todd; John
A send-up of "Omaha the Cat Dancer."
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
7
Disclose
I'm Grateful! I'm Grateful!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
autobiography
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb; Crumb's Friend; Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Sophie Crumb
Crumb elucidates the many things he's grateful for in his life.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
5
Disclose
People... Ya Gotta Love 'Em!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
humorous
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb; Aline Kominsky-Crumb (cameo); Sophie Crumb (cameo); Jeff; Wendy
Crumb is stuck in a literal mass of humanity and he's trying to get out.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
3
Disclose
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
humorous
Mode O'Day
Mode O'Day; Doggo; Darlene; Roger; Melanie; Mara; Jean-Luc
Comfortable in his alienation, Doggo spends another leisurely evening wallowing in his own filth....
Mode is persuaded to become a partner in a new restaurant.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
11
Disclose
Cave Wimp

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
adult, humorous
Cave Wimp
Cave Wimp; Gub; Mog; Grek
Crumb tells the story of the first ectomorph in Neolithic times. Cave Wimp, an outcast of the clan, accidentally finds himself in the favor of the alpha males. At least for a little while.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
11
Disclose
Rotten to the Core

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
adult
Checkered Demon; Coochy Cooty; Jimmy Durante (cameo)
Another jam strip, this time with a loose theme of various characters heading to a "Zap #12" show in New York City.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Disclose
R. Crumb, "The Old Outsider", Goes to the Academy Awards

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
autobiography
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb; Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Sophie Crumb; Tom Cruise (cameo); Spike Lee (cameo)
Crumb attends the 1991 Academy Awards.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
Disclose
Ode to Harvey Kurtzman

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
Subject Matter
autobiography
Robert Crumb; Harvey Kurtzman
Crumb states what Harvey Kurtzman has meant for him.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Disclose
Dori Memorial Issue

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Disclose
[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
This is a killer funny book, dude!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Disclose
The Magazine That Challenges Superstitious Beliefs!!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Disclose
Losers, Losers & More Losers

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Disclose
[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
It's a dirty job but somebody has to draw it...
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Disclose
[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Orange Julius!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Disclose
[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Fuck 'em an' cut their heads off! Hyeahn!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Disclose
[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
I've churned this bozo's brain to a pulpy mush! Ha ha ha ha
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Disclose
[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Super Ego
This behavior has gone quite far enough!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Disclose
Screw magazine #1076 & #1166

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb; Al Goldstein
Reprinting
from Screw (Al Goldstein, 1968 series) #1076; from Screw (Al Goldstein, 1968 series) #1166
Miscellaneous
2
Disclose
It's th' comic that can't be beat!!"

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb; Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Kansas City Frank; Patricia Pig; The Goose
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Disclose
[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Please God- I'm afraid! Make them stop destroying the planet (and also maybe put and end to the...
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Disclose
R. Crumb Draws the Blues cover

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Disclose
Four Illustrations

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb; Mr. Natural; Flakey Foont; Devil Girl [Cheryl]; Ruff Tuff Creampuff; Fritz the Cat; Doggo; Patricia Pig; Snoid; Eggs Ackley; Angelfood McSpade
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
3
Four illustrations- an unused cover for The Complete Crumb Comics vol. 3 (1988); a print made for German publisher Kult Verlag from 1991. It features "Devil Girl" saying "Hey, check this out!" with Mr. Natural and Flakey off to the left.; A similar pencil drawing is shown as inset on the same page, drawn in exchange for records; Finally there's a 1992 "Le Monde Selon Crumb" exhibition invitation, that shows Crumb with many of his characters literally exploding out of his brain.
Disclose
Nightmare Alley

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
Subject Matter
Zippy the Pinhead; Waldo the Cat
A silkscreen jam print from 1990
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Disclose
Eight Illustrations

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb; Sophie Crumb; Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Eggs Ackley; Vulture Demoness; Robert Johnson
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
The front and back of a birthday card for Sophie Crumb for her 9th birthday; A Crumb self-portrait from 1990 where he twists himself like a rubber band; the back cover to ID #3, featuring Eggs Ackley mounted to a Vulture Demoness from behind; the cover for "78 Quarterly" vol. 1 #4, featuring a drawing of the famous picture of the blues musician Robert Johnson; a serigraph from 1990 of that same image, titled "Hell Hound on My Trail"; a Marilyn Montreuil 7" LP back cover and CD cover
Disclose
Eight Illustrations

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Mr. Natural; Eggs Ackley; Vulture Demoness
A "L'Argot des Musiciens" book cover (1992); a concert poster for Paris Musette au Faubourg (1992); a CD cover for "Co Co Colinda" by Gerard Dole (1991); a record label for Superbatone Records (1989); the cover for a May 1990 "Caroline's Laughtrack" program guide; three cover illustrations for Screw magazine - issues #1024 (October 17, 1988); #1040 (February 6, 1989); #1059 (June 19, 1989).
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Disclose
A Short History of America

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
One of Crumb's most famous stories shows the progress of an American landscape from idyllic grassland to modern commercial street. This has an "epilogue" page tacked on that offers three different future scenarios for that landscape.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Disclose
Vues de Sauve

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Eight illustrations of the village where Crumb resides. Used in a limited edition portfolio. They are titled "Rue Mazan," "Rue du Terrail - Haut," "Place du Doyen Gachon," "Le Front de Sauve," "Rue du Pont Vieux," "Rue Lorette," "Le Chemin de Bagard," "Rue de Pont Vieux"
Reprinting
from Vues de Sauve (?, 1991 series) #[nn]
Miscellaneous
9
Disclose
Three Illustrations

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
From 1991, a drawing of the exterior of a restaurant called "Le Micocoulier;" A logo for that same restaurant; from 1992, a drawing of a farmhouse and yard entitled "La Ferme de Coutach, Sauve"
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Disclose
20th Anniversary Zap Comics

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Mr. Natural; Checkered Demon
From 1988, a flyer for a Zap Comix 20th anniversary party
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Disclose
Goodstuff Restaurant Illustrations

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Three illustrations for Goodstuff restaurant from Winters, Ca. The first one is titled "Over 40, So What! (1990);" the second one is titled "Your Mother Would Want You to Eat Like This;" (1988); The last one is titled "Goodstuff, Downhill Both Ways Guaranteed" (1989)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Disclose
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
L'Argot des Musiciens
Twenty book illustrations. The titles are "Astiquer le Manche;" "Le Bavuex," "Jouer au Casino de Beyrouth;" "Cinq Morts au Premier Rang;" "Twist de Grenouille;" "Titiller le Clito;" "Fourchette Main Droite, Gant de Boxe Main Gauche;" "La Guelle dans le Cul;" "Handicape de la Clef de Fa;" "Harmonies Municipales;" ""Les Livres en 6/8;" "Miauler;" "Poumon d'Acier;" "Avoir la Rage;" "Requin;" "Tenor Velu;" "Rat de Cave;" "Travaux" and two untitled ones
Reprinting
from L'Argot des Musiciens (?, 1992 series ) #[nn]
Miscellaneous
2
Disclose
Eleven Illustrations

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Anna Beth Olson Arons; Betsy; Jeff; Robert Crumb; Sophie Crumb; Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Zoomy; Trez
A flyer for Aline Kominsky-Crumb's fortieth birthday (1988); The following birth announcements: for Anna Beth Olson Arons (1988); for Molly Courtney Weinberg (1989); for Betsy & Jeff's first born; one for an unnamed family with the title "It's a Boy." Three holiday cards: two for the McNamara family from 1988 and 1990; one for the Crumb family with a self-portrait drawn by each family member (1991). An anniversary card for the Reardon family (1990); A wedding announcement for Zoomy & Trez (1988)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
5
Disclose
Nine Illustrations

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Mr. Natural; Emile Vacher
A logo for the Mitchell Brothers (1990); One for the Winters Bike Shop featuring Mr. Natural (1990); A KC6WQJ radio logo (1991); A Wayhi music company logo (1990); An ad for Dimitri Shipounoff from Paris (1991); One for Zwigoff and Crumb's "Anything for Money" screenplay (1988); A promotional one for a commemorative picnic in Winters, CA (1989); One of Emile Vacher (1989); One for a Don Donahue postcard (1989)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Disclose
Thirteen Illustrations

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb; Nick; Mode O'Day; Doggy
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
3
R. Morand Cajun Band (1992); A "Pourvu que ca Mousse" drawing (1992); A "War News" logo for the Mitchell Brother's newspaper during the Gulf War (1991); An untitled birth announcement (1988); An invitation for an Arcade Gallery exhibition in Carcassonne, France (1991); An anniversary card for Nick (1992); One of the devil titled "Go and Fuck Thyself;" A flyer for a Robert Leathers visit to Winters, CA; An unpublished Hulp comics cover (1992); One for the Crumb/Zwigoff "Sassy" screenplay (1988); The cover to Bikini Battle 3D (3D Zone, 1991); The French cover for Mode O'Day (1990)
Disclose
Seventeen Illustrations

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Alan Dershowitz; Woody Guthrie; H. C. Westermann; Frank Zappa; Leslie Sternbergh; Mr. Natural
Four New Yorker illustrations: Alan Dershowitz (unpublished, 1992); Woody Guthrie (1992); H. C. Westermann (1991); Frank Zappa (1991). Several miscellaneous illustrations: A Leslie Sternbergh portrait from 1989; An editorial cartoon from 1988 featuring Mr. Natural saying "Don't say I didn't warn you!!." Eleven portraits of women (1988-90): Nancy (May 1990); two of Alice (Aug. 1989); Elisa (Oct. 1988); Carol Engberg (Aug. 1988); Julia (1989); Michelle (Sept. 1988); three of Carol Vinson (Aug. 1988, 1989); Lauren (Sept. 1988).
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
The New Yorker illustrations are from the July 13, 1992, April 8, 1991 and November 11, 1991 issues of the magazine.
Disclose
The Book Reader

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb
A drawing of Crumb flying through the air while reading a book. The caption states "He yearned for a life of quiet study, high above this vail of tribulation and tears..."
Reprinting
from Carlson & Turner Calendar (Carlson & Turner Books, ? series) (1990)
Miscellaneous
0.35
Disclose
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb; Dana Crumb
Haight-Ashbury, Early '68... And So, a Legend was Born...
A drawing of Crumb and his wife at the corner of Haight & Ashbury with their baby carriage peddling Zap #1.
Reprinting
from Fantagraphics Catalog (Fantagraphics, ? series) (1992)
Miscellaneous
0.65
Disclose
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb
So??
A New Yorker magazine self-portrait
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.45
Reprinted from the June 26, 1989 issue of the New Yorker.
Disclose
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb
Just when you think you know what it is... it's... MTV!!
An ad made for MTV featuring Crumb covering his ears while loud music is playing.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.3
Disclose
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb; Marc J. Cohen
Enjoyed the book... if you'd annoint (sic) this copy for me and if possible do a quick drawing
A small "Face Behind the Laughs" illustration
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.25
Disclose
Six Illustrations

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb; Snoid; Bo Bo Bolinski
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
Two miscellaneous self-portrait drawings- one with Crumb saying "Salut les filles! Je serai la!!" (1992); one with the caption "R. Crumb, Aging Pervert" (Nov. 1991). Four illustrations from the "Id" comic book Fantagraphics/Eros series- one titled "Sexist Sketch of the Week" (1985); another titled "Bo Bo Bolinski on a Saturday Afternoon" (1985); one with the title "Helping the Amazon put Her Pajamas On"; finally, one titled "Don't Try to be Witty... or Clever..." The latter three are full-page illustrations.
Disclose
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
I wouldn't kick her out of bed.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
A drawing from Feb. 1985
Disclose
Six Illustrations

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Carole Sobocinski; Harvey Pekar; Superman
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Two miscellaneous illustrations- "It's Kinda Negative" featuring a man with his head facing backwards; one of an alien saying "Carole, you must stop with the caffeine and nicotine!;" a panel from the "What Superman Means to Me" story from Snarf #12. The panel has a Gary Dumm drawn Harvey Pekar figure with a thought balloon containing the Crumb Superman drawing; a small drawing titled "This is so Bo-o-ring," taken from The Whole Earth Review #60 (Fall 1988); a placemat illustration titled "Stoopid Idiot" (Nov. 22, 1988); Lastly, a letter with three-panel strip Crumb sent to Peter Bagge (the strip was published in Neat Stuff #15).
Disclose
[untitled]

Blank Page(s)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Disclose
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Inner back cover flap with listing of other Crumb books; back cover promo with a quote from Crumb, L.A. Weekly and Library Journal. Also includes a 1987 painting by Alice Kominsky-Crumb

Site designed and hosted by XOWTech, Inc..
Any questions or problems with this site should be directed to REMOVE-webmaestro-THESE@xowcomics.com.

XOW, XOWComics.com, XOWTech and XOWTech.com are registered trademarks of XOWTech, Inc.
© XOWTech, Inc., 2010 - 2024. All rights reserved.

Some data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.