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Issue: The R. Crumb Handbook #[nn]
Publication Date: January 2005
 
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Publisher: FlagMQ Publications
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Pages: 448
ISBN: 1840727160
UPC/EAN: 978184072716652500
Price: £14.99 GBP
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Content Items: 67 (67 stories, 0 covers)
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: Black & White and Color
Dimensions: 7.5" x 5.75" (19.05 cm x 14.6 cm)
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Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket
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reprinted 62 times from Content Items in other Issues.
15 Content Items from other Issues reprinted as/in this Issue:
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Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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A Short History of America

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Reprinting
FlagSnoid Comics #[nn] [1st print 1.25 USD] published January 1980
was A Short History of America [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
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Lap O' Luxury

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Bobby; Betty; Doris
Reprinting
FlagZap Comix #9 [unnamed variant] published January 1978
was Lap O' Luxury [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
10
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Just Us Kids!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Bobby Trimble; Chuckie
Reprinting
FlagZap Comix #1 [1st printing] published November 1967
was Just Us Kids!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
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Adam & Eve - Our First Parents

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
Adam; Eve
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
A sketchbook comic from 2003
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Eggs Ackley- This Kid's a Scream

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Eggs Ackley
Eggs Ackley
Reprinting
FlagZap Comix #1 [2nd printing] published April 1968
was "I'm really cookin' today! Look out girls! Here I come!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
0.58
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Brombo the Panda

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Brombo the Panda
Brombo the Panda
Reprinting
FlagWeirdo #2 published January 1981
was Brombo the Panda [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
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Ups and Downs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Chuck and Bob
Chuck; Bob; The Chief; Angelfood McSpade
Reprinting
FlagYellow Dog v2 #2 [13/14] published July 1969
was Ups and Downs [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Roberta Smith Office Girl
Roberta Smith
Good Morning Roberta! What've you got wrapped up in that blanket?
Reprinting
FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #2 published May 1988
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
0.7
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Whiteman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Whiteman
Whiteman; Madame Too Too
Reprinting
FlagZap Comix #1 [1st printing] published November 1967
was Whiteman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Fritz the Cat
Out here on the open road the evening sky is deep blue and the warm summer air smells of clover!
Reprinting
FlagThe Complete Fritz the Cat #[nn] published January 1978
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
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Head Comix

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
A wordless story where the thought balloons contain for the most part only question marks.
Reprinting
FlagR. Crumb's Head Comix #[nn] published January 1968
was Head Comix [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
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I'm a Ding Dong Daddy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Freak-Out Funnies
Reprinting
FlagZap Comix #1 [1st printing] published November 1967
was I'm A Ding Dong Daddy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
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Sky-Hi Comics

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Bill Ding
Bill Ding; Wildman
Reprinting
FlagZap Comix #0 published January 1968
was Sky-Hi Comics [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
0.8
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Then on the Other Hand...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Norton
Reprinting
FlagR. Crumb's Head Comix: Twenty Years Later #[nn] published January 1988
was Then On the Other Hand... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
0.2
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Those Cute Little Bearzy Wearzies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Bearzy Wearzies
Boopsy; Bearzy Wearzies
Reprinting
FlagZap Comix #0 published January 1968
was Freak-out Funnies Presents Those Cute Little Bearzy Wearzies [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
0.8
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George Gwaltny

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
George Gwaltny
George Gwaltny
Reprinting
FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #5 [First Printing] published July 1990
was George Gwaltny [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
0.2
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It's Cosmic

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Angelfood McSpade
Reprinting
FlagR. Crumb's Head Comix #[nn] published January 1968
was It's Cosmic [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
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Definetly a Case of Derangement!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb; Wife
Reprinting
FlagZap Comix #1 [1st printing] published November 1967
was Definitely A Case of Derangement! [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
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The Man from Affiganistan

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Mr. Natural; Flakey Foont
Reprinting
FlagR. Crumb's Head Comix #[nn] published January 1968
was The Man from Affiganistan [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Mr. Sketchum
Mr. Sketchum
I got a million of 'em!
An H-bomb blows up Mr. Sketchum right after he mails some cartoons to Bertrand Russell.
Reprinting
FlagHydrogen Bomb Funnies #1 [unnamed variant] published January 1970
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
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Ducks Yas Yas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Cop; Crazy Mother Fucker; Teenage Ric; Beautiful Blonde High School Chick
Reprinting
FlagZap Comix #0 published January 1968
was "Ducks Yas Yas" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
3
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Help Build a Better America!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Reprinting
FlagZap Comix #0 published January 1968
was Help Build a Better America! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
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Why oh why oh why the Hell Am I in Motor City

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Reprinting
FlagMotor City Comics #1 [unnamed variant] published April 1969
was Why Oh Why Oh Why the Hell am I in Motor City? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
3
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Keep on Truckin'

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Reprinting
FlagZap Comix #1 [1st printing] published November 1967
was Keep On Truckin'... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
The Simp and the Gimp
The Simp; The Gimp
Chuck you Farley!
Reprinting
FlagUneeda Comix #[nn] published August 1970
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
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Let's Eat!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Reprinting
FlagZap Comix #3 [First Printing] published January 1969
was Let's Eat! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
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The Adventures of R. Crumb Himself

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb; Nun; Priest; Headmaster; Policeman
On a whim, Crumb enrolls in the "National School of Hard Knocks" in order to get some professional training. He winds up getting more than he bargained for.
Reprinting
FlagTales from the Leather Nun #1 [unnamed variant] published September 1973
was The Adventures of R. Crumb Himself [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
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The Many Faces of R. Crumb

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
Crumb draws several different versions of himself.
Reprinting
FlagXYZ Comics #[nn] [1st Printing] published June 1972
was The Many Faces of R. Crumb [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
The Crumb Family
Robert Crumb; Aline Kominsky Crumb
Okay, here's the shtick... I'm R. Crumb, and I'm drawing myself in this comic strip... get it??
Reprinting
FlagThe Complete Dirty Laundry Comics #[nn] [unnamed variant] published June 1993
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
The following Crumb Family strips were an attempt at a daily strip that was ultimately rejected by the San Francisco Examiner. This strip and the one just below false starts due to incorrect panel proportions.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
The Crumb Family
Robert Crumb; Aline Kominsky Crumb
Before Bob gets here lemme tell ya that we're both terribly sensitive ahtists...
Reprinting
FlagThe Complete Dirty Laundry Comics #[nn] [unnamed variant] published June 1993
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
The Crumb Family
Robert Crumb; Aline Kominsky Crumb
Bob you can't use this strip just to make fun of my family!
Reprinting
FlagThe Complete Dirty Laundry Comics #[nn] [unnamed variant] published June 1993
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
The Crumb Family
Robert Crumb; Aline Kominsky Crumb
Bob, it's my birthday.... What can I get?
Reprinting
FlagThe Complete Dirty Laundry Comics #[nn] [unnamed variant] published June 1993
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
The Crumb Family
Robert Crumb; Aline Kominsky Crumb
Bob, ya know it's you the public wants and here I am asserting myself, as usual!
Reprinting
FlagThe Complete Dirty Laundry Comics #[nn] [unnamed variant] published June 1993
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
The Crumb Family
Robert Crumb; Aline Kominsky Crumb
Aline, I can't do this on my own up here!
Reprinting
FlagThe Complete Dirty Laundry Comics #[nn] [unnamed variant] published June 1993
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
autobiography
The Crumb Family
Robert Crumb; Aline Kominsky Crumb
Alright, "tell 'em about the time your ex-wife put sleeping pills in the chicken soup," she sez...
Reprinting
FlagThe Complete Dirty Laundry Comics #[nn] [unnamed variant] published June 1993
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
The Crumb Family
Robert Crumb; Aline Kominsky Crumb
More of Bob's hilarious true-life tales...
Reprinting
FlagThe Complete Dirty Laundry Comics #[nn] [unnamed variant] published June 1993
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
The Crumb Family
Robert Crumb; Aline Kominsky Crumb
Aline, I can't do this without you... I'm the straight man... If I tell stories about my life...
Reprinting
FlagThe Complete Dirty Laundry Comics #[nn] [unnamed variant] published June 1993
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
The Crumb Family
Robert Crumb; Aline Kominsky Crumb
Oh Ghod, remember the last time your mother was here?
Reprinting
FlagThe Complete Dirty Laundry Comics #[nn] [unnamed variant] published June 1993
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
The Crumb Family
Robert Crumb; Aline Kominsky Crumb
Then there was that time you insisted we take your mother to the Zen Bakery on Cole Street...
Reprinting
FlagThe Complete Dirty Laundry Comics #[nn] [unnamed variant] published June 1993
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
The Crumb Family
Robert Crumb; Aline Kominsky Crumb
Oh no Bob look at the calendar!
Reprinting
FlagThe Complete Dirty Laundry Comics #[nn] [unnamed variant] published June 1993
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb; Sophie Crumb
Look, dad! Poop!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
A sketchbook comic from 1984
Disclose
The Brat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
The Brat
The Brat; Arnold
Reprinting
FlagSnatch Comics #[nn] published October 1968
was The Brat [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
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Sunday Afternoon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
John Q. Public
John Q. Public
Reprinting
FlagXYZ Comics #[nn] [1st Printing] published June 1972
was Sunday Afternoon [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
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John Q. Public's Pal Ed Everyman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Ed Everyman
Ed Everyman
Reprinting
FlagXYZ Comics #[nn] [1st Printing] published June 1972
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
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Morbid Sense of Humor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
Crumb paints himself as being intensely sadistic in this satirical piece.
Reprinting
FlagDespair #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 1969
was Morbid Sense of Humor [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
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They're trying to get me because I bring you the TRUTH!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
A satirical paranoid rant from Crumb, as he suspects fumes from his ink bottle is actually poison gas planted by a government agent.
Reprinting
FlagBig Ass Comics #2 published August 1971
was [untitled] [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
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Freak Out Funnies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Snoids; Angelfood McSpade; Spacemen
Reprinting
FlagZap Comix #0 published January 1968
was Freak Out Funnies [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Angelfood McSpade
Angelfood McSpade; Cops; Officially Sanctioned Researchers
She's Sock-a-Delic - She's All Heart
Reprinting
FlagZap Comix #2 published July 1968
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
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Joe Blow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Joe Blow
Joe Blow; Lois; Joe Jr.; Sis
Reprinting
FlagZap Comix #4 [unnamed variant] published January 1969
was Joe Blow [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
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Pud

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Pud
Pud; Junior; Annie; George
Reprinting
FlagUneeda Comix #[nn] published August 1970
was Pud [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
The book's reprint credits for this story gives the date of April, 13, 1970, a different date than the one listed in The Complete Crumb vol. 7.
Disclose
On the Bum Again

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Mr. Natural; Cowgirl; Big Baby; Big Baby's Mother; Conductor; Officer
Mr. Natural, sick of the city, heads out west. While on the train, a lady who asks him to watch her baby never comes back.
Reprinting
FlagMr. Natural #1 [unnamed variant] published August 1970
was On the Bum Again [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
9
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Anal Antics

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Snoid
Mr. Snoid; Landlady
Mr. Snoid talks about his residence inside a woman's butt.
Reprinting
FlagBig Ass Comics #2 published August 1971
was Anal Antics [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
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Mr. Natural Wants to Talk to You!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Mr. Natural
Reprinting
FlagMystic Funnies #2 published April 1999
was Mr. Natural Wants to Talk to You! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
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Abstract Expressionist Ultra Super Modernistic Comics

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Reprinting
FlagZap Comix #1 [1st printing] published November 1967
was Abstract Expressionist Ultra Super Modernistic Comics [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
3
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All Meat Comics

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Reprinting
FlagBig Ass Comics #[nn] published June 1969
was All Meat Comics [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
3
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Cubist Be Bop Comics

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Random is the word in this series of completely unconnected panels.
Reprinting
FlagXYZ Comics #[nn] [1st Printing] published June 1972
was Cubist Be Bop Comics [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
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Weirdo Art Section: It's Art for Art's Sake!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Reprinting
FlagWeirdo #2 published January 1981
was Weirdo Art Section: It's Art For Art's Sake! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
Disclose
Tootsy Frootsy Funnies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
Stella's Kloze-Krazy Klowns
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
From a Stella McCartney limited edition t-shirt.
Disclose
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Mode O'Day
Mode O'Day; Doggo; Geoffrey; Sam Greenberg
She's just a small-town gal who dreams of being a fashion model in New York City.
Doggo and Mode successfully pass off a piece of salvage junk as art.
Reprinting
FlagWeirdo #9 [First Printing] published January 1984
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
9
The story is reformatted to four panels per page for this book.
Disclose
No Way Out

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Reprinting
FlagZap Comix #6 [unnamed variant] published January 1973
was No Way Out [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Disclose
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
The Desperate Character
The Desperate Character
He's all shook up!
Reprinting
FlagZap Comix #6 [unnamed variant] published January 1973
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Disclose
Grim Grids

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Reprinting
FlagMondo Snarfo #[nn] [unnamed variant] published September 1978
was Grim Grids [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
3
Disclose
Puzzle Page

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Reprinting
FlagYour Hytone Comics #[nn] [unnamed variant] published February 1971
was Puzzle Page [Activity on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Disclose
Hunting for Old Records

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb; Old Lady
Reprinting
FlagR. Crumb Odds & Ends #[nn] published January 2001
was Hunting for Old Records [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
Disclose
Mr. Wilkins Discusses the Human Condition with Huunruth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Mr. Wilkins; Huunruth
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
A sketchbook strip from 1977
Disclose
The Heartbreak of the Old Cartoonist

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Mildred; Harold
Reprinting
FlagThe Comics Journal Special Edition #1 published December 2001
 
Miscellaneous
10
Disclose
Sittin' Around the Kitchen Table

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Mr. Natural; Flakey Foont
Mr. Natural; Flakey Foont
Reprinting
FlagMr. Natural #2 [unnamed variant] published October 1971
was Sittin' Around the Kitchen Table [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2

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