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Issue: The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book #[nn]
Publication Date: January 1997
 
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Publisher: FlagLittle, Brown
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Indicia Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
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Pages: 264
ISBN: 0316163066
UPC/EAN: 978031616306490000
Price: $40.00 USD
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Content Items: 104 (59 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Peter Poplaski; Robert Boyd (Associate Editor)
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: Color and Black & White
Dimensions: 13.25" x 11.25" (33.65 cm x 28.57 cm)
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Binding: Hardcover
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reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.
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reprinted 45 times from Content Items in other Issues.
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Cover, Front
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Mr. Natural
Original! Singular! Groundbreaking! Outrageous! Controversial!
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Dust jacket cover.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb
Yeah, but is it art?
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A small front cover illustration
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Robert Crumb
Bare yer soul on th' page!
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Mr. Natural and His Pal R. Crumb

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Subject Matter
Robert Crumb; Mr. Natural
Mr. Natural; Robert Crumb
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A 1995 illustration
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The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book

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Credits
? (photo)
? (photo)
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb (photo)
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A full-page photo of Crumb; Title and publisher page with a small Crumb illustration- "Really, dahling, if it's not expensive, its not aht!;" Copyright and indicia page; table of contents with a full page background illustration
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Fulminations: I Rarely Ever Get Cohesive Ideas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb; Charles Crumb; Crumb's Dad; Brombo the Panda
My Earliest Memory of Comic Books is the Way They Smelled!
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A full page illustration: "1954: Little Bobby Crumb & his brother Chuck, a couple of comic-book wimps" (originally from People magazine, 1985). A text article with a few sample panels from Weirdo #2's "Brombo the Panel" and the original Crumb brothers "Treasure Island Days" story drawn when they were children (1961). The next few pages include a full-page image of Crumb's copy of "Little Lulu #110" and then images of his personal copies of "Pogo Possum #4," "Paul Terry's Comics #98," "Krazy Life Hilarious Comics #1," "Krazy Komics #4," and "Animal Comics #14."
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Adventures of Fuzzy the Bunny

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Fuzzy Bunny; Donny
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The first page from a Charles Crumb "Fuzzy the Bunny" story from 1952. A lead-in to the following sequence.
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The Adventures of Fuzzy the Bunny

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Fuzzy the Bunny
Fuzzy the Bunny; Donny; Genie
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FlagZap Comix #5 [unnamed variant] published January 1970
was The Adventures of Fuzzy the Bunny [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Crumb states on a first page margin caption that he copied the story from the previously noted Charles Crumb version of this story. The second, fifth, sixth, seventh, and ninth pages of this story have tiny-size margin reproductions of the corresponding sequences from Charles Crumb's version.

The final page has a small-size margin reprint of a "Chuck and Bob" cover Charles Crumb drew as a child in the early 50s. It corresponds to the following sequence.
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Chuck and Bob

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Chuck and Bob
Chuck; Bob
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A late 60s illustration copied from the margin reproduction on the previous page.
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Treasure Island Days

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Charles Crumb [Chuckie]; Robert Crumb
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FlagLemme Outa Here #[nn] published January 1978
was Treasure Island Days [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The first page has a small-size photo printed on the margin- "The Magic Kingdom: The Crumb kids visit Disneyland in 1956." Pictured are Maxon, Robert, Charles and Sandra Crumb.
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb
I consider the best of the American media of the old days to be a classical education by today's standards!
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2
A full-page Thomas Nast detail- "The Tammany Tiger" (1871); The article includes a small-size Crumb sketchbook illustration (mid 80s): "Bob at age 11, eating his breakfast on Saturday morning;" Also included is a panel from Weirdo #6's "Trash" story
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Dumb (The R. Crumb Story: Part I-Don't-Know-What...)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
autobiography
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb; Wayne; Crumb's Dad; Crumb's Mom; Maxon; Liz; Mimi; Aline Kominsky-Crumb
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FlagZap Comix #13 [1st Printing] published January 1994
was Dumb [The R. Crumb Story] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
I had seen the first issue of Mad comics on the newsstand and I remember being bewildered by it!
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A full-page detail of a Jack Davis illustration - "Boo" from Humbug #8; The article includes a tiny-size image of the cover to Mad #11.
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1956

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?
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FlagMad #27 published April 1956
was 1956 [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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Ode to Harvey Kurtzman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
autobiography
Robert Crumb; Harvey Kurtzman
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FlagHarvey Kurtzman's Strange Adventures #[nn] published January 1990
was Ode To Harvey Kurtzman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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2
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Exposed: The Truth About Radiation

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?
?
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FlagHumbug #2 published September 1957
 
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1
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (photo)
? (photo)
?
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb; Marty Pahls
When I left home my father bought me a bus ticket to Cleveland and loaned me $14.
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Accompanied by the following: A full-page illustration titled "The Depths of Despair" (May 12, 1962); A small greeting card illustration (early 60s); Three "Cute Grotesque" greeting card illustrations (early 60s); A two page-excerpt from The Young Crumb Story (from American Splendor #4); Two full-page sketchbook illustrations (early 60s); A full-page photo of Crumb in Harlem; A tiny-size reproduction of the cover to Help! #22.
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Fritz Comes on Strong

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Fritz the Cat
Fritz the Cat
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FlagHelp! #22 published January 1965
 
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From 1964
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Fritz the Cat
Fritz the Cat
Oh Fritz! This is marvelous! I'm in love with your car! I really am!
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An unpublished Help! page (1965)
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Harlem: A Sketchbook Report

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FlagHelp! #22 published January 1965
 
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (photo)
? (photo)
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb; Dana Crumb
I wanted to be on my own so bad... and just worry about no one but myself...
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Accompanied by a full-page Dana Crumb sketchbook drawing from 1964-65; a small photo of Crumb in Bulgaria; a small drawing from one of "The Silly Pidgeons" stories; two more full-page sketchbook drawings- a self-portrait and another of Dana Crumb
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The Silly Pidgeons

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
The Silly Pidgeons
The Silly Pidgeons
The Pidgeons experience a little trouble after moving their radiator across the room.
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FlagPromethean Enterprises #3 published January 1971
 
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The strip is originally from November 1964 to March 1965. In Crumb's series of "Silly Pigeon" strips the word "pigeon" was spelled inconsistently story to story.
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Unpublished Excerpt from Bulgaria: A Sketchbook Report

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
autobiography
Robert Crumb; Eva
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3
Originally meant to be published in Help! magazine. From 1965
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The Silly Pidgeons Take a Walk

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
The Silly Pidgeons
The Silly Pidgeons
The Pidgeons have a conversation at their dinner table, go out for a walk and then return home for dinner.
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FlagPromethean Enterprises #3 published January 1971
 
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This strip is originally from Spring, 1965.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
The Silly Pigeons
The Silly Pigeons
What is the meaning of life?
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FlagPromethean Enterprises #3 published January 1971
 
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1
This strip was originally meant for Help! Magazine. From Spring 1965
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
LSD was made legal in 1965, the first time I took it!
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Accompanied by the following: A full-page unused cover for a never-published comic titled "Head;" An alternate version of that same cover; A tiny illustration- "Just like bein' born stoned" from Cavalier magazine (October 1967); A full page illustration titled "This is Hell" from Spring 1967
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My First LSD Trip

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
autobiography
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb; Dana Crumb
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FlagEl Perfecto Comics #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 1973
 
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The cover to El Perfecto comics is shown tiny-size on the margin of the page.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
This sketchbook page from 1965 demonstrates the transition from naturalistic drawing to drawing influenced by LSD.
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Six pages from his sketchbooks (1965-67). Includes a page that has the first ever "Mr. Natural" strip, one that begins with the line "What's today's health tip, Mr. Natural?"
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
Starting in the mid-sixties I would spin out all kinds of ideas for cartoons in sketchbooks!
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2
Accompanied by a full-page unused cover for ZAP #1 (1967) and a tiny illustration from "R. Crumb's Head Comix" (1968).
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Yarrowstalks #3 cover

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FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #4 [First Printing] published September 1989
was Yarrowstalks #3 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Head Comix

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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FlagR. Crumb's Head Comix #[nn] published January 1968
was Head Comix [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Mr. Natural
Mr. Natural...give me the straight dope...what should I do?
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FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #4 [First Printing] published September 1989
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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0.1
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Big Freakout on Detroit Ave.

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Edgar Crump
Edgar Crump
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FlagR. Crumb's Head Comix #[nn] published January 1968
was Big Freakout on Detroit Ave. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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0.75
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Mr. Natural
Mither Natchrul! I come to hear the word!
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FlagR. Crumb's Head Comix: Twenty Years Later #[nn] published January 1988
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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0.15
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Life Among the Constipated

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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FlagR. Crumb's Head Comix #[nn] published January 1968
was Life Among the Constipated [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
This page and opposite, Might-have-been comics: Crumb continously spun out ideas for comics in his sketchbooks.
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2
Ten sketchbook illustrations of varying sizes for potential comic book covers. The titles are: "Fuck: A Comic Book of the Beat Generation;" "Paranoid Comics," "Street Corner Comics," "Kozmic Komix," "Sludge," "Freak," "Drek," "Funny Funnies;" "Despair" (alternate cover); "Pathetic Stories"
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb; Dana Crumb
I drew the first two issues of Zap Comix in late 1967!
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Miscellaneous
2
Accompanied by a full-page sketchbook drawing from 1992: "Haight-Ashbury, Early '68... and so, a Legend Was Born...;" Also includes a tiny illustration from Zap #2- "Zap Comix Tells It Like It Is!"
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Mr. Sketchum is at it Again!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Mr. Sketchum
Mr. Sketchum
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FlagZap Comix #0 published January 1968
was Mr. Sketchum Is at it Again! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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1
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Keep on Truckin'...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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FlagZap Comix #1 [1st printing] published November 1967
was Keep On Truckin'... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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1
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Av 'n' Gar famous for their Snappy Bits and Krazy Kraks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Av 'n' Gar
Av; Gar
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FlagR. Crumb's Head Comix #[nn] published January 1968
was Av 'n' Gar famous for their Snappy Bits and Krazy Kraks [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
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Bedrock One

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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A rock poster (1967)
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Schuman the Human - a Poignant Psychological Drama featuring Mr. Natural

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Head Comix & Far Out Fun
Schuman the Human; Mr. Natural
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FlagR. Crumb's Head Comix #[nn] published January 1968
was Schuman the Human - a Poignant Psychological Drama [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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1
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Mr. Natural Meets God

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Mr. Natural; God
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FlagR. Crumb's Head Comix #[nn] published January 1968
was Mr. Natural Meets God [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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0.8
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Gail Snail

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Gail Snail
Gail Snail
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FlagZap Comix #1 [2nd printing] published April 1968
was Gail Snail [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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0.1
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The Walkie Talkies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
The Walkie Talkies
The Walkie Talkies
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FlagZap Comix #1 [2nd printing] published April 1968
was The Walkie Talkies [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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0.1
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Mr. Natural Gets the Bum's Rush

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Mr. Natural
Mr. Natural receives a telegram from God condemning him to Hell.
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FlagR. Crumb's Head Comix #[nn] published January 1968
was Mr. Natural Gets the Bum's Rush [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Let's Be Honest

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Shuman the Human
Shuman the Human
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FlagZap Comix #1 [2nd printing] published April 1968
was Let's Be Honest featuring Schuman the Human [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Mr. Natural Repents

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Mr. Natural; Cheeses K. Reist
Mr. Natural repents and receives word that he must do penance.
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FlagR. Crumb's Head Comix #[nn] published January 1968
was Mr. Natural Repents [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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0.75
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Hey Mom! Let's have nigger hearts for lunch!
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FlagZap Comix #1 [2nd printing] published April 1968
was Hey Mom! Let's Have Nigger Hearts for Lunch! [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
 
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0.25
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
I was very alienated from the hippie scene!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Accompanied by a full-page reprint of the cover to Big Brother & Holding Company's "Cheap Thrills" LP.
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R. Crumb's Fritz the Cat cover

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
Fritz the Cat
Fritz the Cat
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FlagR. Crumb's Fritz the Cat #[nn] published October 1969
was R. Crumb's Fritz the Cat [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
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All Asshole Comics

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Snoid; Angelfood McSpade
Snoid; Angelfood McSpade
Reprinting
FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #5 [First Printing] published July 1990
was All Asshole Comics [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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1
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Can the mind know it?
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FlagR. Crumb's Head Comix: Twenty Years Later #[nn] published January 1988
was [untitled] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
 
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1
Includes the tiny six-panel strip "Everyday Funnies with the Snoid from Sheboygan."
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The Phonus Balonus Blues

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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FlagDespair #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 1969
was The Phonus Balonus Blues [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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0.85
This also appeared in The Print Mint's Despair comic.
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Where the Action Isn't

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Robert Q. Somebody
Robert Q. Somebody
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FlagDespair #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 1969
was Where The Action Isn't [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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0.15
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R. Crumb presents Artsy Fartsy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Artsy Fartsy
Artsy Fartsy; Asper Oggus
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FlagBig Ass Comics #[nn] published June 1969
was R. Crumb presents Artsy Fartsy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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A tiny-size image of the cover to Big Ass Comics is shown on the page margin
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Stoned Agin!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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FlagYour Hytone Comics #[nn] [unnamed variant] published February 1971
was Stoned Agin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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1
A tiny-size image of the cover to "Your Hytone Comix" is shown on the page margin
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The Lighter-Than-Air-Boys

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Merciful Percival; Seymour "Sy" Klopps
The Lighter-Than-Air-Boys [Merciful Percival; Seymour "Sy" Klopps]
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FlagDespair #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 1969
was The Lighter-Than-Air Boys [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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3
A tiny-size image of the cover to the Print Mint's Despair is shown on the page margin
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Girls Girls Girls

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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FlagXYZ Comics #[nn] [1st Printing] published June 1972
was Girls Girls Girls [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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1
A tiny-size image of the cover to XYZ Comics is shown on the page margin
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Eleven Robert Crumb comic covers

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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2
Shown are small-size images of the covers to San Francisco Comic Book #3, Home Grown Funnies, Zap #0, Motor City Comics #1, Black and White Comics, Zap #1, Uneeda Comix, Best Buy Comics, The People's Comics, Mr. Natural #1, and Snoid Comics.
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
Angelfood McSpade; Eggs Ackley; Robert Crumb
My personal obsession for big women interferes with some people's enjoyment of my work!
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Miscellaneous
6
A full-page late 60s illustration featuring Angelfood McSpade titled "Jive - Money Mad Wife;" A panel from Big Ass Comics #1; Four full-page sketchbook illustrations- A Crumb 1969 self-portrait "Sheeit!"; "Imaginary Girl Against the Wall" (1975); "Gurls! Sex! (1975); "I'm sittin' on top of the world when I'm ridin' on: The Seat of Learning!" (1975)
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My Troubles With Women

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
autobiography
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb; Doc; Sister; Sarah Edwards; Terry Wall; Crumb's Dad; Crumb's Mom; Sheena; Anita; Helene; Dolly Hensley; Bucky Sullivan; Dana Crumb; Karen; Jane; Aline; Jenny
A "true confession" as Crumb talks about his checkered history with women, from early childhood to his jaded post-sixties flings.
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FlagZap Comix #10 [unnamed variant] published January 1982
was My Troubles with Women [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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10
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Seven Illustrations and a photo

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (photo)
? (photo)
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb; Aline Kominsky-Crumb
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Miscellaneous
9
Seven full-page illustrations and a photo- "The Perfect Female Body" (1975); "...Cute Little Genius..." (September 1990); "Reality Fantasy Reality Fantasy.." (December 6, 1990; "Revised" November 1991); "Innocent Fun or Sick Sado-Masochism?" (1990); "Big Healthy Girl Enjoys Deep Penetration from the Rear" (1990s); "Oh well, nobody's perfect... In fact, nothing can ever be... Perfect!" (1991); A double-page photo of Crumb & Kominsky (mid-70s); A Kominsky side-portrait- "The Profile" (1975)
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Let's Have a Little Talk

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Kominsky & Crumb
Robert Crumb; Aline Kominsky
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FlagDirty Laundry Comics #[1] published January 1974
was Let's Have A Little Talk [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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1
A tiny-size image of the cover to Dirty Laundry Comics is shown on the page margin
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Two full-page illustrations

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Aline Kominsky-Crumb
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Miscellaneous
2
The titles are- "Boorum & Pease Standard Columnar Book- Big Baby Bunch" (March 20th, 1975); "Aline's Legs" (November 1987)
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (photo)
? (photo)
Subject Matter
S. Clay Wilson (photo); Victor Moscoso (photo); Gilbert Shelton (photo); Rick Griffin (photo); Spain Rodriguez (photo); Robert Williams (photo); Robert Crumb (photo); Bob Armstrong (photo); Al Dodge (photo)
The seventies was the 'burnout decade!' The big party was over!
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Miscellaneous
3
Accompanied by a full-page illustration- "Hey, I'm dying up here!" (1990 sketchbook page); A 1972-73 photo of the ZAP cartoonists and a photo of the Keep On Truckin' Orchestra (Crumb, Armstrong, Dodge, 1972)
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Mammy Jama

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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FlagZap Comix #6 [unnamed variant] published January 1973
was Mammy Jama [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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1
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Remember Keep on Truckin'?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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FlagXYZ Comics #[nn] [1st Printing] published June 1972
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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1
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What is it About People When They're Boppin' and Jivin' That's so Repugnant to Me??

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb; Mr. Natural (cameo)
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Miscellaneous
4
A 1990 sketchbook story
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Crybaby's Blues

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Crybaby Beanhead
Crybaby Beanhead; Black Goddess
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FlagArcade the Comics Revue #5 published January 1976
was Crybaby's Blues [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
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Frosty the Snowman and His Friends

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Frosty the Snowman and His Friends
Frosty the Snowman; Stoop; Tuffy
Frosty and friends plot to throw bombs disguised as snowballs at the "Rockerfella" mansion.
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FlagArcade the Comics Revue #4 published January 1975
was Frosty the Snowman and His Friends [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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6
A tiny-size image of the cover to "Arcade #4" is shown on the page margin
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I Remember the Sixties

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
autobiography
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb; Mom; Dad; Gingerbread Princess; Jesus Freak; Hare Krishna
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FlagWeirdo #4 published February 1982
was I Remember the Sixties [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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5
A tiny-size image of the cover to "Weirdo #4" is shown on the page margin
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It's a Miracle!!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
autobiography
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb; Mao Tse-Tung
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1
A sketchbook story from September 1976.
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Woke Up in the Middle of the Night

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
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1
A 1990 sketchbook page
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Dear God Give Me Strength

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb; God's Voice
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1
An early 1990's sketchbook page
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The Little Guy That Lives Inside My Brain

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Reprinting
 
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1
An illustration dated January 30, 1986
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Self Portrait of R. Crumb (November 11th, 1982)

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
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1
A 1982 sketchbook page
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Superior Blues

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb; Talking Bird
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1
A mid-1970s sketchbook page
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"An Expression I Make A Lot ('Cause My Glasses Are Always Sliding Down...)

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
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1
A 1983 sketchbook page
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No Rest for the Wicked ("What's Wrong With Me" Dept:)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
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1
A 1975 sketchbook page
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Just My Normal Day... Self (Feb., '86)

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
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1
A 1986 sketchbook page
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
No-Shit Sherlock says: To you, my friend, I would say this: at this point in time and in the context...
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1
A 1980s sketchbook page
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What a Jerk... (Self.... July '94)

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
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1
A 1994 sketchbook page
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Are the Mean Men Marching Yet? (Paranoid Fantasy That Won't Go Away no. 9608-8)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
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FlagAargh! #[nn] published October 1988
was Are the Mean Men Marching Yet? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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1
A 1980s sketchbook page
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Mr. Sicko's Dairy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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1
A 1982 sketchbook page
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Can You Stand Alone and Face Up to the Universe?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb; Big Mammy; Jesus
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FlagHup #4 published June 1992
was Can You Stand Alone and Face Up to the Universe? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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5
The cover to "Hup #4" is shown tiny-size in the margins of the first page
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb; Hippy Joe; Asper Oggus; Yetti; Oxo Wowmom; Mr. Hoonrath
I believe in everything... UFOs, Bigfoot, channeling, ESP... I believe it all!
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2
A full page article is accompanied by an unpublished "Home Grown Funnies #2" cover and a small excerpt from a sketchbook page titled "Mr. Hoonrath."
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What Gives?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Munyap; Farkwar; Harry; A.P. Bombasto; Captain Frazer; Major Richter; Lieutenant Colonel Buxton; General Throckmorton
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FlagZap Comix #8 [unnamed variant] published January 1975
was What Gives? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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10
The cover to "Zap #8" is shown tiny-size in the margins of the first page
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb; Floyd Campbell; Shorty Cook; Howard "Louie Bluie" Armstrong; Charley Patton
To be interested in old music is to be a social outcast!
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Miscellaneous
3.5
A full page article is accompanied by a full-page color image of the 1985 "Louie Bluie" movie poster. Included in the next few pages are: a mid-1970s sketchbook detail titled "Deep Nostalgia;" Three reproductions of Paramount race record ads (1927-28); A 1978 Yazoo Records catalog ad.
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Why I'm Neurotic About My Record Collection

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb; Aline Kominsky-Crumb
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Miscellaneous
0.5
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That's Life

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Tommy Grady; Esther Grady; Willie; Red; Ed; Frank; Robert Crumb; Gary Seiden
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FlagArcade the Comics Revue #3 published January 1975
was That's Life [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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5
The cover to "Arcade #3" is shown tiny-size in the margins of the first page
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Where Has It Gone, All the Beautiful Music of Our Grandparents?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb [as R.]; Limahl; Crumb's Mother
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FlagWeirdo #14 [unnamed variant] published January 1985
was Where Has It Gone, All the Beautiful Music of Our Grandparents? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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5
The cover to "Weirdo #14" is shown tiny-size in the margins of the first page
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Aline Kominsky and Robert Crumb, 1974-75

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (photo)
? (photo)
Subject Matter
Aline Kominsky (photo); Robert Crumb (photo)
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2
A double-page photo
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Featuring Etoain Shrdlu

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
Etoain Shrdlu
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FlagWeirdo #1 [unnamed variant] published January 1981
was Featuring Etoain Shrdlu [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb
My high school art teacher didn't like me. He said 'If you keep doing those cartoons, you'll wind up selling pencils on the street!
Crumb talks about meeting Chester Gould and his great affection for Harvey Kurtzman.
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Miscellaneous
18
A full page of text includes a small mid-1970s sketchbook detail titled "Be an Artist! A Glamour Occupation." Followed by a series of full-page illustrations, mostly in black & white: "Improve Your Drawing Ability" (1975 sketchbook page); "Still Life Exercise - Feb. 24th, '83;" "Woodpile - Dec. 1st, '78;" "Chicken House October 1982;" "The "View" (November 16th '82);" "A Nice Quite Evening at Home Alone... (Optical Truths)" (sketchbook page, early '90s); "Place at Doyen Gachon" (from Vues de Sauve portfolio); "Path in the "Mer des Rochers" Above Sauve" (Sept. 30th, 1996); "Getting Away from People... Must be Back by Aperitif Time..." (Oct. 11th '96); "Mutate Now" (sketchbook page, early '80s); "Oy Oy Oydle-Oil Painting #1, Blue Man-Green Man" (Color, oil on canvas, 1980); "I'm havin' a fit" (Sept. 8th, 1980); "Problems in Composition - It's too Tight!" (Early 1980s sketchbook page); An untitled oil on canvas, 1980 (color); "The Green Aline" (oil on canvas, 1980 (color)); "Jewish Girl" (1973 illustration); "I can't take another minute of this.. I'm gonna lose my mind or kill myself!!" (Early 1990s sketchbook page)
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Vulture Goddess and Devil Girl sculptures

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (photo)
? (photo)
? (photo)
Subject Matter
Vulture Goddess; Devil Girl [Cheryl Borck]
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6
A full page photo of a life-size Vulture Goddess sculpture (1990-91); Two full-page Devil Girl drawings, one a preparatory one from 1995, the other from 1986; A full page image of the Devil Girl sculpture; A side view image of the sculpture and a small preparatory sketch (1995); A full-page view of the sculpture's head. Photos are in color, sketches in b&w.
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A Bitchin' Bod!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Mr. Natural & Flakey Foont
Flakey Foont; Mr. Natural; Devil Girl [Cheryl Borck]
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FlagHup #4 published June 1992
was A Bitchin' Bod'! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
13
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Burned Out Again!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
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Miscellaneous
2
From one of his sketchbooks (1990)
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
Snoid
Do I think of myself as an entertainer? Yeah... Ya gotta amuse 'em or you'll lose 'em! Ta ha!
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2
Accompanied by a full-page unpublished Snoid comics cover (1979) and a small detail from a sketchbook page (1991)- "Kick Ass Shit"
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[untitled]

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (photo)
? (photo)
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb (photo)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Production, copyright, photo, "thanks you's" and editor credits. Accompanied by a full-page photo
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Well God, Whataya Think? How Did I Get to Be Such a Damn Fool?!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb
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Miscellaneous
1
From a sketchbook ?
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It's Ridiculous... Nevermind... Keep Still Aboout It.. Suffer in Silence...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
From a sketchbook? Ends on inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Dustjacket
Subject Matter
Robert Crumb; Fritz the Cat; Mr. Natural; Patricia Pig; Snoid; Ruff Tuff Cream Puff; Angelfood McSpade; Devil Girl; Doggo; Eggs Ackley; Stan Shnooter; Vulture Demoness
Nov shmoz k'pop
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FlagLa Crème de Crumb #[nn] published May 2012
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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0
Back cover dust jacket illustration.

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