CRUMB ROBERT

(P/B) KAFKA
Kafka wrote in the tradition of the great Yiddish storytellers, whose stock-in-trade was bizarre fantasy tainted with hilarity and self-abasement. What he added to this tradition was an almost unbearably expanded consciousness. Here, Mairowitz's brilliant text and the illustrations and comic panels of the world's greatest cartoonist, Robert Crumb, help readers understand the essence of Kafka and provide insight beyond the cliche |Kafkaesque|, peering through Kafka's glass wall like no other book before. Must-have for admirers of Kafka and ...
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(H/B) THE BOOK OF GENESIS ILLUSTRATED BY R. CRUMB
Nominated for three 2010 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards: From Creation to the death of Joseph, here are all 50 chapters of the Book of Genesis, revealingly illustrated as never before. Envisioning the first book of the bible like no one before him, R. Crumb, the legendary illustrator, reveals here the story of Genesis in a profoundly honest and deeply moving way. Originally thinking that we would do a take off of Adam and Eve, Crumb became so fascinated by the Bible’s language, «a text so great and so strange that it lends itself readil...
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(H/B) R. CRUMB'S HEROES OF BLUES, JAZZ, AND COUNTRY (+CD)
Anyone who knows R. Crumb's work as an illustrator knows of his passion for music. And all those who collect his work prize the Heroes of the Blues, Early Jazz Greats, and Pioneers of Country Music trading card sets he created in the early to- mid-1980s. Now they are packaged together for the first time in book form, along with an exclusive 21-track CD of music selected and compiled by Crumb himself (featuring original recordings by Charley Patton, "Dock" Boggs, "Jelly Roll" Morton, and others). A bio of each musician is provided, along wi...
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(H/B) THE WEIRDO YEARS, 1981-'93
All Crumb's work from his very influential Weirdo magazine. Considered to be some of his best ever work. Weirdo was a magazine-sized comics anthology created by Robert Crumb in 1981, which ran for 28 issues. It served as a "low art" counterpoint to its contemporary highbrow Raw. Early issues of Weirdo reflect Crumb's interests at the time - outsider art, fumetti, Church of the SubGenius-type anti-propaganda and assorted "weirdness." With issue #10, Crumb later handed over the editing reins to Peter Bagge; with issue #18, the reins went to ...
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(P/B) THE COMPLETE CRUMB COMICS (VOLUME 6)
Robert Crumb enters the '70s with this, the sixth volume in Fantagraphics Books' all-inclusive reprint series. This includes a couple of genuine rarities (some of them so obscure they didn't even make the Crumb Checklist), as well as all of Crumb's work from Big Ass #1, Zap #4 (including the legendary, much-busted, X-rated "Joe Blow" teen incest strip), the remarkably offensive Snatch #3 and Jiz #1, the classic Despair, and the second issue of Motor City - classics all. The volume also includes a 16-page color section (with rare covers fro...
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(H/B) DRAWN TOGETHER
Who could have imagined that in 1972 when Aline Kominsky, a Long Island escapee and bodaciously talented artist, broke her foot one rainy fall day, it would result in the most unique collaboration in comics' history? Laid up in her house, she was persuaded by her nerdy, neurotic boyfriend that they pass the time drawing together a "two-man" com-ic. The result is a jaw-dropping, yet tender account, not only of the joys and challenges of a legendary marriage but the obstacles faced by struggling female artists. In Drawn Together, the foremos...
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(P/B) THE COMPLETE CRUMB COMICS (VOLUME 15)
The definitive, comprehensive series reprinting the entirety of Crumb's published career enters the mid-1980s with this 15th volume, a period that many critics consider to be the richest of Crumb's career. Anchored by Crumb's contributions to the seminal anthology Weirdo, created and edited by Crumb, this volume includes the first several appearances of classic Crumb character Mode O' Day, the networking fashion plate that serves as a foil for some of Crumb's most biting satire about America's cultural "elite." Other Weirdo highlights incl...
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(P/B) THE COMPLETE CRUMB COMICS (VOLUME 17)
The 17th volume of the comprehensive and multiple award-winning Complete Crumb Comics series - nominated for both 2003 Harvey and Eisner Awards - completes the 1980s and leads into the 1990s. This was a creatively fertile period for Crumb, who had given up the editorial reins of his own legendary Weirdo magazine, allowing him to get back to the proverbial drawing board. Included are Crumb's contributions to Weirdo from this period, as well as work from Whole Earth Review, Zap Comix, Premiere magazine, as well as many other rare gems. Featu...
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(P/B) THE COMPLETE CRUMB COMICS (VOLUME 3)
Starring Fritz the Cat includes Crumb's classic original Fritz stories from 1965, including "Fritz Bugs Out" and "Fritz the Cat, Special Agent for the CIA," the first two "real" stories in the Fritz canon, as well as "Fritz the Cat, Ace Statesman," four pages of a previously unpublished Fritz story, and several Fritz illos never before printed in color. Plus: Crumb's first published work from Help! and Yell, including the "Harlem Sketchbook" and the "Bulgarian Sketchbook," most never before reprinted; two dozen of his Topps trading cards, ...
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(P/B) THE COMPLETE CRUMB COMICS (VOLUME 5)
Another year's worth of prize Crumb here, folks - including the second issue of Zap!, the introduction of Angelfood McSpade, lots and lots of Mr. Natural, the long Fritz story "Fritz the No-Good," and plenty of little-seen and rare art, plus all of Crumb's contributions to the legendary Snatch comics, possibly the raunchiest book in the raunchy history of the undergrounds. There's also a jam or two with some of the other Zap! artists, the little-seen alternate version of the famous Janis Joplin Cheap Thrills album cover, the alternate vers...
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(P/B) THE COMPLETE CRUMB COMICS (VOLUME 13)
The Season of the Snoid: Found in this collection, spanning 1976-1980, are Crumb's classic "social and environmental" rants unleashed in Co-Evolution Quarterly and Winds of Change; the now-famous "A Short History of America"; more collaborations with Harvey Pekar in the gritty American Splendor; the quintissential "My Troubles with Women"; and most important of all, the very first "Snoid" comics! Additional must-have artwork includes a huge dose of rare full-color album cover art from Blue Goose, Red Goose and Yazoo. Even the most devoted ...
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(P/B) THE COMPLETE CRUMB COMICS (VOLUME 1)
This is it! One of the most important and ambitious undertakings in comics history -- a high-quality reprinting of everything cartooning genius Robert Crumb has ever published. This series of volumes will knock you out with its sheer scope and thoroughness. This premiere volume, "Early Years of Bitter Struggle," chronicles the genesis of one of the most fascinating careers in America's popular arts, featuring the unique collaborations of Robert and Charles Crumb, the earliest appearances of Fritz the Cat (including a Robin Hood parody), "T...
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(P/B) THE COMPLETE CRUMB COMICS (VOLUME 8)
Volume 8 of the collected works of underground comix legend Robert Crumb brings the series up to 1972. This was an era when fame and fortune were weighing heavily on Crumb, and his reactions to his celebrity produced some of his best and most fascinating strips! This volume includes several classic works, including the solo titles Home Grown (which includes the infamous 22-page sex story "Whiteman Meets Bigfoot"); Big Ass Comics #2 (which includes the controversial "Anal Antics" and "And Now a Word to All You Feminist Women" - not politica...
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(P/B) THE SWEETER SIDE OF R. CRUMB
The "nasty, negative, misanthropic" comic genius proves he has a sweet side. Cute little kittens, angels, and babies? Flowers, ice cream cones, and German boy bands? Coming from, supposedly, the creepiest and most pessimistic artist of his generation? Yes indeed, there is a "sweeter side" to R. Crumb. These delectable illustrations-whether depicting Bernie the Cat pawing for his master's affection, the timeworn beauty of a French village cul-de-sac, or a quiet night chez Crumb-wonderfully exemplify the many tender moments that have, until ...
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(P/B) THE COMPLETE CRUMB COMICS (VOLUME 16)
The multiple award-winning The Complete Crumb Comics series -- the definitive, comprehensive series reprinting the entirety of Crumb's published career -- enters the mid-1980s with this 16th volume, a period that many critics consider to be the richest of Crumb's career. Also featured are Crumb's gorgeous "Pioneers of Country Music" color portrait series, and such Weirdo classics as "The Religious Experience of Philip K. Dick," which chronicles the last years of the highly-regarded science-fiction writer who experienced an intense vision o...
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MY TROUBLES WITH WOMEN

(P/B) THE BOOK OF MR. NATURAL
This collection features over 120 pages of vintage Crumb comics starring the white-bearded, diminutive sage-cum-charlatan, ranging from charming, free-wheeling early '70s stories to the disturbing, controversial '90s stories (as seen in the Crumb movie), including the entire 40-page "Mr. Natural and Devil Girl" saga from Hup! (collected here for the first time in book form). Crumb's Mr. Natural is probably the most famous underground character of all (topping even Fritz the Cat and the Freak Brothers), recognizable even to "civilians." Don...
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(H/B) THE R. CRUMB HANDBOOK

(P/B) R. CRUMB SKETCHBOOK (VOLUME 6)
Fans of R. Crumb's unbridled genius and unfettered id will revel in this Sketchbook series, where his obsessively prolific pen has free reign, outside the confines of those pesky panels and storylines. Volume 6 spans mid-'68 through early '69, and reveals the early conceptualization of such characters as Fuzzy the Bunny, the Vulture Demoness, Chuck and Bob, Those Cute Little Bearzy Wearzies (to name just a few), and features Zap covers as well as countless true gems just rousted from the artist's imagination: hippies, cityscapes, girls, gi...
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(P/B) THE COMPLETE CRUMB COMICS (VOLUME 14)
Finally back in print after a prolonged absence, The Complete Crumb Comics Vol. 14: The Early '80s and Weirdo Magazine continues the multi-volume series comprising the complete works of the legendary cartoonist R. Crumb, one of America's most original, trenchant, and uncompromising artists. This volume features the beginning of a seminal period of both Crumb's life and comics history with the first eight issues of Weirdo magazine, edited and anchored by Crumb, including the legendary strips, ?Uncle Bob’s Mid-Life Crisis? and ?I Remember th...
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