The Complete Crumb Comics #15 - Mode O'Day and Her Pals [Second Printing]

(2011)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

blank page(s) / 2 pages (report information)

The Complete Crumb (Table of Contents: 3)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Robert Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb

Letters

Robert Crumb

Synopsis

Title page

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

The Complete Crumb volume 15- featuring Mode O'Day and Her Pals (Table of Contents: 5)

credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

Robert Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb

Letters

Robert Crumb

Synopsis

Book title plus publisher logo; Indicia plus production and reprint credits

Contents (Table of Contents: 6)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Robert Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb

Letters

Robert Crumb

Indexer Notes

An unpublished Crumb self portrait from 1983 is included.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Introduction (Table of Contents: 8)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Peter Bagge; Robert Crumb (signed)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

The Bagge introduction is signed and dated December 12, 2000.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Robert Crumb (signed)

Pencils

Robert Crumb (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

....I don't expect it to be readily apparent to you, but I just want you to be aware...

Genre

humor

Synopsis

A plea to the reader to buy Weirdo.

Reprints

• from Weirdo (Last Gasp, 1981 series) #9 (Winter 83-84)

Arline 'n' Bob and That Thing In the Bedroom (Table of Contents: 10)

Arline 'n' Bob / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Crumb (signed); Aline Kominsky-Crumb (credited as His Wife)

Pencils

Robert Crumb (signed); Aline Kominsky-Crumb (credited as His Wife)

Inks

Robert Crumb (signed); Aline Kominsky-Crumb (credited as His Wife)

Letters

Robert Crumb (signed); Aline Kominsky-Crumb (credited as His Wife)

Genre

biography

Characters

Arline [Aline Kominsky-Crumb]; Bob [Robert Crumb]; Nick; Liz; Sophie Crumb

Synopsis

The couple spend a day in the city and struggle with the responsibilities of parenthood.

Reprints

• from Weirdo (Last Gasp, 1981 series) #9 (Winter 83-84)

Keywords

adult; autobiography

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Mode O'Day / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Crumb (signed)

Pencils

Robert Crumb (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

She's just a small town girl but what she'd really like to be is a fashion model in New York!

Characters

Mode O'Day; Doggo; Geoffrey; Sam Greenberg

Synopsis

Doggo and Mode successfully pass off a piece of salvage junk as art.

Reprints

• from Weirdo (Last Gasp, 1981 series) #9 (Winter 83-84)

[Hey, Mode... it says here they want people to come down to Nicaragua and help out"] (Table of Contents: 12)

Mode O'Day / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Crumb (signed)

Pencils

Robert Crumb (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb (signed)

Genre

satire-parody

Characters

Mode O'Day; Doggo; G.G. Goosey; Dotty

Synopsis

Doggo wants to go to Nicaragua to help with the coffee harvest but Mode has other plans.

Reprints

• from Weirdo (Last Gasp, 1981 series) #10 (Summer 1984)

Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Crumb (signed)

Pencils

Robert Crumb (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb (signed)

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Goldilocks; Daddy Bear; Mommy Bear; Baby Bear

Synopsis

Goldilocks crashes her way into The Three Bears's home.

Reprints

• from Weirdo (Last Gasp, 1981 series) #11 (Fall 1984)

Keywords

adult

Love's Like That! (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Robert Crumb (signed)

Pencils

Robert Crumb (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb (signed)

Genre

humor

Synopsis

Three separate sex-related cartoons.

Reprints

• from Weirdo (Last Gasp, 1981 series) #11 (Fall 1984)

Keywords

adult

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Mode O'Day / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Crumb (signed)

Pencils

Robert Crumb (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oh look! He's got a copy of the social register... I should get myself one of those!

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Mode O'Day; Mara; Doggo; Porpy [Dorfman E. Dolphin]; Paul; Manuel Beastly; Cassandra

Synopsis

Porpy meets Mode at a party and winds up giving her a ride to her apartment.

Reprints

• from Weirdo (Last Gasp, 1981 series) #12 (Winter 1985)

Psychopathia Sexualis (A Klassic Komic) (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Crumb (signed); Richard von Krafft-Ebing (credited as Dr. R. Von Krafft-Ebing)

Pencils

Robert Crumb (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb (signed)

Genre

biography

Characters

Dr. R. Von Krafft-Ebing; Mr. X; F.J.; P.; J.H.; B.; X; L.; Mr. Von H.; Miss X.; M.; A.

Synopsis

Several cases of sexual pathology are illustrated using excerpts from Dr. R. Von Krafft-Ebing's "Psychopathia Sexualis."

Reprints

• from Weirdo (Last Gasp, 1981 series) #13 (Summer 1985)

Keywords

adult

Where Has It Gone, All the Beautiful Music of Our Grandparents? (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Crumb

Pencils

Robert Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb

Letters

Robert Crumb

Characters

Robert Crumb [as R.]; Limahl; Crumb's Mother

Synopsis

A Crumb diatribe on the state of modern music.

Reprints

• from Weirdo (Last Gasp, 1981 series) #14 (Fall 1985)

Life Certainly Is "Existential"! (Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Robert Crumb (signed)

Pencils

Robert Crumb (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb (signed)

Reprints

• from Weirdo (Last Gasp, 1981 series) #14 (Fall 1985)

Comics From Other Planets Dept. (Table of Contents: 19)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Crumb

Pencils

Robert Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb

Letters

Robert Crumb

Genre

humor

Synopsis

A story featuring aliens on another planet with the dialogue written completely in a mock alien language.

Reprints

• from Weirdo (Last Gasp, 1981 series) #15 (Winter 1985-1986)

Keywords

adult

Gags (Table of Contents: 20)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Crumb (signed)

Pencils

Robert Crumb (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb (signed)

Genre

humor

Synopsis

A set of unrelated single panel comics.

Reprints

• from Weirdo (Last Gasp, 1981 series) #15 (Winter 1985-1986)

Keywords

adult

Gurgle's Distilled Gin (Table of Contents: 21)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Robert Crumb (signed)

Pencils

Robert Crumb (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb (signed)

Genre

satire-parody

Synopsis

A mock gin advertisement.

Reprints

• from Weirdo (Last Gasp, 1981 series) #15 (Winter 1985-1986)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

Robert Crumb (signed)

Pencils

Robert Crumb (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Pssst.... Hey! C'mere! Got something important I wanna tell ya...

Reprints

• from Weirdo (Last Gasp, 1981 series) #9 [First Printing] (Winter 83-84)

Keywords

adult

Wild Tales of Crazed Youth (Table of Contents: 23)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

Robert Crumb (signed)

Pencils

Robert Crumb (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Robert Crumb (signed)

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Weirdo (Last Gasp, 1981 series) #10 (Summer 1984)

Keywords

adult

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

Robert Crumb

Pencils

Robert Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb

Colors

?

Letters

Robert Crumb

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'm ready! Lemme have it! Gimme gimme gimme

Reprints

• from Weirdo (Last Gasp, 1981 series) #11 (Fall 1984)

Keywords

adult

[Special Loser Issue] (Table of Contents: 25)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

Robert Crumb (signed)

Pencils

Robert Crumb (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb (signed)

Reprints

• from Weirdo (Last Gasp, 1981 series) #12 [First printing] (Winter 1985)

[Psychopathia Sexualis] (Table of Contents: 26)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

Robert Crumb

Pencils

Robert Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb

Colors

?

Letters

Robert Crumb

Reprints

• from Weirdo (Last Gasp, 1981 series) #13 (Summer 1985)

[America Wallows In its Own Filth!!] (Table of Contents: 27)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

Robert Crumb (signed)

Pencils

Robert Crumb (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb (signed)

Reprints

• from Weirdo (Last Gasp, 1981 series) #14 (Fall 1985)

Keywords

adult

[Is Reagan Crazy or Just Plain Stupid?] (Table of Contents: 28)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

Robert Crumb (signed)

Pencils

Robert Crumb (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Robert Crumb (signed)

Characters

Darlene

Reprints

• from Weirdo (Last Gasp, 1981 series) #15 (Winter 1985-1986)

Parting Shots (Table of Contents: 29)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Robert Crumb (signed); Ayn Rand

Pencils

Robert Crumb (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Robert Crumb (signed)

Genre

advocacy

Characters

Ayn Rand

Synopsis

Illustration shows a man throwing an egg at a poster of Rand.

Reprints

• from Weirdo (Last Gasp, 1981 series) #15 (Winter 1985-1986)

[Color Section Illustrations] (Table of Contents: 30)

illustration / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Crumb (signed)

Pencils

Robert Crumb (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb (signed)

Colors

Robert Crumb (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb (signed)

Characters

The Klezmorim; Alain Weill; The Otis Brothers; Louie Bluie [Howard Armstrong]; Little Billy Hunker-Snucker; Real Gone Goose; Fuzzy the Bunny; Pasternak Q. Punk; "Housetop" Howard; "Piggy" Hog; Sophie Crumb

Reprints

• from Bring Me Your Love [Black Sparrow Press, 1983 series) #[nn]
• from There's No Business (Black Sparrow Press, 1984 series) #[nn]
• from Texas Crude: The How-To on Talkin' Texan (Plume, 1984 series) #[nn]
• from The Monkey Wrench Gang (Dream Garden Press, 1985 series) #[nn] (1985)

Indexer Notes

Eighteen illustrations of varying sizes, most in color. The Klezmorim - "Streets of Gold" (1978 album cover, Arhoolie #3011); "Charley's Choice" (record label sticker); A small b&w portrait of Alain Weill; The Otis Brothers (album cover, Flying Crow Records, catalog #FC103); A 1985 Louie Bluie movie poster; Four book covers- "Bring Me Your Love" and "There's No Business" by Charles Bukowski; "Texas Crude: The How-To on Talkin' Texan" by Ken Weaver and "The Monkey Wrench Gang" by Edward Abbey (tenth anniversary edition); Six 1983 2.25 inch Kitchen Sink Press pinback buttons (All are individually numbered: Real Gone Goose (#113, circled #9 of set of 11); "Housetop" Howard (#114, circled #2); Fuzzy the Bunny (#115, circled #11); Pasternak Q. Punk (#116, circled #3); "Piggy" Hog (#117, circled #7); Little Billy Hunker-Snucker (#118, circled #1)); Two unpublished 1984 Sophie Crumb pastel caricatures- "I don't want to go to bed!;" "Sophie Almost 2 Years Old;" A "Wild Family Orchestra" record label (Yolo Records #001, 1979)

[Weirdo #9 Letters Page Masthead and Spot Illustration] (Table of Contents: 31)

Weirdo / illustration / 0.18 page (report information)

Script

Robert Crumb

Pencils

Robert Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb

Letters

Robert Crumb

Reprints

• from Weirdo (Last Gasp, 1981 series) #9 (Winter 83-84)

Indexer Notes

Two separate illustrations

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 32)

illustration / 0.3 page (report information)

Script

Robert Crumb

Pencils

Robert Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb

Letters

Robert Crumb

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Please help R. Crumb to get rich & powerful by ordering lots 'n' lots of... Back Issues

Reprints

• from Weirdo (Last Gasp, 1981 series) #9 (Winter 83-84)

Indexer Notes

A Last Gasp advertisement for Crumb sketchbooks, note cards and comic books.

Miscellaneous Illustrations from 1983 (Table of Contents: 33)

illustration / 0.52 page (report information)

Pencils

Robert Crumb (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb (signed)

Characters

Santa Claus; Carol Engberg; Robert Crumb

Reprints

• from Rules of Thumb (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1983 series) #[nn]

Indexer Notes

Four small illustrations. "Merry Christmas" (a Crumb family holiday card shows Santa Claus on a ladder pulling fruit from a tree); "To Rye- Carol Engberg in Her Pop-Art Bathing Suit;" Two self-portraits- "Tom: Have admired your artwork over the years man you do some tight stuff!" (a postcard from the Tom Parker book "Rules of Thumb"); "Self-Portrait of R. Crumb" (same drawing was used in this book's table of contents page)

Hypothetical Quandary (Table of Contents: 34)

American Splendor / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Robert Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb

Letters

Robert Crumb

Genre

biography

Characters

Harvey Pekar

Synopsis

Harvey weighs what the pros and cons would be if he made enough money from writing to support himself.

Reprints

• from American Splendor (Harvey Pekar, 1976 series) #9 (1984)

Keywords

autobiography

[Miscellaneous Illustrations (1982-85)] (Table of Contents: 35)

illustration / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Crumb; Charles Bukowski; Edward Abbey; Ken Weaver

Pencils

Robert Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb

Letters

Robert Crumb

Characters

Charles Bukowski; Gerty; Thelma; Mamie; Bonnie; Doc; The Director; Smith; Hayduke

Reprints

• from Bring Me Your Love [Black Sparrow Press, 1983 series) #[nn]
• from There's No Business (Black Sparrow Press, 1984 series) #[nn]
• from Texas Crude: The How-To on Talkin' Texan (Plume, 1984 series) #[nn]
• from The Monkey Wrench Gang (Dream Garden Press, 1985 series) #[nn] (1985)
• from Pepper & Stern Rare Books Catalog (Pepper & Stern, ? series) #29 (1984)
• from CoEvolution Quarterly (Whole Earth Catalog, 1974 series) #42 (Summer 1984)
• from Monkey Wrench Gang, The (Dream Garden Press, 1985 series) #[nn] (1985) (Tenth anniversary edition)

Indexer Notes

Approximately seventy-five illustrations. A 1982 Bukowski promotional portrait for Black Sparrow Press; Four illustrations from Bukowski's "Bring Me Your Love" and six from "There's No Business" include the title pages and Bukowski captions; Twenty from Ken Weaver's "Texas Crude" with captions and/or dialogue; "Pepper & Stern Rare Books, Inc." catalog cover; "Pssst! Hey! C'mere! I got somethin' I wanna show ya!!" (poster advertisement for The Magazine, a San Francisco used bookstore. Circa 1984. Same character from the inside front cover of Weirdo #9); "Meeting with Remarkable Cat Ladies" (four illustrations from CoEvolution Quarterly); Thirty-nine illustrations from Edward Abbey's "The Monkey Wrench Gang," seven with captions

The Constipated Chaos Consortium (Table of Contents: 36)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Spain Rodriguez (signed); Rick Griffin; Victor Moscoso (signed); Robert Crumb (signed); S. Clay Wilson; Robert Williams (signed)

Pencils

Spain Rodriguez (signed); Rick Griffin; Victor Moscoso (signed); Robert Crumb (signed); S. Clay Wilson; Robert Williams (signed)

Inks

Spain Rodriguez (signed); Rick Griffin; Victor Moscoso (signed); Robert Crumb (signed); S. Clay Wilson; Robert Williams (signed)

Letters

Spain Rodriguez (signed); Rick Griffin; Victor Moscoso (signed); Robert Crumb (signed); S. Clay Wilson; Robert Williams (signed)

Characters

Maurice; Betty; Checkered Demon

Synopsis

Another packed-to-the-gills jam from the Zap Comix guys.

Reprints

• from Zap Comix (Last Gasp, 1982 ? series) #11 (February 1985)

Keywords

adult

Jesus People, U.S.A. interviews R. Crumb, Underground Pornographer and All-Around Lost Soul (Table of Contents: 37)

Robert Crumb / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Crumb (signed)

Pencils

Robert Crumb (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb (signed)

Characters

Chris; Robert Crumb

Synopsis

Subtitled "A Hypothetical Situation," this story is about a magazine interviewer from Jesus People, U.S.A. Among other things, he asks Crumb about his opinions on religion and tells him that he'll go to straight to hell if he doesn't convert.

Reprints

• from Zap Comix (Last Gasp, 1982 ? series) #11 (February 1985)

Patton (Table of Contents: 38)

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Crumb (signed)

Pencils

Robert Crumb (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb (signed)

Genre

biography

Characters

Charley Patton; Henry Sloan; W.C. Handy; Eddie "Son" House [Son House]; Howlin' Wolf; Tommy Johnson; Bukka White; Washboard Sam; Mrs. Keith Dockery; Lizzie; Tom Rushen; Willie Brown; Louise Johnson; Robert Johnson; Bertha Lee; W.R. Calaway

Synopsis

This bio of Charley Patton covers some of the major events in his life from his introduction to the blues in the early 1900s to his death in 1934.

Reprints

• from Zap Comix (Last Gasp, 1982 ? series) #11 (February 1985)

Keywords

adult

[Miscellaneous Illustrations 1982-84] (Table of Contents: 39)

illustration / 2.39 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Crumb; Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Pencils

Robert Crumb; Sophie Crumb; Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb; Sophie Crumb; Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Letters

Robert Crumb (signed)

Characters

Tom Arons; Karen Olson; Erna Rae Burger; Patty Graves; Ron Turner; Graham Craig McNamara; Julie McNamara; Craig McNamara; Robert Crumb; Sophie Crumb; Aline Kominsky-Crumb; B-102-4336; J.B.

Reprints

• from The Whole Earth Catalog (Whole Earth Catalog, 1968 series) #? (1984)

Indexer Notes

Eight illustrations- "You are invited to attend a party to celebrate the marriage of Tom Arons & Karen Olson" (1983); "Musical Barbecue at the Crumb Ranch" (1982); "Annual Burritos, Beer and Cheer" (A 1984 Last Gasp holiday party invitation); "Look what we harvested!! It's a Boy!" (A 1984 birth announcement); "You are invited to a Baby Shower for Julie McNamara;" "I'm having a blast this Christmas!!" (A Crumb family holiday card from 1984 drawn by all three); Two 1984 illustrations from The Whole Earth Catalog- a kid playing a "Piranha" arcade game; "Good to have you with us, B-102-4336!"

[Loose in the Streets poster] (Table of Contents: 40)

illustration / 0.61 page (report information)

Script

Victor Moscoso (signed); Robert Crumb (signed); Dan O'Neill (signed as O'Neill); R. L. Crabb (signed as Crabman)

Pencils

Victor Moscoso (signed); Robert Crumb (signed); Dan O'Neill (signed as O'Neill); R. L. Crabb (signed as Crabman)

Inks

Victor Moscoso (signed); Robert Crumb (signed); Dan O'Neill (signed as O'Neill); R. L. Crabb (signed as Crabman)

Letters

Victor Moscoso (signed); Robert Crumb (signed); Dan O'Neill (signed as O'Neill); R. L. Crabb (signed as Crabman)

Characters

Uncle Benny; Ronald Reagan; Dianne Feinstein

Indexer Notes

A 1984 jam poster made for the San Francisco Chronicle that combines comics with illustrations. O'Neill's contribution is a four panel untitled strip with this first line of dialogue: "My "informed" source, Uncle Benny, lives in the alley behind the Fairmont..." Crabb's story is titled "As the World Burns." Moscoso supplies an untitled illustration. Crumb's illustration is titled "20,000 of His Most Intimate Friends"

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 41)

blank page(s) / 2 pages (report information)

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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