(August 2001)

Fantagraphics, 1987 Series
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Volume:
15
Price:
18.95 USD; 28.45 CAD
Pages:
136
Indicia Publisher:
Fantagraphics Books, Inc.
Brand:
Fantagraphics Books
ISBN:
1-56097-413-3 Search at WorldCat
Barcode:
978156097413051895
Editing:
Eric Reynolds
Color:
Black & White with some Color
Dimensions:
8.5" x 11" (21.59 cm x 27.94 cm)
Binding:
Softcover
Publishing Format:
Was Ongoing Series

Issue Notes

1st printing: August 2001 (18.95 USD; 28.45 CAD); 2nd printing: 2011 (19.99 USD)


["Ooh, this tape always makes me want to MOVE!"] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Characters:
Mode O'Day; Doggo; Charley Patton

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Peter Bagge
Colors:
?
Letters:
Typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:
This is the front cover flap. It includes an excerpt from the introduction. A drawing of a stick of dynamite from "The Monkey Wrench Gang" is included.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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


The Complete Crumb (Table of Contents)

credits / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Robert Crumb
Inks:
Robert Crumb
Letters:
Robert Crumb

Content Information

Synopsis:
Title page

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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


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

credits / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Robert Crumb
Inks:
Robert Crumb
Letters:
Robert Crumb

Content Information

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

Contents (Table of Contents)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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An unpublished Crumb self portrait from 1983 is included.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)

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


Introduction (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Peter Bagge; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letters:
Typeset

Indexer Notes

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


["....I don't expect it to be readily apparent to you, but I just want you to be aware..."] (Table of Contents)

Weirdo / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:
humor
Synopsis:
A plea to the reader to buy Weirdo.
Reprints:

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

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

Credits

Script:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed); Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as His Wife]
Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed); Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as His Wife]
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed); Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as His Wife]
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed); Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as His Wife]

Content Information

Genre:
biography
Characters:
Arline; Bob; Nick; Liz; Sophie
Synopsis:
The couple spend a day in the city and struggle with the responsibilities of parenthood.
Reprints:
Keywords:
adult; autobiography

["She's just a small town girl but what she'd really like to be is a fashion model in New York!"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Characters:
Mode O'Day; Doggo; Geoffrey; Sam Greenberg
Synopsis:
Doggo and Mode successfully pass off a piece of salvage junk as art.
Reprints:

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

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

Credits

Script:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

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:

Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Table of Contents)

Weirdo / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:
humor; satire-parody
Characters:
Goldilocks; Daddy Bear; Mommy Bear; Baby Bear
Synopsis:
Goldilocks crashes her way into The Three Bears's home.
Reprints:
Keywords:
adult

Love's Like That! (Table of Contents)

Weirdo / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:
humor
Synopsis:
Three separate sex-related cartoons.
Reprints:
Keywords:
adult

["Oh look! He's got a copy of the social register... I should get myself one of those!"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:
humor; satire-parody
Characters:
Mode O'Day; Mara; Doggo; Dorfman E. Dolphin [as Porpy]; Paul; Manuel Beastly; Cassandra
Synopsis:
Porpy meets Mode at a party and winds up giving her a ride to her apartment.
Reprints:

Psychopathia Sexualis (Table of Contents)

A Klassic Komic / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Dr. R. Von Krafft-Ebing; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

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:
Keywords:
adult

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

Weirdo / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Content Information

Characters:
Robert Crumb [as R.]; Limahl
Synopsis:
A Crumb diatribe on the state of modern music.
Reprints:

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

Weirdo / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Reprints:

Comics From Other Planets Dept. (Table of Contents)

Weirdo / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Robert Crumb
Pencils:
Robert Crumb
Inks:
Robert Crumb
Letters:
Robert Crumb

Content Information

Genre:
humor
Synopsis:
A story featuring aliens on another planet with the dialogue written completely in a mock alien language.
Reprints:
Keywords:
adult

Gags (Table of Contents)

Weirdo / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:
humor
Synopsis:
A set of unrelated single panel comics.
Reprints:
Keywords:
adult

Gurgle's Distilled Gin (Table of Contents)

Weirdo / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:
satire-parody
Synopsis:
A mock gin advertisement.
Reprints:

["Pssst.... Hey! C'mere! Got something important I wanna tell ya..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Reprints:
Keywords:
adult

Wild Tales of Crazed Youth (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:
humor
Reprints:
Keywords:
adult

["I'm ready! Lemme have it! Gimme gimme gimme"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Robert Crumb
Pencils:
Robert Crumb
Inks:
Robert Crumb
Colors:
?
Letters:
Robert Crumb

Content Information

Reprints:
Keywords:
adult

[Special Loser Issue] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Reprints:

[Psychopathia Sexualis] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
Colors:
?
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Content Information

Reprints:

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

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

Credits

Script:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Reprints:
Keywords:
adult

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

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

Credits

Script:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Characters:
Darlene
Reprints:

Parting Shots (Table of Contents)

Weirdo / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Ayn Rand; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:
advocacy
Characters:
Ayn Rand
Synopsis:
Illustration shows a man throwing an egg at a poster of Rand.
Reprints:

The Klezmorim - "Streets of Gold" (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.64 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Colors:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Characters:
The Klezmorim
Synopsis:
1978 album cover from Arhoolie Records. Catalog number 3011

[Charley's Choice sticker] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.18 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Robert Crumb
Inks:
Robert Crumb
Letters:
Robert Crumb

Content Information

Synopsis:
This round sticker shows a man with mustache and glasses holding up a blank area which is for use as a label.

[Alain Weill portrait] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.18 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Characters:
Alain Weill

Indexer Notes

The drawing shows Alain Weill in front of an orchestra pit. He's holding an old style microphone stand. From 1978.

This first edition of this volume mispells Weill's name in the table of contents.


The Otis Brothers (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Colors:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Characters:
The Otis Brothers
Synopsis:
Album cover from Flying Crow Records, catalog number FC103. From 1981.

[Louie Bluie movie poster] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Colors:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Characters:
Howard Armstrong [Louie Bluie]

Indexer Notes

From 1985.


[Bring Me Your Love book cover] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Reprints:
  • from Bring Me Your Love [Black Sparrow Press, 1983 series) #[nn]

Indexer Notes

From the Charles Bukowski book


[There's No Business book cover] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Reprints:
  • from There's No Business (Black Sparrow Press, 1984 series) #[nn]

Indexer Notes

From the Charles Bukowski book.


[Texas Crude book cover] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
Colors:
?
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Content Information

Reprints:
  • from Texas Crude (Plume, 1984 series) #[nn]

Indexer Notes

From the Ken Weaver book.


[The Monkey Wrench Gang book cover] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
Colors:
?
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Content Information

Reprints:
  • from The Monkey Wrench Gang (Dream Garden Press, 1985 series) #[nn] (1985)

Indexer Notes

From the tenth anniversary edition of the Edward Abbey book.


[Kitchen Sink Press pinback buttons] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.66 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Characters:
Little Billy Hunker-Snucker; Real Gone Goose; Fuzzy the Bunny; Pasternak Q. Punk; "Housetop" Howard; "Piggy" Hog

Indexer Notes

A set of 2.25 inch pinback buttons from 1983. 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)


["I don't want to go to bed!"] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.11 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Robert Crumb
Pencils:
Robert Crumb (painting)
Inks:
Robert Crumb (painting)
Colors:
Robert Crumb (painting)
Letters:
Robert Crumb

Content Information

Characters:
Sophie Crumb

Indexer Notes

An unpublished pastel caricature from 1984.


[Wild Family Orchestra record label] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.12 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Robert Crumb
Inks:
Robert Crumb
Colors:
?
Letters:
Robert Crumb

Indexer Notes

Record label from Yolo Records catalog number 001 from 1979.


Sophie Almost 2 Years Old (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.11 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Robert Crumb
Pencils:
Robert Crumb (painting)
Inks:
Robert Crumb (painting)
Colors:
Robert Crumb (painting)
Letters:
Robert Crumb (painting)

Content Information

Characters:
Sophie Crumb

Indexer Notes

An unpublished pastel caricature from 1984.


[Weirdo #9 letters page masthead] (Table of Contents)

Weirdo / illustration / 0.14 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Robert Crumb
Pencils:
Robert Crumb
Inks:
Robert Crumb
Letters:
Robert Crumb

Content Information

Reprints:

[Weirdo #9 Letters Page Spot Illustration] (Table of Contents)

Weirdo / illustration / 0.04 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Robert Crumb
Pencils:
Robert Crumb
Inks:
Robert Crumb
Letters:
Robert Crumb

Content Information

Synopsis:
Illustration shows two persons holding up a "letters to the Editor" sign.

[Merry Christmas] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.12 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Characters:
Santa Claus

Indexer Notes

A Crumb family holiday card from 1983. The drawing shows Santa Claus on a ladder pulling fruit from a tree.


[Carol Engberg] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.13 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Characters:
Carol Engberg

Indexer Notes

An unpublished drawing from 1983 shows Carol Engberg in a pop art bathing suit holding an umbrella. Signed by Crumb "To Rye"


["Tom: Have admired your artwork over the years man you do some tight stuff!"] (Table of Contents)

Rules of Thumb / illustration / 0.15 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Characters:
Robert Crumb
Reprints:
  • from Rules of Thumb (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1983 series) #[nn]

Indexer Notes

A postcard from the Tom Parker book.


[Self-portrait of R. Crumb] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.12 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Content Information

Characters:
Robert Crumb [R. Crumb]

Indexer Notes

An unpublished portrait from 1983. The same drawing was used in this volume's Contents page.


["Please help R. Crumb to get rich & powerful by ordering lots 'n' lots of..."] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.3 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Content Information

Reprints:

Indexer Notes

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


Hypothetical Quandary (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Harvey Pekar
Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Content Information

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:
Keywords:
autobiography

[Charles Bukowkski portrait from Black Sparrow Press] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Robert Crumb
Inks:
Robert Crumb
Letters:
Robert Crumb

Content Information

Characters:
Charles Bukowski

Indexer Notes

Illustration from 1982


[Bring Me Your Love illustrations] (Table of Contents)

Bring Me Your Love / illustration / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Charles Bukowski
Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Content Information

Synopsis:
Four illustrations from the book with Bukowski captions included.
Reprints:
  • from Bring Me Your Love (Black Sparrow Press, 1983 series) #[nn]
Keywords:
adult

Indexer Notes

The 1991 edition of Bring Me Your Love was used for this reprint.


There's No Business (Table of Contents)

illustration / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Charles Bukowski
Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Synopsis:
Six illustrations from the book with Bukowski captions included.
Reprints:
  • from There's No Business (Black Sparrow Press, 1984 series) #[nn]

Indexer Notes

The 1994 edition of "There's No Business" was used for this reprint.


[Texas Crude illustrations] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Ken Weaver
Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Synopsis:
Twenty illustrations from the book including Ken Weaver captions.
Reprints:
  • from Texas Crude (Plume, 1984 series) #[nn]
Keywords:
adult

Pepper & Stern Rare Books, Inc. (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Synopsis:
The drawing shows two older men looking through a large bookshelf.
Reprints:
  • from Pepper & Stern Rare Books Catalog (Pepper & Stern, ? series) #29 (1984)

["Pssst! Hey! C'mere! I got somethin' I wanna show ya!!"] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Indexer Notes

Poster advertisement for The Magazine, a San Francisco used bookstore. Circa 1984. The character speaking is the same one from the inside front cover of Weirdo #9.


Meeting with Remarkable Cat Ladies (Table of Contents)

CoEvolution Quarterly / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Robert Crumb
Inks:
Robert Crumb
Letters:
Robert Crumb

Content Information

Characters:
Gerty; Thelma; Mamie
Synopsis:
Title logo plus three illustrations from this story.
Reprints:
  • from CoEvolution Quarterly (Whole Earth Catalog, 1974 series) #42 (Summer 1984)

[The Monkey Wrench Gang illustrations] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Edward Abbey
Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Characters:
Bonnie
Reprints:
  • from Monkey Wrench Gang, The (Dream Garden Press, 1985 series) #[nn] (1985) (Tenth anniversary edition)

Indexer Notes

Thirty nine small illustrations are shown. Seven of them have Edward Abbey captions.


The Constipated Chaos Consortium (Table of Contents)

Zap Comix / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Spain Rodriguez [as Spain] (signed); Bosirus Eerie; Victor Moscoso [as Moscoso] (signed); Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed); S. Clay Wilson; Robert Williams [as Robt. Williams] (signed)
Pencils:
Spain Rodriguez [as Spain] (signed); Bosirus Eerie; Victor Moscoso [as Moscoso] (signed); Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed); S. Clay Wilson; Robert Williams [as Robt. Williams] (signed)
Inks:
Spain Rodriguez [as Spain] (signed); Bosirus Eerie; Victor Moscoso [as Moscoso] (signed); Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed); S. Clay Wilson; Robert Williams [as Robt. Williams] (signed)
Letters:
Spain Rodriguez [as Spain] (signed); Bosirus Eerie; Victor Moscoso [as Moscoso] (signed); Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed); S. Clay Wilson; Robert Williams [as Robt. Williams] (signed)

Content Information

Characters:
Maurice; Betty; Checkered Demon
Synopsis:
Another packed-to-the-gills jam from the Zap Comix guys.
Reprints:
Keywords:
adult

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

Zap Comix / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

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:

Patton (Table of Contents)

Zap Comix / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

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:
Keywords:
adult

[Tom Arons & Karen Olson wedding party] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.22 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Characters:
Tom Arons; Karen Olson

Indexer Notes

A wedding party invitation from 1983. The couple are shown in the center of the illustration with chains around their neck.


[Musical Barbecue at the Crumb Ranch] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.19 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Robert Crumb
Inks:
Robert Crumb
Letters:
Robert Crumb

Content Information

Characters:
Erna Rae Burger; Patty Graves

Indexer Notes

An invitation from 1982


[Annual Burritos, Beer and Cheer] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.59 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Indexer Notes

A Last Gasp holiday party invitation from 1984.


["Look what we harvested!! It's a Boy!"] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.65 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Characters:
Graham Craig McNamara; Julie McNamara; Craig McNamara
Synopsis:
A 1984 birth announcement for Graham Craig McNamara. The baby is shown falling from a tree while the parents on either side catch him.

["You are invited to a Baby Shower for Julie McNamara"] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.16 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Characters:
Graham Craig McNamara; Julie McNamara; Craig McNamara

Indexer Notes

A baby shower invite from 1984. The drawing is a slightly different version from the one just above.


["I'm having a blast this Christmas!!"] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.19 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Pencils:
Robert Crumb; Sophie Crumb; Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Inks:
Robert Crumb; Sophie Crumb; Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Letters:
Robert Crumb; Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Content Information

Characters:
Robert Crumb; Sophie Crumb; Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Indexer Notes

A Crumb family holiday card from 1984. All three family members are standing in front of a blackboard that has "Have a Happy Holiday" written on it.


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.17 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Synopsis:
The illustration shows a kid playing a "Piranha" arcade game.
Reprints:
  • from The Whole Earth Catalog (Whole Earth Catalog, 1968 series) #? (1984)

["Good to have you with us, B-102-4336!"] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.22 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Pencils:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letters:
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Characters:
B-102-4336; J.B.
Synopsis:
A small drawing that shows a robot shaking the hand of its boss while punching out a worker.
Reprints:
  • from The Whole Earth Catalog (Whole Earth Catalog, 1968 series) #? (1984)

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

illustration / 0.61 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Dan O'Neill [as O'Neill] (signed); Victor Moscoso [as Moscoso] (signed); Bob Crabb [as Crabman] (signed); Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Pencils:
Dan O'Neill [as O'Neill] (signed); Victor Moscoso [as Moscoso] (signed); Bob Crabb [as Crabman] (signed); Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks:
Dan O'Neill [as O'Neill] (signed); Victor Moscoso [as Moscoso] (signed); Bob Crabb [as Crabman] (signed); Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letters:
Dan O'Neill [as O'Neill] (signed); Victor Moscoso [as Moscoso] (signed); Bob Crabb [as Crabman] (signed); Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

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)

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


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Colors:
?
Letters:
Typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:
Back cover flap lists all the other Fantagraphic Crumb books available at the time.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Peter Bagge
Pencils:
Aline Kominsky-Crumb (painting)
Inks:
Aline Kominsky-Crumb (painting)
Colors:
Aline Kominsky-Crumb (painting)
Letters:
Typeset

Content Information

Characters:
Robert Crumb
Synopsis:
Back cover includes a 1987 painting of Crumb by Alice Kominsky-Crumb. Also included is a small excerpt from Peter Bagge's intro.

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 0. ["Ooh, this tape always makes me want to MOVE!"]
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
  4. 3. The Complete Crumb
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
  6. 5. The Complete Crumb volume 15- featuring Mode O'Day and Her Pals
  7. 6. Contents
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
  9. 8. Introduction
  10. 9. ["....I don't expect it to be readily apparent to you, but I just want you to be aware..."]
    Weirdo
  11. 10. Arline 'n' Bob and That Thing In the Bedroom
    Arline 'n' Bob
  12. 11. ["She's just a small town girl but what she'd really like to be is a fashion model in New York!"]
    Mode O'Day and Her Pals
  13. 12. [Hey, Mode... it says here they want people to come down to Nicaragua and help out"]
    Mode O'Day and Her Pals
  14. 13. Goldilocks and the Three Bears
    Weirdo
  15. 14. Love's Like That!
    Weirdo
  16. 15. ["Oh look! He's got a copy of the social register... I should get myself one of those!"]
    Mode O'Day and Her Pals
  17. 16. Psychopathia Sexualis
    A Klassic Komic
  18. 17. Where Has It Gone, All the Beautiful Music of Our Grandparents?
    Weirdo
  19. 18. Life Certainly Is "Existential"!
    Weirdo
  20. 19. Comics From Other Planets Dept.
    Weirdo
  21. 20. Gags
    Weirdo
  22. 21. Gurgle's Distilled Gin
    Weirdo
  23. 22. ["Pssst.... Hey! C'mere! Got something important I wanna tell ya..."]
    Weirdo
  24. 23. Wild Tales of Crazed Youth
    Weirdo
  25. 24. ["I'm ready! Lemme have it! Gimme gimme gimme"]
    Weirdo
  26. 25. [Special Loser Issue]
    Weirdo
  27. 26. [Psychopathia Sexualis]
    Weirdo
  28. 27. [America Wallows In its Own Filth!!]
    Weirdo
  29. 28. [Is Reagan Crazy or Just Plain Stupid?]
    Weirdo
  30. 29. Parting Shots
    Weirdo
  31. 30. The Klezmorim - "Streets of Gold"
  32. 31. [Charley's Choice sticker]
  33. 32. [Alain Weill portrait]
  34. 33. The Otis Brothers
  35. 34. [Louie Bluie movie poster]
  36. 35. [Bring Me Your Love book cover]
  37. 36. [There's No Business book cover]
  38. 37. [Texas Crude book cover]
  39. 38. [The Monkey Wrench Gang book cover]
  40. 39. [Kitchen Sink Press pinback buttons]
  41. 40. ["I don't want to go to bed!"]
  42. 41. [Wild Family Orchestra record label]
  43. 42. Sophie Almost 2 Years Old
  44. 43. [Weirdo #9 letters page masthead]
    Weirdo
  45. 44. [Weirdo #9 Letters Page Spot Illustration]
    Weirdo
  46. 45. [Merry Christmas]
  47. 46. [Carol Engberg]
  48. 47. ["Tom: Have admired your artwork over the years man you do some tight stuff!"]
    Rules of Thumb
  49. 48. [Self-portrait of R. Crumb]
  50. 49. ["Please help R. Crumb to get rich & powerful by ordering lots 'n' lots of..."]
  51. 50. Hypothetical Quandary
    American Splendor
  52. 51. [Charles Bukowkski portrait from Black Sparrow Press]
  53. 52. [Bring Me Your Love illustrations]
    Bring Me Your Love
  54. 53. There's No Business
  55. 54. [Texas Crude illustrations]
  56. 55. Pepper & Stern Rare Books, Inc.
  57. 56. ["Pssst! Hey! C'mere! I got somethin' I wanna show ya!!"]
  58. 57. Meeting with Remarkable Cat Ladies
    CoEvolution Quarterly
  59. 58. [The Monkey Wrench Gang illustrations]
  60. 59. The Constipated Chaos Consortium
    Zap Comix
  61. 60. Jesus People, U.S.A. interviews R. Crumb, Underground Pornographer and All-Around Lost Soul
    Zap Comix
  62. 61. Patton
    Zap Comix
  63. 62. [Tom Arons & Karen Olson wedding party]
  64. 63. [Musical Barbecue at the Crumb Ranch]
  65. 64. [Annual Burritos, Beer and Cheer]
  66. 65. ["Look what we harvested!! It's a Boy!"]
  67. 66. ["You are invited to a Baby Shower for Julie McNamara"]
  68. 67. ["I'm having a blast this Christmas!!"]
  69. 68. [no title indexed]
  70. 69. ["Good to have you with us, B-102-4336!"]
  71. 70. [Loose in the Streets poster]
  72. 71. [no title indexed]
  73. 72. [no title indexed]
  74. 73. [no title indexed]
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