The Complete Crumb Comics #16 - The Mid-1980s: More Years of Valiant Struggle

(July 2002)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 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:

Typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

This is the front cover flap. It includes an excerpt from the book introduction. The "Laissez Goodstuff Roulé, Tout le Temps, Pardner" drawing 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 16: The Mid-1980s- More Years of Valiant Struggle (Table of Contents)

credits / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Robert Crumb

Inks:

Robert Crumb

Letters:

Robert Crumb

Content Information

Synopsis:

Book title plus publisher logo

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

credits / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

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:

Typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Mr. Natural

Indexer Notes

Includes a small Crumb drawing.

Crumb's On the Road (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)

Content Information

Characters:

Robert Crumb

Synopsis:

Promotional poster for Crumb's 1985 European tour made in support of the "Love to Ten" compilation.

Introduction (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Indexer Notes

Introduction signed and dated April, 2002.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Jelly Roll Morton's Voodoo Curse (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jelly Roll Morton; 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:

Jelly Roll Morton; Billy Young; Madame Elise; Anita Gonzalez; Laura Hunter [Eulalie Echo]

Synopsis:

Jelly Roll's own words are used to illustrate this story about how a curse may have caused his decline and fall in show business and in life.

Reprints:

• from Raw (Raw Books, 1980 series) #7 (1985)

Keywords:

adult

["Let's begin by introducing ourselves... I'm R. Crumb and I'm drawing myself"] (Table of Contents)

The Crumb Family / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as Aline Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Pencils:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as Aline Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as Aline Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as Aline Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Robert Crumb

Synopsis:

Aline and Robert introduce themselves.

Indexer Notes

An attempt at a daily strip that was ultimately rejected by an editor for the San Francisco Examiner. This strip and the following one were false starts due to incorrect panel proportions.

["Before Bob gets here.. le'm me tell ya that we're both terribly sensitive artists!"] (Table of Contents)

The Crumb Family / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Pencils:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Robert Crumb; Sophie Crumb

Synopsis:

Robert introduces Sophie.

["Okay, here's the shtick... I'm R. Crumb and I'm drawing myself in this comic strip..."] (Table of Contents)

The Crumb Family / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Pencils:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Robert Crumb

Synopsis:

Robert introduces himself again.

Reprints:

• from The Complete Dirty Laundry Comics (Last Gasp, 1993 series) #[nn] (June 1993)

["Before Bob gets here lemme tell ya that we're both terribly sensitive artists..."] (Table of Contents)

The Crumb Family / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Pencils:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Robert Crumb

Synopsis:

Robert objects to Aline's frankness so early into the strip.

Reprints:

• from The Complete Dirty Laundry Comics (Last Gasp, 1993 series) #[nn] (June 1993)

["Bob you can't use this strip to make fun of my family!"] (Table of Contents)

The Crumb Family / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Pencils:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Robert Crumb

Synopsis:

Aline defends her family and changes her outfit.

Reprints:

• from The Complete Dirty Laundry Comics (Last Gasp, 1993 series) #[nn] (June 1993)

["Bob, it's my birthday.... what can I get?"] (Table of Contents)

The Crumb Family / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Pencils:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Robert Crumb

Synopsis:

Aline asks which restaurant can they go to for her birthdday.

Reprints:

• from The Complete Dirty Laundry Comics (Last Gasp, 1993 series) #[nn] (June 1993)

["Bob, ya know it's you the public wants and here I am asserting myself, as usual!"] (Table of Contents)

The Crumb Family / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Pencils:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Robert Crumb

Synopsis:

Aline steps back to allow Robert to take over.

Reprints:

• from The Complete Dirty Laundry Comics (Last Gasp, 1993 series) #[nn] (June 1993)

["Aline, I can't do this on my own up here!"] (Table of Contents)

The Crumb Family / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Pencils:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Robert Crumb

Synopsis:

Aline encourages Robert and suggests that he tells some stories.

Reprints:

• from The Complete Dirty Laundry Comics (Last Gasp, 1993 series) #[nn] (June 1993)

["More of Bob's hilarious true-life tales..."] (Table of Contents)

The Crumb Family / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Pencils:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Robert Crumb

Synopsis:

Aline gives a few anecdotes about Robert.

Reprints:

• from The Complete Dirty Laundry Comics (Last Gasp, 1993 series) #[nn] (June 1993)

["Alright, "Tell em about the time your ex-wife put sleeping pills in the chicken soup""] (Table of Contents)

The Crumb Family / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Pencils:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Robert Crumb

Synopsis:

Crumb talks about his first wife from twenty years ago.

Reprints:

• from The Complete Dirty Laundry Comics (Last Gasp, 1993 series) #[nn] (June 1993)

["Aline, I can't do this without you...I'm the straight man..."] (Table of Contents)

The Crumb Family / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Pencils:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Robert Crumb

Synopsis:

Aline talks about how easy telling jokes is for her.

Reprints:

• from The Complete Dirty Laundry Comics (Last Gasp, 1993 series) #[nn] (June 1993)

["Oh Ghod, remember the last time your mother was here?"] (Table of Contents)

The Crumb Family / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Pencils:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Robert Crumb

Synopsis:

Aline recalls being worried that she was like her mother.

Reprints:

• from The Complete Dirty Laundry Comics (Last Gasp, 1993 series) #[nn] (June 1993)

["Then there was that time you insisted we take your mother to the Zen Bakery"] (Table of Contents)

The Crumb Family / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Pencils:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Robert Crumb

Synopsis:

Robert recalls the embarrassment he felt when they took Aline's mom out to a bakery.

Reprints:

• from The Complete Dirty Laundry Comics (Last Gasp, 1993 series) #[nn] (June 1993)

["Oh no Bob look at the calendar!"] (Table of Contents)

The Crumb Family / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Pencils:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as A. Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Robert Crumb

Synopsis:

Aline reminds Robert that it's time for her P.M.S.

Reprints:

• from The Complete Dirty Laundry Comics (Last Gasp, 1993 series) #[nn] (June 1993)

["Aline, in that last comic we did (see Weirdo #9) we finally get to have sex"] (Table of Contents)

Dirty Laundry Comics / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as Aline Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Pencils:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as Aline Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as Aline Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as Aline Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

humor; biography

Characters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Robert Crumb; Sophie Crumb

Synopsis:

Aline admires her newly slim body and criticizes Robert's flabby stomach. Robert ponders how explicit this comic should be. The couple goes out in the yard to cut the weeds.

Reprints:

• from Weirdo (Last Gasp, 1981 series) #16 (Spring 1986)

Keywords:

autobiography

The Religious Experience Of Philip K. Dick (Table of Contents)

Weirdo / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Philip K. Dick; Robert Crumb

Pencils:

Robert Crumb

Inks:

Robert Crumb

Letters:

Robert Crumb

Content Information

Characters:

Philip K. Dick; Tess; Christopher; Thomas M. Disch [Tom Disch]; John the Baptist

Synopsis:

Philip K. Dick's own words are used to illustrate this story. He struggles to make sense of a vision that made him see the world from the point of view of Apostolic Christians from ancient Rome. Eventually, a transformation occurs. What was once merely a vision then begins to take over his mind.

Reprints:

• from Weirdo (Last Gasp, 1981 series) #17 (Summer 1986)

["Are you one of the undesirables? ...Then you must read... Weirdo"] (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)

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Keywords:

adult

Indexer Notes

A rejected cover for Weirdo #18.

["They say opportunity knocks but once and you'd better grab it while you can!!"] (Table of Contents)

Mode O'Day / comic story / 10 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

Characters:

Mode O'Day; Mara; Doggy; Porpy; Alison; Scott; Jerry Wombat; Darlene

Synopsis:

Mode snags a bit part in a movie. She then hosts an "intimate gathering" to celebrate this.

Reprints:

• from Weirdo (Last Gasp, 1981 series) #18 (Fall 1986)

Keywords:

adult

Mother Hulda (Table of Contents)

Weirdo / comic story / 5 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:

fantasy

Characters:

Widow; Pretty Stepdaughter; Ugly Daughter; Mother Hulda

Synopsis:

An adaptation of the German fairy tale. A pretty girl who is spurned by her stepmother winds up in a new land after falling down a well.

Reprints:

• from Weirdo (Last Gasp, 1981 series) #19 (Winter 1986-1987)

[Illustrations from The Tunnel Of Love] (Table of Contents)

Weirdo / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stephen Calt

Pencils:

Robert Crumb

Inks:

Robert Crumb

Letters:

Robert Crumb

Content Information

Reprints:

• from Weirdo (Last Gasp, 1981 series) #19 (Winter 1986-1987) [illustrations only]

Indexer Notes

Three illustrations from the original text story. Captions by Stephen Calt are included.

Footsy (Table of Contents)

Weirdo / 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:

biography

Characters:

Robert Crumb; Jeanette Bates; Dolly Hensley; Wayne; Sally Burton; Mary; Terri

Synopsis:

Crumb details his lifelong obsession with playing footsy.

Reprints:

• from Weirdo (Last Gasp, 1981 series) #20 (Spring 1987)

Keywords:

autobiography

Troubles with Cute Old Refrigerators (Table of Contents)

Aline 'n' Bob / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as Aline Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Pencils:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as Aline Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as Aline Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as Aline Crumb]; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Robert Crumb; Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Synopsis:

The couple detail their trouble with malfunctioning vintage refrigerators.

Reprints:

• from Prime Cuts (Fantagraphics, 1986 series) #1 (March 1987)

Keywords:

autobiography

Pa-ayper-Reggs!! (Table of Contents)

American Splendor / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

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:

Harvey Pekar; Silver; Krasny the Butcher; Turk

Synopsis:

An older man tells Harvey about Cleveland's 1920s Jewish rag peddlers.

Reprints:

• from American Splendor (Harvey Pekar, 1976 series) #12 (1987)

Keywords:

autobiography

[Pioneers of Country Music advertisements] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Robert Crumb

Inks:

Robert Crumb

Letters:

Robert Crumb

Content Information

Characters:

Frank Blevins and his Tar Heel Rattlers; Gid Tanner and his Skillet Lickers; Charlie Poole with the North Carolina Ramblers; Al Hopkins and his Buckle Busters; Burnett & Rutherford; Jimmie Rodgers; Carter Family; Uncle Dave Macon and his Fruit-Jar Drinkers

Indexer Notes

Two advertisements for Yazoo Record's "Pioneers of Country Music" card set. From 1985

Pioneers of Country Music (Table of Contents)

Pioneers of Country Music / illustration / 6 pages (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 Girls of the Golden West (previously unpublished); Happy Hayseeds; Fiddlin' John Carson & his Virginia Reelers; Andy Palmer of Jimmie Johnson's String Band; Eck Robertson and Family; South Georgia Highballers; Carter Family; Ted Gossett of Ted Gossett's String Band; Jimmie Rodgers; Harry "Mac" McClintock; Uncle Dave Macon and his Fruit-Jar Drinkers; Shelor Family; W.T. Narmour & S.W. Smith; Jimmie & George Carter of Carter Brothers & Son; Hoyt Ming and his Pep Steppers; Charlie Poole with the North Carolina Ramblers; Fiddlin' Bob Larkin and his Music Makers; "Dock" Boggs; Wilmer Watts of Wilmer Watts and The Lonely Eagles; The Tennessee Ramblers; Ernest Stoneman and the Blue Ridge Corn Shuckers; Shepherd Brothers; Taylor-Griggs Louisiana Melody Makers; Paul Miles and his Red Fox Chasers; Roane County Ramblers; Frank Blevins and his Tar Heel Rattlers; Al Hopkins and his Buckle Busters; Red Patterson's Piedmont Log Rollers; East Texas Serenaders; Fiddlin' Powers & Family; Weems String Band; Leake County Revelers; Crockett Kentucky Mountaineers; Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters; Gid Tanner and his Skillet Lickers; Earl Johnson and his Dixie Entertainers; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts Trio; Dr. Humphrey Bate and his Possum Hunters; Burnett & Rutherford; Mumford Bean and his Itawambians; Ray Brothers

Indexer Notes

Forty illustrations from the 1985 Yazoo Records card set, plus one previously unpublished one. The cover for the set is also shown.

["Ha ha ha ha ha"] (Table of Contents)

Weirdo / cover reprint (on interior page) / 6 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)

Colors:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Reprints:

• from Weirdo (Last Gasp, 1981 series) #16 (Spring 1986)

["Wait! Stop! Don't look! This is not a nice magazine!"] (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:

• from Weirdo (Last Gasp, 1981 series) #17 (Summer 1986)

["Ew, what a low-life name for a magazine!! Can't we change the name??"] (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

Characters:

Mode O'Day

Reprints:

• from Weirdo (Last Gasp, 1981 series) #18 (Fall 1986)

["I thought I told you to wait in the car!"] (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:

• from Weirdo (Last Gasp, 1981 series) #19 (Winter 1986-1987)

["In This Issue: Religion Crime Food Sex"] (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:

• from Weirdo (Last Gasp, 1981 series) #20 (Spring 1987)

["Not so fast sonny boy!"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Robert Crumb

Inks:

Robert Crumb

Colors:

?

Letters:

Robert Crumb

Content Information

Reprints:

• from Weirdo (Last Gasp, 1981 series) #21 [1st printing] (Fall 1987)

[R. Crumb's Early Weirdo Period: 1981-'85 Unpublished Cover] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Inks:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Colors:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Letters:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Robert Crumb

Keywords:

adult

Indexer Notes

From 1986.

R. Crumb's Missing Children! (Table of Contents)

National Lampoon / 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)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

humor; satire-parody

Characters:

DeWitt Turner; Kirsten Shmutzwicz; Josh Hutchison; Anna Maria Gonzalez

Synopsis:

A mock public service ad asking information about four missing children.

Reprints:

• from National Lampoon Magazine (National Lampoon, Inc., 1970 series) #3/1986 (March 1986)

Indexer Notes

Originally done for Weirdo, but it was rejected by Ron Turner of Last Gasp.

[The Comics Journal #97] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

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; Harvey Pekar

Reprints:

• from The Comics Journal (Fantagraphics, 1977 series) #97

[The Comics Journal #106] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Pencils:

Peter Bagge; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks:

Peter Bagge; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Reprints:

• from The Comics Journal (Fantagraphics, 1977 series) #106

[The Comics Journal #113] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Pencils:

Gil Kane [as GK] (signed); Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks:

Gil Kane [as GK] (signed); Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Robert Crumb; Gil Kane

Reprints:

• from The Comics Journal (Fantagraphics, 1977 series) #113

["Okay, sure we have to balance the budget but let's not do it at the expense..."] (Table of Contents)

Comics Journal / 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)

Colors:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Robert Crumb; Gary Groth

Reprints:

• from The Comics Journal (Fantagraphics, 1977 series) #121 (April 1988)

Indexer Notes

Illustration is signed and dated 1987

Wild Dog (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed); Victor Moscoso [as Moscoso] (signed)

Inks:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed); Victor Moscoso [as Moscoso] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed); Victor Moscoso [as Moscoso] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

humor; satire-parody

Characters:

Dianne Feinstein; Warren Hinckle; Marilyn Chambers

Synopsis:

A 1985 poster mocking San Francisco mayor Dianne Feinstein and the city's police.

Indexer Notes

Logo and police drawn by Crumb; Dianne Feinstein drawn by Moscoso. The poster was commissioned by the Mitchell Brothers. Several of these were pasted in the bathrooms of San Francisco's city hall.

[Ballot enclosed - Forest Service to Spray 5 1/2 Million Acres with Herbicide] (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)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Indexer Notes

An anti-herbicide petition from September 1986.

["I tell ya, Irv, if anybody'd a' tole me a coupla years ago when I wuz just a flunky file clerk..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar [as Pekar]

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

Characters:

Harvey Pekar; Irv

Reprints:

• from American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar (Doubleday, 1986 series) #[nn] (1986)

["How's yer book sellin,' Harv?"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar [as Pekar]

Pencils:

Robert Crumb [as Crumb]

Inks:

Robert Crumb [as Crumb]

Colors:

?

Letters:

Robert Crumb [as Crumb]

Content Information

Characters:

Harvey Pekar; Mr. Boats

Reprints:

• from More American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar (Doubleday, 1987 series) #[nn] (1987)

Famous People I Have Known (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 Famous People I Have Known (Farra Straus Giroux, 1985 series) #[nn]

Indexer Notes

From the Ed McClanahan book.

The 1987 Monkey Wrench Gang Calendar (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]

Indexer Notes

From 1986

[Cocktail d'Amour LP 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)

Letters:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Characters:

Robert Crumb; Dominique Cravic; Daniel Huck; Didier Roussin; Jean-Jacques Milteau; Olivier Blavet; Florence Dionneau; Guy Lefebvre

Indexer Notes

Front cover to the Les Primitifs du Futur LP. From 1987

King of the Delta Blues (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

Characters:

Charlie Patton

Reprints:

• from King of the Delta Blues: The Life and Music of Charlie Patton (Rock Chapel Press, 1988 series) #[nn]

["Don't worry, everything's going to be fine...."] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.5 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:

Vulture Demonesses

Synopsis:

The image shows two Vulture Demonesses looking down at a skinny man.

Indexer Notes

A 1985 illustration used for postcards and prints in the French market.

[Margaret Thatcher caricature] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.5 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)

Content Information

Genre:

humor; satire-parody

Characters:

Margaret Thatcher

Synopsis:

A caricature of Margaret Thatcher as a hen standing over several eggs.

Reprints:

• from Libération (?, 1973 series) (January 28, 1986)

Dirtbag Bunny (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Robert Crumb; Sophie Crumb (painting)

Inks:

Robert Crumb; Sophie Crumb (painting)

Colors:

Robert Crumb; Sophie Crumb (painting)

Letters:

Robert Crumb; Sophie Crumb (painting)

Content Information

Synopsis:

A pastel drawing of a bunny wearing a long sleeve sweater, jeans and sneakers.

Indexer Notes

From August 1986

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Robert Crumb; Sophie Crumb (painting)

Inks:

Robert Crumb; Sophie Crumb (painting)

Colors:

Robert Crumb; Sophie Crumb (painting)

Indexer Notes

A pastel drawing of the sun looking down over some buildings. From 1986

[Carol Engberg painting] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed) (painting)

Inks:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed) (painting)

Colors:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed) (painting)

Content Information

Characters:

Carol Engberg

Indexer Notes

An oil portrait from 1987

["Seasons greetings... and a Happy New Year!"] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.27 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

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:

Julie McNamara; Craig McNamara

Synopsis:

The illustration shows a child yanking on the Christmas tree, with the parents on both sides trying to keep it vertical.

Indexer Notes

A holiday card illustration for the McNamara family.

We Wish You a Merry Christmas (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.19 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Robert Crumb

Inks:

Robert Crumb

Letters:

Robert Crumb

Content Information

Synopsis:

Illustration shows a string of plugged-in Christmas lights surrounding a "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" design.

Indexer Notes

A holiday card illustration for the McNamara family.

Seasons Greetings! (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.54 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:

Julie McNamara; Craig McNamara

Synopsis:

The drawing shows the McNamara family on a tractor facing the reader.

Indexer Notes

A holiday card illustration.

[Valentines Day Crumb family card illustration] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Robert Crumb

Inks:

Robert Crumb

Colors:

Robert Crumb

Letters:

Robert Crumb

Content Information

Characters:

Robert Crumb; Sophie Crumb

Indexer Notes

A Valentines Day card that is addressed "To Mommy." The center design is a yellow heart on top of larger red and white hearts. The yellow heart opens up to show a portrait of Robert Crumb and Sophie.

Have Yourself an Expressionistic Little Christmas (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Robert Crumb

Pencils:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Robert Crumb; Sophie Crumb

Inks:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Robert Crumb; Sophie Crumb

Letters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Robert Crumb

Content Information

Characters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Robert Crumb; Sophie Crumb

Indexer Notes

A Christmas card from 1987.

It's Been a Hell of a Year! (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Robert Crumb; Sophie Crumb

Inks:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Robert Crumb; Sophie Crumb

Letters:

Robert Crumb

Content Information

Characters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Robert Crumb; Sophie Crumb

Indexer Notes

A Christmas holiday card from December, 1986.

[Jack Kerouac portfolio illustration] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Characters:

Jack Kerouac

Reprints:

• from Meet the Beats (Water Row Press, 1985 series) #[nn]

[William S. Burroughs portfolio illustration] (Table of Contents)

Meet the Beats / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Characters:

William S. Burroughs

Reprints:

• from Meet the Beats (Water Row Press, 1985 series) #[nn]

[Allen Ginsberg portfolio illustration] (Table of Contents)

Meet the Beats / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Characters:

Allen Ginsberg

Reprints:

• from Meet the Beats (Water Row Press, 1985 series) #[nn]

Indexer Notes

Allen Ginsberg's name is misspelled in the table of contents of this volume of The Complete Crumb comics(first printing).

[Monkeywrench Gang 1987 calendar illustrations] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 5 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:

Smith; Hayduke

Indexer Notes

These illustrations were not used in the 1985 novel. Includes brief captions from the novel's text.

Fried Brains (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Indexer Notes

From 1987, a commissioned illustration for an unproduced movie script.

R. Crumb Au Salon International de la Bande Dessinée d' Angoulême (Table of Contents)

illustration / 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:

Robert Crumb; M. Pascal

Reprints:

• from Libération (?, 1973 series) (January 28, 1986)

Indexer Notes

An illustrated report of the Angoulême festival for the Paris tabloid Libération.

Quest for Firewood (Table of Contents)

High Times / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Indexer Notes

Two illustrations for a Jay Feldman article.

["Hinckle Free at Last"] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Characters:

Warren Hinckle

Synopsis:

The image shows three beefy cops dragging away Warren Hinckle and his dog.

Indexer Notes

This was for a poster to promote Hinckle's column in the San Francisco Examiner, from 1985.

["....If you could manage it, landing knees-first on someone's kidneys was the most brutal"] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.5 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 image shows six boys playing a game close to a brick wall. Three of them are bent forward at a ninety degree angle, supporting the two that are on top of them.

Indexer Notes

Illustration made for an unknown story from 1986.

["1954: Little Bobby Crumb & his brother Chuck, a couple of comic-book wimps"] (Table of Contents)

People magazine / illustration / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Crumb

Pencils:

Robert Crumb

Inks:

Robert Crumb

Letters:

Robert Crumb

Content Information

Characters:

Robert Crumb; Charles Crumb Sr.; Charles Crumb Jr. [Chuck]

Synopsis:

Illustration shows Chuck and Robert reading comics while their father invites them to go out and throw a football.

Reprints:

• from People magazine (Time, Inc., 1974 series) (June 24, 1985)

["R. Crumb in 1985... a regular family kinda guy...."] (Table of Contents)

People magazine / illustration / 0.5 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; Aline Kominsky; Sophie Crumb

Synopsis:

The illustration shows Robert looking at a comic book near Sophie, while Aline invites them to go hiking.

Reprints:

• from People magazine (Time, Inc., 1974 series) (June 24, 1985)

["1967: R. Crumb leaves Cleveland, joins the hippy migration to San Francisco..."] (Table of Contents)

People magazine / 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

Characters:

Robert Crumb [R. Crumb]

Synopsis:

The image shows Robert flying vertically a few feet off the air, just behind three hippies in full counterculture regalia.

Reprints:

• from People magazine (Time, Inc., 1974 series) (June 24, 1985)

[Mary Boettcher illustration] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.25 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:

Mary Boettcher

Synopsis:

Image shows a woman facing to the right of the page

Indexer Notes

A private sketch from 1984

[Françoise illustration] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.25 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:

Françoise

Synopsis:

The image shows a woman with neck length dark wavy hair looking at the reader.

Indexer Notes

A private sketch from August 1987

[Leah illustration] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.5 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:

Leah

Synopsis:

The illustration shows a woman with short spikey hair looking a little bit to her left.

Indexer Notes

A private sketch from October 1987, drawn in New York City.

[The Riley Sisters illustration] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.26 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:

The Riley Sisters

Synopsis:

The illustration shows two women next to each other facing to their left. One is wearing a sweater, the other a sleeveless shirt.

Indexer Notes

A private sketch from 1985

[Untitled illustration] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.26 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Robert Crumb

Inks:

Robert Crumb

Content Information

Characters:

?

Synopsis:

The illustration is a head shot of a girl wearing pig tails and a striped shirt.

Indexer Notes

An undated private sketch.

[Carol illustration] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.48 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:

Carol

Synopsis:

The illustration shows a grinning woman sitting on a chair.

Indexer Notes

A private sketch from July 1987

[Mary illustration] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.5 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:

Mary

Synopsis:

The illustration is of a woman lying horizontally on a sheet wearing a sweater and shorts.

Indexer Notes

A private sketch from June 1985

["Mary at Putah Creek"] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.5 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:

Mary

Synopsis:

The illustration is of a nude woman standing waist deep in a creek, face forward to the reader.

Indexer Notes

Drawn from a photo, from 1985.

["I don't take tips so how could I be soliciting??'] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Marilyn Chambers

Pencils:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Characters:

Marilyn Chambers

Synopsis:

The cartoon shows Marilyn Chambers being carried off while on top of a crowd of policemen.

Reprints:

• from San Francisco Chronicle (?, 1865 series) (February, 4, 1985)

["Naughty boys... I just can't seem to make them behave."] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Victor Moscoso [as Moscoso] (signed)

Pencils:

Victor Moscoso [as Moscoso] (signed); Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks:

Victor Moscoso [as Moscoso] (signed); Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters:

Victor Moscoso [as Moscoso] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Characters:

Dianne Feinstein

Synopsis:

The drawing shows San Francisco mayor Feinstein as Little Bo Peep carrying a staff with a bunch of growling canine policemen crawling out from her dress.

Reprints:

• from San Francisco Chronicle (?, 1865 series) (February 21, 1985)

Bride of Bigfoot (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Robert Crumb [as R.C.] (signed)

Inks:

Robert Crumb [as R.C.] (signed)

Letters:

Robert Crumb [as R.C.] (signed)

Content Information

Characters:

Bigfoot

Keywords:

adult

Indexer Notes

A 1987 ad for a porno movie

"Me 'N' My Muse" (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.5 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:

Vulture Demoness

Synopsis:

A two panel strip showing a skinny man being swallowed by a Vulture Demoness.

Indexer Notes

From March 1986, the drawing is an invitation for the La Hune gallery exhibition in Paris.

[Black Sparrow Press moving card] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.32 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Synopsis:

The drawing shows a bespectacled cartoon sparrow tugging by rope a huge pile of books.

Indexer Notes

From 1986

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Whole Earth Review / illustration / 0.15 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Robert Crumb

Inks:

Robert Crumb

Content Information

Synopsis:

A spot illustration showing a bespectacled man sitting in front of a computer in a small room.

Reprints:

• from Whole Earth Review (?, 1985 series) #44 (January 1985)

["Education"] (Table of Contents)

Whole Earth Review / illustration / 0.21 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 sixteen children working on their computers while sitting in rows of four.

Reprints:

• from Whole Earth Review (?, 1985 series) #44 (January 1985)

Indexer Notes

The spot illustration is signed and dated 1984.

[Kitchen Sink Press letterhead logo] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.32 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 a three story wooden house with a stone first floor in front of a thicket, to the left of a Kitchen Sink logo.

Indexer Notes

From 1985

[Superior Pictures letterhead logo] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.16 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Robert Crumb

Inks:

Robert Crumb

Letters:

Robert Crumb

Indexer Notes

Drawing from 1985

["Stenciling, Wallpapering, Painting- Julie Partansky "] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 0.16 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Robert Crumb

Inks:

Robert Crumb

Letters:

Robert Crumb

Content Information

Synopsis:

The card has a floral design around the border surrounding the person's name.

Indexer Notes

A business card design from 1985

[Business card illustration for Terry Zwigoff] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.23 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Robert Crumb

Inks:

Robert Crumb

Content Information

Characters:

Terry Zwigoff

Synopsis:

A small cartoon drawing of the mustachioed Terry Zwigoff

Indexer Notes

From 1985

Cassette Gazette cover (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.225 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Inks:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Letters:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Content Information

Synopsis:

The drawing shows an empty wine bottle next to three empty glasses and an opened pack of cigarettes.

Reprints:

• from Cassette Gazette (February 1986)

Indexer Notes

"Cassette Gazette" was a fanzine.

["I found you amusing for awhile punk, but now I'm tired of your pathetic little ego!"] (Table of Contents)

Eggs Ackley / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.225 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:

Eggs Ackley; Vulture Demoness

Synopsis:

The drawing shows a Vulture Demoness holding up Eggs Ackley by the neck.

Reprints:

• from San Francisco Comix #8 (June, 1986) (fanzine)

["Mr. Natural Sez: Chiropractic... ...Naturally!"] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 0.25 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:

Mr. Natural

Indexer Notes

Promotional illustration for Dr. Julian G. Schiller, Chiropractor. From 1987

[Abigail Rose Olson Arons birth announcement] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Robert Crumb

Inks:

Robert Crumb

Letters:

Robert Crumb

Content Information

Characters:

Abigail Rose Olson Arons

Synopsis:

Two 1986 drawings of the baby with pacifier, one with eyes closed, the other with eyes open.

Pumping Gas by Diane Callum (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.5 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:

Illustration shows a woman pumping gas for a station wagon.

Indexer Notes

A 1985 illustration made for a poem from a Davis, CA poetry magazine.

["Laissez Goodstuff Roulé, Tout le Temps, Pardner"] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.7 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)

Indexer Notes

A 1987 menu illustration for Goodstuff, from Winters, CA.

Goodstuff, Winters, California (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.3 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 a seated man eating a sandwich in front of the Goodstuff restaurant.

Indexer Notes

A 1985 menu illustration.

["Gala Valentines Event"] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Robert Crumb

Inks:

Robert Crumb

Letters:

Robert Crumb

Indexer Notes

A 1985 party invitation for the engagement of Monica Cranston and John Wallace.

["It's a boy!"] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.25 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

Synopsis:

The drawing shows the husband and wife standing with the latter holding the baby.

Indexer Notes

A 1987 birth announcement for the Zolten family.

["It's another bumper crop!"] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.5 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:

Sean P. McNamara; Julie McNamara; Craig McNamara

Synopsis:

The drawing shows husband, wife and firstborn on a tractor. The newborn baby is just behind on top of a trailer.

Indexer Notes

An October 1987 birth announcement for Sean Patrick McNamara

["Yes, I'm bitter... maybe I need therapy... is this worth 25 bucks, you jerk??"] (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)

Content Information

Characters:

Robert Crumb

Synopsis:

The illustration is a straightforward self-portrait of Crumb giving a rant.

Indexer Notes

A March 1987 private commission for Mark J. Cohen.

[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

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:

Robert Crumb

Pencils:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb (painting)

Inks:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb (painting)

Colors:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb (painting)

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

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