XYZ Comics
[Second Printing]
(March 1973)
Kitchen Sink Press,
1972 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 0.50 USD
- Pages
- 28
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- ?
- Brand
- ?
- Editing
- Robert Crumb
- Color
- color cover; black & white interior
- Dimensions
- standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock
- newsprint
- Binding
- saddle-stitched
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of XYZ Comics (Kitchen Sink Press, 1972 series) .
There exist further variants:
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Cubist Be Bop Comics
comic story / 8 pages
- Synopsis
- Random is the word in this series of completely unconnected panels.
- Reprints
-
in Nasty Tales (Meep Comix Group, 1971 ? series) #7 -
in U-Comix Sonderband (Volksverlag, 1973 series) #1 - Robert Crumb (1973) - in Die 17 Gesichter des Robert Crumb (Zweitausendeins, 1975 series) (1975) which is reprinted
- in R. Crumb's Carload o' Comics (Bélier Press, 1976 series) (1976)
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #9 - R. Crumb Versus the Sisterhood (October 1992)
- in R. Crumb Draws the Blues (Knockabout, 1992 series) (1992)
- in R. Crumb Draws the Blues (Last Gasp, 1993 series) (1993)
- in R. Crumb's Carload O'Comics (Bélier Press.; Kitchen Sink Press, 1996 series) (1996)
- in The R. Crumb Handbook (MQ Publications, 2005 series) (2005)
- in Klassiker der Comic-Literatur (Frankfurter Allgemeine, 2005 series) #19 - Fritz the Cat (2006)
-
- Keywords
- adult
Indexer Notes
Sequence starts on inside of front cover.
Down at the Neighborhood Bar
Bo Bo Bolinski / comic story / 2 pages
- Characters
- Bo Bo Bolinski
- Reprints
- in Die 17 Gesichter des Robert Crumb (Zweitausendeins, 1975 series) (1975) which is reprinted
- in R. Crumb (Carlsen Comics [DE], 1992 series) #1 - Klasse Beine (April 1992)
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #9 - R. Crumb Versus the Sisterhood (October 1992)
-
- Keywords
- adult
Comical Comics
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Yet another series of complete random occurrences thrown together.
- Reprints
- in U-Comix Sonderband (Volksverlag, 1973 series) #1 - Robert Crumb (1973)
- in Die 17 Gesichter des Robert Crumb (Zweitausendeins, 1975 series) (1975) which is reprinted
- in R. Crumb (Carlsen Comics [DE], 1992 series) #1 - Klasse Beine (April 1992)
- in R. Crumb's Carload o' Comics (Bélier Press, 1976 series) (1976)
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #9 - R. Crumb Versus the Sisterhood (October 1992)
- in R. Crumb's Carload O'Comics (Bélier Press.; Kitchen Sink Press, 1996 series) (1996)
-
- Keywords
- adult
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- Inks
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Remember Keep on Truckin'?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Crumb offers a few dozen new follow up phrases to his "Keep on Truckin.'"
- Reprints
- in U-Comix Sonderband (Volksverlag, 1973 series) #1 - Robert Crumb (1973)
- in Die 17 Gesichter des Robert Crumb (Zweitausendeins, 1975 series) (1975) which is reprinted
- in R. Crumb's Carload o' Comics (Bélier Press, 1976 series) (1976)
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #9 - R. Crumb Versus the Sisterhood (October 1992)
- in R. Crumb's Carload O'Comics (Bélier Press.; Kitchen Sink Press, 1996 series) (1996)
- in The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book (Little, Brown, 1997 series) (1997)
- in A History of Underground Comics: 20th Anniversary Edition (Ronin Publishing, 2012 series) (2012)
-
- Keywords
- adult
The Many Faces of R. Crumb
Robert Crumb / comic story / 2 pages
- Characters
- Robert Crumb
- Synopsis
- Crumb draws several different versions of himself.
- Reprints
- in U-Comix Sonderband (Volksverlag, 1973 series) #1 - Robert Crumb (1973)
- in Die 17 Gesichter des Robert Crumb (Zweitausendeins, 1975 series) (1975) which is reprinted
- in R. Crumb (Carlsen Comics [DE], 1992 series) #1 - Klasse Beine (April 1992)
- in R. Crumb's Carload o' Comics (Bélier Press, 1976 series) (1976)
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #9 - R. Crumb Versus the Sisterhood (October 1992)
- in R. Crumb's Carload O'Comics (Bélier Press.; Kitchen Sink Press, 1996 series) (1996)
- in The R. Crumb Handbook (MQ Publications, 2005 series) (2005)
-
- Keywords
- adult
Forky O'Donnell
Forky O'Donnell / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Forky O'Donnell
- Reprints
- Keywords
- adult
[no title indexed]
John Q. Public / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- Inks
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's Mr. Average Citizen himself!!!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- John Q. Public
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
The strip overlaps with the other strip on the page, as the TV show John Q. Public is watching is the same one where Harvard "Schpitzel" Yale is performing.
Harvard "Schpitzel" Yale
Harvard "Schpitzel" Yale / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Robert Crumb (signed as R. "Noodles" Crumb)
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb (signed as R. "Noodles" Crumb)
- Inks
- Robert Crumb (signed as R. "Noodles" Crumb)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb (signed as R. "Noodles" Crumb)
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Harvard "Schpitzel" Yale [Harvey Finkelstein]
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Ed Everyman / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm just an ordinary guy!
- Characters
- Ed Everyman
- Reprints
- Keywords
- adult
Nut Factory Blues
Fuzzy the Bunny / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Robert Crumb (signed); Charles Crumb (signed)
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- Inks
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Fuzzy the Bunny; Donny the Dog
- Synopsis
- Donny visits Fuzzy at the mental institution.
- Reprints
- in U-Comix Sonderband (Volksverlag, 1973 series) #1 - Robert Crumb (1973)
- in Die 17 Gesichter des Robert Crumb (Zweitausendeins, 1975 series) (1975) which is reprinted
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #9 - R. Crumb Versus the Sisterhood (October 1992)
-
in Fuzzy le lapin et ses copains (Cornélius, 2002 series) (octobre 2002)
-
Indexer Notes
Sequence ends on back cover in color. As Crumb stated in The Complete Crumb vol. 9, this story is based on a visit he made to his brother at a mental institution. A lot of the dialogue was either written by Charles or transcribed from conversations Crumb had with him. These two funny animal characters are from Charles's childhood comic book making days.
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
-
1.
Cubist Be Bop Comics
-
2.
Girls Girls Girls
-
3.
Down at the Neighborhood Bar
Bo Bo Bolinski -
4.
Comical Comics
-
5.
["Remember Keep on Truckin'?"]
-
6.
The Many Faces of R. Crumb
Robert Crumb -
7.
Women Troubles
Boingy Baxter -
8.
Forky O'Donnell
Forky O'Donnell -
9.
["It's Mr. Average Citizen himself!!!"]
John Q. Public -
10.
Harvard "Schpitzel" Yale
Harvard "Schpitzel" Yale -
11.
Sunday Afternoon
John Q. Public -
12.
["I'm just an ordinary guy!"]
Ed Everyman -
13.
Nut Factory Blues
Fuzzy the Bunny
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- Steven Samuels
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