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

(July 2002)

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

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

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

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

The Complete Crumb (Table of Contents: 3)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Robert Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb

Letters

Robert Crumb

Synopsis

Title page

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

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

The Complete Crumb volume 16: The Mid-1980s- More Years of Valiant Struggle (Table of Contents: 5)

credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

Robert Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb

Letters

Robert Crumb; typeset

Synopsis

Title and publisher page; Indicia page with production and reprint credits

Contents (Table of Contents: 6)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Robert Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb

Letters

Typeset

Characters

Mr. Natural

Indexer Notes

Includes a small Crumb drawing.

Crumb's On the Road (Table of Contents: 7)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

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)

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: 8)

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

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: 9)

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

Jelly Roll Morton's Voodoo Curse (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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)

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 ([May] 1985)

Keywords

adult

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

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

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)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Let's begin by introducing ourselves... I'm R. Crumb and I'm drawing myself

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.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

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

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)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Before Bob gets here.. le'm me tell ya that we're both terribly sensitive artists!

Genre

humor

Characters

Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Robert Crumb; Sophie Crumb

Synopsis

Robert introduces Sophie.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

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

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)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Okay, here's the shtick... I'm R. Crumb and I'm drawing myself in this comic strip...

Genre

humor

Characters

Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Robert Crumb

Synopsis

Robert introduces himself again.

Reprints

• from The Complete Dirty Laundry Comics (Last Gasp, 1993 series) (June 1993)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

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

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)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Before Bob gets here lemme tell ya that we're both terribly sensitive artists...

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) (June 1993)

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

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

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)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Bob you can't use this strip to make fun of my family!

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) (June 1993)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

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

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)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Bob, it's my birthday.... what can I get?

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) (June 1993)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

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

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)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Bob, ya know it's you the public wants and here I am asserting myself, as usual!

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) (June 1993)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

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

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)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Aline, I can't do this on my own up here!

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) (June 1993)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

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

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)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

More of Bob's hilarious true-life tales...

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) (June 1993)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

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

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)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Alright, "Tell em about the time your ex-wife put sleeping pills in the chicken soup"

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) (June 1993)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

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

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)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Aline, I can't do this without you...I'm the straight man...

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) (June 1993)

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

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

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)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oh Ghod, remember the last time your mother was here?

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) (June 1993)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

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

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)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Then there was that time you insisted we take your mother to the Zen Bakery

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) (June 1993)

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

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

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)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oh no Bob look at the calendar!

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) (June 1993)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

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

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)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Aline, in that last comic we did (see Weirdo #9) we finally get to have sex

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: 26)

Weirdo / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Philip K. Dick; Robert Crumb

Pencils

Robert Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb

Letters

Robert Crumb

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)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

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)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Are you one of the undesirables? ...Then you must read... Weirdo

Genre

humor

Keywords

adult

Indexer Notes

A rejected cover for Weirdo #18.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28)

Mode O'Day / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

They say opportunity knocks but once and you'd better grab it while you can!!

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: 29)

Weirdo / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

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: 30)

Weirdo / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stephen Calt

Pencils

Robert Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb

Letters

Robert Crumb

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: 31)

Weirdo / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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)

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: 32)

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

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)

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: 33)

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

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

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: 34)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Robert Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb

Letters

Robert Crumb

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: 35)

Pioneers of Country Music / illustration / 6 pages (report information)

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)

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.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 36)

Weirdo / cover reprint (on interior page) / 6 pages (report information)

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)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ha ha ha ha ha

Reprints

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 37)

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

Script

Robert Crumb

Pencils

Robert Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb

Colors

?

Letters

Robert Crumb

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wait! Stop! Don't look! This is not a nice magazine!

Reprints

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 38)

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

Script

Robert Crumb

Pencils

Robert Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb

Colors

?

Letters

Robert Crumb

First Line of Dialogue or Text

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

Characters

Mode O'Day

Reprints

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 39)

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

Script

Robert Crumb

Pencils

Robert Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb

Colors

?

Letters

Robert Crumb

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I thought I told you to wait in the car!

Reprints

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 40)

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

Script

Robert Crumb

Pencils

Robert Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb

Colors

?

Letters

Robert Crumb

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In This Issue: Religion Crime Food Sex

Reprints

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

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

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

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Robert Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb

Colors

?

Letters

Robert Crumb

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Not so fast sonny boy!

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: 42)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Inks

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Colors

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Letters

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Genre

humor

Characters

Robert Crumb

Keywords

adult

Indexer Notes

From 1986.

R. Crumb's Missing Children! (Table of Contents: 43)

National Lampoon / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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)

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 (21st Century / Heavy Metal / National Lampoon, 1970 series) #3/1986 (March 1986)

Indexer Notes

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

[Four Comics Journal Covers] (Table of Contents: 44)

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

Script

Harvey Pekar; Robert Crumb

Pencils

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

Inks

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

Colors

?

Letters

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Characters

Robert Crumb; Harvey Pekar; Gil Kane; Gary Groth

Reprints

• from The Comics Journal (Fantagraphics, 1977 series) #97 [cover reprint], #106 [cover reprint], #113 [cover reprint], #121 [cover illustration only]

Wild Dog (Table of Contents: 45)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

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)

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.

[Anti-Herbicide Petition] (Table of Contents: 46)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

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

From September 1986. "Ballot enclosed - Forest Service to Spray 5 1/2 Million Acres with Herbicide"

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 47)

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

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)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I tell ya, Irv, if anybody'd a' tole me a coupla years ago when I wuz just a flunky file clerk...

Genre

humor

Characters

Harvey Pekar; Irv

Reprints

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 48)

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

Script

Harvey Pekar [as Pekar]

Pencils

Robert Crumb [as Crumb]

Inks

Robert Crumb [as Crumb]

Colors

?

Letters

Robert Crumb [as Crumb]

First Line of Dialogue or Text

How's yer book sellin,' Harv?

Characters

Harvey Pekar; Mr. Boats

Reprints

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

[Book & Album Covers] (Table of Contents: 49)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 4 pages (report information)

Pencils

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Characters

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

Reprints

• from Famous People I Have Known (Farrar Straus Giroux, 1985 series) #[nn]
• from King of the Delta Blues: The Life and Music of Charlie Patton (Rock Chapel Press, 1988 series) #[nn]

Indexer Notes

Two book covers, one calendar cover and one LP cover. "Famous People I Have Known" (from the Ed McClanahan book). The 1987 Monkey Wrench Gang Calendar; A 1987 "Cocktail d'Amour" LP cover (front cover to the Les Primitifs du Futur LP); "King of the Delta Blues: The Life and Music of Charlie Patton" (from the book by Stephen Calt and Gayle Wardlow)

[Twelve Illustrations] (Table of Contents: 50)

illustration / 5 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

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

Inks

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

Colors

Robert Crumb; Sophie Crumb;

Letters

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

Characters

Vulture Demonesses; Margaret Thatcher; Dirtbag Bunny; Carol Engberg; Julie McNamara; Craig McNamara; Robert Crumb; Sophie Crumb; Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Includes the following: "Don't worry, everything's going to be fine...." - (A 1985 illustration used for postcards and prints in the French market. The image shows two Vulture Demonesses looking down at a skinny man); A caricature of Margaret Thatcher as a hen standing over several eggs (done for Libération); Two pastel drawings done with Sophie Crumb- "Dirtbag Bunny" and a pastel drawing of the sun looking down over some buildings (from 1986); An 1987 oil portrait of Carol Engberg; Three holiday card illustrations for the McNamara family- "Seasons greetings... and a Happy New Year!;" "We Wish You a Merry Christmas;" "Seasons Greetings!;" Five Crumb family holiday card illustrations- A Valentines Day card that is addressed "To Mommy" which opens up to show Robert & Sophie; Two cards done by the whole family- "Have Yourself an Expressionistic Little Christmas" (1987) and "It's Been a Hell of a Year!" (1986)

[Meet the Beats Portfolio] (Table of Contents: 51)

illustration / 3 pages (report information)

Pencils

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Characters

Jack Kerouac; William S. Burroughs; Allen Ginsberg

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

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: 52)

illustration / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Edward Abbey

Pencils

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

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: 53)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

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: 54)

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

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)

Characters

Robert Crumb; M. Pascal

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

An illustrated report of the Angoulême festival

Quest for Firewood (Table of Contents: 55)

High Times / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Reprints

• from High Times Magazine (Trans-High Corporation, 1974 series) #125 (January 1986)

Indexer Notes

Two illustrations for a Jay Feldman article.

Miscellaneous Spot Illustrations (Table of Contents: 56)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Characters

Warren Hinckle

Indexer Notes

Two illustrations. "Hinckle Free At Last" (image shows three beefy cops dragging away Warren Hinckle and his dog. 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" (made for an unknown story from 1986)

People Magazine (June 24, 1985) (Table of Contents: 57)

People magazine / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Crumb

Pencils

Robert Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb

Letters

Robert Crumb

Characters

Robert Crumb; Charles Crumb Sr.; Charles Crumb Jr. [Chuck]; Aline Kominsky; Sophie Crumb

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Three illustrations- "1954: Little Bobby Crumb & his brother Chuck, a couple of comic-book wimps;" "R. Crumb in 1985... a regular family kinda guy....;" "1967: R. Crumb leaves Cleveland, joins the hippy migration to San Francisco..."

[Miscellaneous Spot Illustrations] (Table of Contents: 58)

illustration / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Crumb; Marilyn Chambers; Victor Moscoso [as Moscoso] (signed)

Pencils

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

Inks

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

Letters

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

Characters

Mary Boettcher; Françoise; Leah; The Riley Sisters; Carol; Marilyn Chambers; Dianne Feinstein; Bigfoot; Bride of Bigfoot; Vulture Demoness; Terry Zwigoff; Eggs Ackley; Mr. Natural; Abigail Rose Olson Arons; Sean P. McNamara; Julie McNamara; Craig McNamara; Robert Crumb

Reprints

• from Whole Earth Review (?, 1985 series) #44 (January 1985)
• from Cassette Gazette (February 1986)
• from San Francisco Chronicle (?, 1865 series) (February, 4, 1985)
• from San Francisco Chronicle (?, 1865 series) (February 21, 1985)
• from San Francisco Comix #8 (June, 1986) (fanzine)

Indexer Notes

Thirty-one illustrations: Eight private sketches of friends & acquaintances- Mary Boettcher (1984); Françoise (1987); Leah (1987); The Riley Sisters (1985); An unnamed one (likely Mary Boettcher); Carol (1987); Two more of Mary- one from June 1985, the other one titled "Mary at Putah Creek" (1985); Two from the San Francisco Chronicle- "I don't take tips so how could I be soliciting??" (featuring Marilyn Chambers); "Naughty boys... I just can't seem to make them behave." (A collaboration with Moscoso featuring mayor Feinstein as Little Bo Peep); "Bride of Bigfoot" (A 1987 ad for a porno movie); "Me 'N' My Muse" (March 1986, features a Vulture Demoness- is an invitation for the La Hune gallery exhibition in Paris); A Black Sparrow Press moving card shows a bespectacled cartoon sparrow tugging by rope a huge pile of books; Two from the Whole Earth Review- one shows a bespectacled man sitting in front of a computer in a small room; "Education" (shows sixteen children working on their computers while sitting in rows of four); Two letterhead logos from 1985- "Kitchen Sink Press" and "Superior Pictures;" "Stenciling, Wallpapering, Painting- Julie Partansky" (A business card design from 1985); a business card illustration for Terry Zwigoff from 1985; A February 1986 Cassette Gazette fanzine cover; "I found you amusing for awhile punk, but now I'm tired of your pathetic little ego!" (a San Francisco Comix fanzine cover); "Mr. Natural Sez: Chiropractic... ...Naturally!" (a 1987 promo illustration for Dr. Julian G. Schiller, Chiropractor); Two birth announcements for Abigail Rose Olson Arons; "Pumping Gas by Diane Callum" (made for a poem from a Davis, CA poetry magazine, 1985); two "Goodstuff" restaurant menu illustrations; "Gala Valentines Event" (1985 party invitation for the engagement of Monica Cranston and John Wallace); Two birth announcements- "It's a boy!" (1987 for the Zolten family) and "It's another bumper crop!" (October 1987 birth for the McNamara family); "Yes, I'm bitter... maybe I need therapy... is this worth 25 bucks, you jerk??" (a full-page Crumb self-portrait made as private commission for Mark J. Cohen (March 1987)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 59)

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 60) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 61) (Expand) /

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