(1968)
The Viking Press,
1968 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 2.50 USD
- Pages
- 68
- On-sale Date
- 1968-10-07
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- ?
- Brand
- ?
- ISBN
-
0-670-01899-6
- Editing
- ?
- Color
- Color Covers, Black & White Interior
- Dimensions
- 8.5" x 11" (21.59 cm x 27.94 cm)
- Binding
- Softcover
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.
Library of Congress catalog #68-28025
1st printing: ?; Second printing: November 1968. It was also published in hardcover which is listed separately.
Viking Press did not want to publish further editions due to the subject matter. The next two printings were by Ballantine. An expanded edition was published in 1988 by Simon & Schuster.
Certain panels in this edition were slightly altered by the publisher, to Crumb's displeasure. Three of the stories were edited for content- "Life Among the Constipated," "Abstract Expressionist Ultra Super Modernistic Comics" and "Hey Boparee Bop." The first story was edited for racial language, the second story has a single censored panel while the latter has missing panels. Details in the respective story notes.
Library of Congress catalog #68-28025
1st printing: ?; Second printing: November 1968. It was also published in hardcover which is listed separately.
Viking Press did not want to publish further editions due to the subject matter. The next two printings were by Ballantine. An expanded edition was published in 1988 by Simon & Schuster.
Certain panels in this edition were slightly altered by the publisher, to Crumb's displeasure. Three of the stories were edited for content- "Life Among the Constipated," "Abstract Expressionist Ultra Super Modernistic Comics" and "Hey Boparee Bop." The first story was edited for racial language, the second story has a single censored panel while the latter has missing panels. Details in the respective story notes.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi kids
- Characters
- Mr. Natural; Fritz the Cat; The Old Pooperoo
- Reprints
- in R. Crumb's Head Comix (Ballantine Books, 1970 series) (1970) which is reprinted
-
in R. Crumb's Head Comix (Milano Libri Edizioni, 1973 series) (1973) -
in Head Comix (Zweitausendeins, 1977 ? series) (1977) - in R. Crumb's Head Comix: Twenty Years Later (Simon and Schuster, 1988 series) (1988)
- in The Nickel Library #50 (single-sheet fanzine)
-
R. Crumb's Head Comix
credits, title page / 5 pages
Indexer Notes
Title page; A full-page illustration; title and publisher page; Reprint, copyright, publication and bibliograpical credits page; table of contents page
Introduce Yourselves
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Logo for this section is drawn by Crumb
R. Crumb's Head Comix
credits, title page / 1 page
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
A different title page logo than the previous one above
Definetly a Case of Derangement!
Robert Crumb / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Robert Crumb; Wife
- Reprints
- from Zap Comix (Apex Novelties, 1967 series) #1 (November 1967 [February 1968])
- in Head Comix (März Verlag, 1970 series) (1970)
-
Head Comix
comic story / 1 page
- Synopsis
- A wordless story where the thought balloons contain for the most part only question marks.
- Reprints
- in Head Comix (März Verlag, 1970 series) (1970)
- in R. Crumb's Head Comix (Ballantine Books, 1970 series) (1970)
- in Gung Ho! (Schoengeist, 1971 series) (Januar 1971)
- in Head Comix (März Verlag, 1982 series) (1982)
- in R. Crumb's Head Comix: Twenty Years Later (Simon and Schuster, 1988 series) (1988)
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #4 - Mr. Sixties! (September 1989)
- in The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book (Little, Brown, 1997 series) (1997)
-
in The R. Crumb Handbook (MQ Publications, 2005 series) (2005) - from Yarrowstalks (David Auten and Brian Zahn, 1967 series) #3
-
Life Among the Constipated
comic story / 1 page
- Characters
- Pop; Mom
- Reprints
- in Head Comix (März Verlag, 1970 series) (1970)
- in R. Crumb's Head Comix (Ballantine Books, 1970 series) (1970)
- in R. Crumb's Head Comix: Twenty Years Later (Simon and Schuster, 1988 series) (1988)
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #4 - Mr. Sixties! (September 1989)
- in The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book (Little, Brown, 1997 series) (1997)
- from Yarrowstalks (David Auten and Brian Zahn, 1967 series) #3
-
Indexer Notes
The publisher removed the words "niggers" and "Schwartz" from this story.
[no title indexed]
Fritz the Cat / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fritz is a sophisticated, up-to-the-minute young feline who lives in a modern "supercity"...
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Fritz the Cat; Crow; Cynthia; Ruark; Aardvark; Old Bastard
- Synopsis
- Fritz the Cat meets some girls and starts a bathtub party.
- Reprints
- in Head Comix (März Verlag, 1970 series) (1970)
- in R. Crumb's Head Comix (Ballantine Books, 1970 series) (1970)
- in The Complete Fritz the Cat (Bélier Press, 1978 series) (1978)
- in R. Crumb's Head Comix: Twenty Years Later (Simon and Schuster, 1988 series) (1988)
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #3 - Starring Fritz the Cat (November 1988)
- in The Life and Death of Fritz the Cat (Fantagraphics, 1993 series) (May 1993)
-
in Obras Completas Crumb (Ediciones La Cúpula, 1985 ? series) #5 - El gato Fritz (1996) - in Klassiker der Comic-Literatur (Frankfurter Allgemeine, 2005 series) #19 - Fritz the Cat (2006)
- in The Life and Death of Fritz the Cat (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) (January 2012)
- in Las 7 Vidas del Gato Fritz (Ediciones La Cúpula, 2016 series) (Octubre 2016)
- in Fritz the Cat (Reprodukt, 2017 series) (Juli 2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Originally intended for an aborted comic book titled "Fug"
Keep on Truckin'...
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Zap Comix (Apex Novelties, 1967 series) #1 (November 1967 [February 1968])
-
[no title indexed]
Schuman the Human / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Better known as 'baldy' he goes forth with his mind to FIND GOD!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Schuman the Human
- Reprints
- from Zap Comix (Apex Novelties, 1967 series) #1 (November 1967 [February 1968])
-
Abstract Expressionist Ultra Super Modernistic Comics
comic story / 3 pages
- Reprints
- from Zap Comix (Apex Novelties, 1967 series) #1 (November 1967 [February 1968])
- in Head Comix (März Verlag, 1970 series) (1970)
-
Indexer Notes
A panel on the third page that shows a vagina is censored. A series of several bandage-like strips were drawn over the image by another artist.
The Man from Affiganistan
Mr. Natural / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mr. Natural; Flakey Foont
- Synopsis
- The country name in the title is shown as spelled by the artist.
- Reprints
- in R. Crumb's Head Comix (Ballantine Books, 1970 series) (1970)
- in Head Comix (März Verlag, 1982 series) (1982)
- in R. Crumb's Head Comix: Twenty Years Later (Simon and Schuster, 1988 series) (1988)
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #5 - Happy Hippy Comix (July 1990)
- in The R. Crumb Handbook (MQ Publications, 2005 series) (2005)
- from The East Village Other (East Village Other, 1965 series) (December 15-30, 1967)
-
Mr. Natural Visits the City
Mr. Natural / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Mr. Natural; Flakey Foont
- Reprints
- from Zap Comix (Apex Novelties, 1967 series) #1 (November 1967 [February 1968])
-
Mr. Natural Meets God
Mr. Natural / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mr. Natural; Angel; God
- Synopsis
- Mr. Natural dies and goes to Heaven. And he's not impressed.
- Reprints
- in R. Crumb's Head Comix (Ballantine Books, 1970 series) (1970)
- in R. Crumb's Head Comix: Twenty Years Later (Simon and Schuster, 1988 series) (1988)
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #5 - Happy Hippy Comix (July 1990)
-
in Pyton (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1988 series) #8/1995 ([juli] 1995) - in The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book (Little, Brown, 1997 series) (1997)
- from The East Village Other (East Village Other, 1965 series) (February 16-22, 1968)
-
Mr. Natural Gets the Bum's Rush
Mr. Natural / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Mr. Natural
- Synopsis
- Mr. Natural receives a telegram from God condemning him to Hell.
- Reprints
- in R. Crumb's Head Comix (Ballantine Books, 1970 series) (1970)
- in R. Crumb's Head Comix: Twenty Years Later (Simon and Schuster, 1988 series) (1988)
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #5 - Happy Hippy Comix (July 1990)
- in Pyton (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1988 series) #8/1995 ([juli] 1995)
- in The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book (Little, Brown, 1997 series) (1997)
- from The East Village Other (East Village Other, 1965 series) vol. 3 #12 (February 23-29, 1968)
-
Mr. Natural Repents
Mr. Natural / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Mr. Natural; Cheese K. Reist
- Synopsis
- Mr. Natural repents and receives word that he must do penance.
- Reprints
- in R. Crumb's Head Comix (Ballantine Books, 1970 series) (1970)
- in R. Crumb's Head Comix: Twenty Years Later (Simon and Schuster, 1988 series) (1988)
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #5 - Happy Hippy Comix (July 1990)
- in Pyton (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1988 series) #8/1995 ([juli] 1995)
- in The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book (Little, Brown, 1997 series) (1997)
- from The East Village Other (East Village Other, 1965 series) vol. 3 #13 (March 1-7, 1968)
-
Stoned
comic story / 4 pages
- Characters
- Dirty Old Man; Peter Pan; Duck; The Pope
- Reprints
- from Cavalier Magazine (Dugent Publishing, 1966 series) #v17#12 (October 1967)
-
Fritz Comes on Strong
Fritz the Cat / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Fritz the Cat; Woman
- Synopsis
- Fritz the Cat removes a woman's clothes.
- Reprints
- from Help! (Warren, 1960 series) #22 (January 1965)
-
Fred the Teen-Age Girl Pigeon
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Fritz the Cat; Fred the Teenage Girl Pigeon
- Reprints
- from Help! (Warren, 1960 series) #24 (May 1965)
-
Hey Boparee Bop
comic story / 2 pages
- Characters
- Av; Gar; Snoid; Jesus Christ (unnamed); Mr. Natural; Angelfood McSpade
- Reprints
- in R. Crumb's Head Comix (Ballantine Books, 1970 series) (1970)
- in R. Crumb's Head Comix: Twenty Years Later (Simon and Schuster, 1988 series) (1988)
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #4 - Mr. Sixties! (September 1989)
- from Yarrowstalks (David Auten and Brian Zahn, 1967 series) #2
-
Indexer Notes
Originally titled "Head Comix." Besides being reformatted to stretch out over two pages, the story has four panels missing from its original version. The panels in question featured the "Av 'n' Gar" characters accosting a woman in a sexually explicit manner. All future reprints published the story intact.
Whiteman
Whiteman / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Whiteman; Madame Too Too
- Synopsis
- Whiteman struggles to keep his rigid self from falling into a nervous breakdown.
- Reprints
- from Zap Comix (Apex Novelties, 1967 series) #1 (November 1967 [February 1968])
-
Av 'n' Gar famous for their Snappy Bits and Krazy Kraks
Av 'n' Gar / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Av; Gar; Local Acid Head
- Reprints
- in R. Crumb's Head Comix (Ballantine Books, 1970 series) (1970)
- in R. Crumb's Head Comix: Twenty Years Later (Simon and Schuster, 1988 series) (1988)
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #4 - Mr. Sixties! (September 1989)
- in The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book (Little, Brown, 1997 series) (1997)
- from The East Village Other (East Village Other, 1965 series) v3#1 (October 1967)
-
Western Man, Last of the Big-Time He Men!
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Western Man; Ol' Lady; Wiesenhiemer Weasel; Little Girl
- Synopsis
- A sendup of Lyndon Johnson.
- Reprints
- in R. Crumb's Head Comix (Ballantine Books, 1970 series) (1970)
- in R. Crumb's Head Comix: Twenty Years Later (Simon and Schuster, 1988 series) (1988)
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #4 - Mr. Sixties! (September 1989)
- from The East Village Other (East Village Other, 1965 series) (November 15, 1967)
-
Big Freakout on Detroit Ave.
Edgar Crump / comic story / 1 page
- Characters
- Edgar Crump; Mysterious Stranger; Old Man; Nazi Stormtrooper; Bus Driver; Evil Midget; Girl-Demon
- Reprints
- in R. Crumb's Head Comix (Ballantine Books, 1970 series) (1970)
- in R. Crumb's Head Comix: Twenty Years Later (Simon and Schuster, 1988 series) (1988)
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #4 - Mr. Sixties! (September 1989)
- in The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book (Little, Brown, 1997 series) (1997)
- from Yarrowstalks (David Auten and Brian Zahn, 1967 series) #3
-
The Old Pooperoo Pauses to Ponder
The Old Pooperoo / comic story / 0.5 page
- Characters
- The Old Pooperoo; Flakey Foont; Mr. Natural; Snoid; Goofy
- Reprints
- in R. Crumb's Head Comix (Ballantine Books, 1970 series) (1970)
- in R. Crumb's Head Comix: Twenty Years Later (Simon and Schuster, 1988 series) (1988)
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #5 - Happy Hippy Comix (July 1990)
- from The East Village Other (East Village Other, 1965 series) (v.3#2) (December 1-15, 1967)
-
Indexer Notes
Titled "I Wanna Go Home" in the table of contents.
I Wanna Go Home! / You're Gonna Get There Anyway!
comic story / 1.5 pages
- Characters
- The Old Pooperoo; Flakey Foont; Mr. Natural; Snoid; Goofy
- Reprints
- in R. Crumb's Head Comix: Twenty Years Later (Simon and Schuster, 1988 series) (1988)
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #5 - Happy Hippy Comix (July 1990)
- from The East Village Other (East Village Other, 1965 series) (December 1-16, 1967)
-
Indexer Notes
continued from the previous sequence
Kitchen Kut-Outs!
illustration / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Bob Dill; Hotshot Manny Mustard; Clever Mr. Ketchup; Ed Egg; Solly Salt Shaker; Dick Tater; Beatrice Bread Slice; Sneezy Pete Pepper Shaker; Sammy Saucer; Conrad C. Cup; Bad Guy Billy Beercan
- Reprints
- from Zap Comix (Apex Novelties, 1967 series) #1 (November 1967 [February 1968])
-
Schuman the Human - a Poignant Psychological Drama
Schuman the Human; Mr. Natural / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Schuman the Human; Mr. Natural
- Reprints
- in R. Crumb's Head Comix (Ballantine Books, 1970 series) (1970)
- in R. Crumb's Head Comix: Twenty Years Later (Simon and Schuster, 1988 series) (1988)
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #5 - Happy Hippy Comix (July 1990)
- in The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book (Little, Brown, 1997 series) (1997)
- from The East Village Other (East Village Other, 1965 series) #v3#10 (February 9-15, 1968)
- in Antimony (Toronto-based underground newspaper)
-
It's Cosmic
comic story / 4 pages
- Reprints
- in R. Crumb's Head Comix (Ballantine Books, 1970 series) (1970)
-
in L'Écho des savanes (Editions du Fromage, 1972 series) #45 (Octobre 1978) - in R. Crumb's Head Comix: Twenty Years Later (Simon and Schuster, 1988 series) (1988)
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #4 - Mr. Sixties! (September 1989)
- in The R. Crumb Handbook (MQ Publications, 2005 series) (2005)
- from Underground Review (1967)
-
Just Look What They're Saying!
illustration / 1 page
- Characters
- Mr. Natural
- Reprints
- in R. Crumb's Head Comix (Ballantine Books, 1970 series) (1970) which is reprinted
- in R. Crumb's Head Comix: Twenty Years Later (Simon and Schuster, 1988 series) (1988)
-
Indexer Notes
Back cover with promo quotes from Allen Ginsberg, Milton Glaser, David Levine, Tomi Ungerer, Terry Southern, Shel Silverstein
Editing
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Table of Contents
-
0.
["Hi kids"]
-
1.
R. Crumb's Head Comix
-
2.
Introduce Yourselves
-
3.
R. Crumb's Head Comix
-
4.
Definetly a Case of Derangement!
Robert Crumb -
5.
Head Comix
-
6.
Life Among the Constipated
-
7.
["Fritz is a sophisticated, up-to-the-minute young feline who lives in a modern "supercity"..."]
Fritz the Cat -
8.
Keep on Truckin'...
-
9.
["Better known as 'baldy' he goes forth with his mind to FIND GOD!"]
Schuman the Human -
10.
Abstract Expressionist Ultra Super Modernistic Comics
-
11.
The Man from Affiganistan
Mr. Natural -
12.
Mr. Natural Visits the City
Mr. Natural -
13.
Mr. Natural Meets God
Mr. Natural -
14.
Mr. Natural Gets the Bum's Rush
Mr. Natural -
15.
Mr. Natural Repents
Mr. Natural -
16.
Stoned
-
17.
Fritz Comes on Strong
Fritz the Cat -
18.
Fred the Teen-Age Girl Pigeon
-
19.
Hey Boparee Bop
-
20.
Whiteman
Whiteman -
21.
Av 'n' Gar famous for their Snappy Bits and Krazy Kraks
Av 'n' Gar -
22.
Western Man, Last of the Big-Time He Men!
-
23.
Big Freakout on Detroit Ave.
Edgar Crump -
24.
The Old Pooperoo Pauses to Ponder
The Old Pooperoo -
25.
I Wanna Go Home! / You're Gonna Get There Anyway!
-
26.
Kitchen Kut-Outs!
-
27.
Schuman the Human - a Poignant Psychological Drama
Schuman the Human; Mr. Natural -
28.
It's Cosmic
-
29.
Just Look What They're Saying!
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