- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Colors
- Pete Poplaski; C. S. Fossett ? (assistant); Agathe Couderes ? (assistant); Squinty Rotunda ? (assistant)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Original! Singular! Groundbreaking! Outrageous! Controversial!
- Characters
- Mr. Natural
- Reprints
Dust jacket cover.
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yeah, but is it art?
- Characters
- Robert Crumb
A small front cover illustration
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bare yer soul on th' page!
- Characters
- Robert Crumb
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb; ? (photo)
- Inks
- Robert Crumb; ? (photo)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Robert Crumb; typeset
- Characters
- Robert Crumb (photo)
A full-page photo of Crumb; Title and publisher page with a small Crumb illustration- "Really, dahling, if it's not expensive, its not aht!;" Copyright and indicia page; table of contents with a full page background illustration
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My Earliest Memory of Comic Books is the Way They Smelled!
- Characters
- Robert Crumb; Charles Crumb; Crumb's Dad; Brombo the Panda
A full page illustration: "1954: Little Bobby Crumb & his brother Chuck, a couple of comic-book wimps" (originally from People magazine, 1985). A text article with a few sample panels from Weirdo #2's "Brombo the Panel" and the original Crumb brothers "Treasure Island Days" story drawn when they were children (1961). The next few pages include a full-page image of Crumb's copy of "Little Lulu #110" and then images of his personal copies of "Pogo Possum #4," "Paul Terry's Comics #98," "Krazy Life Hilarious Comics #1," "Krazy Komics #4," and "Animal Comics #14."
- Script
- Charles Crumb
- Pencils
- Charles Crumb
- Inks
- Charles Crumb
- Letters
- Charles Crumb
- Characters
- Fuzzy Bunny; Donny
The first page from a Charles Crumb "Fuzzy the Bunny" story from 1952. A lead-in to the following sequence.
- Script
- Robert Crumb; Charles Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb; Charles Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb; Charles Crumb
- Colors
- Pete Poplaski; C. S. Fossett ? (assistant); Agathe Couderes ? (assistant); Squinty Rotunda ? (assistant)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb; Charles Crumb
- Characters
- Fuzzy the Bunny; Donny; Genie
- Reprints
Crumb states on a first page margin caption that he copied the story from the previously noted Charles Crumb version of this story. The second, fifth, sixth, seventh, and ninth pages of this story have tiny-size margin reproductions of the corresponding sequences from Charles Crumb's version.
The final page has a small-size margin reprint of a "Chuck and Bob" cover Charles Crumb drew as a child in the early 50s. It corresponds to the following sequence.
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Colors
- Pete Poplaski; C. S. Fossett ? (assistant); Agathe Couderes ? (assistant); Squinty Rotunda ? (assistant)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- Characters
- Chuck; Bob
A late 60s illustration copied from the margin reproduction on the previous page.
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Colors
- Pete Poplaski; C. S. Fossett ? (assistant); Agathe Couderes ? (assistant); Squinty Rotunda ? (assistant)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- Characters
- Charles Crumb [Chuckie]; Robert Crumb
- Reprints
The first page has a small-size photo printed on the margin- "The Magic Kingdom: The Crumb kids visit Disneyland in 1956." Pictured are Maxon, Robert, Charles and Sandra Crumb.
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb; Thomas Nast
- Inks
- Robert Crumb; Thomas Nast
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I consider the best of the American media of the old days to be a classical education by today's standards!
- Characters
- Robert Crumb
A full-page Thomas Nast detail- "The Tammany Tiger" (1871); The article includes a small-size Crumb sketchbook illustration (mid 80s): "Bob at age 11, eating his breakfast on Saturday morning;" Also included is a panel from Weirdo #6's "Trash" story
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Colors
- Pete Poplaski; C. S. Fossett ? (assistant); Agathe Couderes ? (assistant); Squinty Rotunda ? (assistant)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Robert Crumb; Wayne; Crumb's Dad; Crumb's Mom; Maxon; Liz; Mimi; Aline Kominsky-Crumb
- Reprints
- Keywords
- autobiography
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Jack Davis
- Inks
- Jack Davis
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I had seen the first issue of Mad comics on the newsstand and I remember being bewildered by it!
A full-page detail of a Jack Davis illustration - "Boo" from Humbug #8; The article includes a tiny-size image of the cover to Mad #11.
- Pencils
- Jack Davis (signed); Harvey Kurtzman (frame, signed); Bill Elder (frame, signed)
- Inks
- Jack Davis (signed); Harvey Kurtzman (frame, signed); Bill Elder (frame, signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Reprints
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb; ? (photo)
- Inks
- Robert Crumb; ? (photo)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When I left home my father bought me a bus ticket to Cleveland and loaned me $14.
- Characters
- Robert Crumb; Marty Pahls
Accompanied by the following: A full-page illustration titled "The Depths of Despair" (May 12, 1962); A small greeting card illustration (early 60s); Three "Cute Grotesque" greeting card illustrations (early 60s); A two page-excerpt from The Young Crumb Story (from American Splendor #4); Two full-page sketchbook illustrations (early 60s); A full-page photo of Crumb in Harlem; A tiny-size reproduction of the cover to Help! #22.
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh Fritz! This is marvelous! I'm in love with your car! I really am!
- Characters
- Fritz the Cat
- Reprints
An unpublished Help! page (1965)
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb; ? (photo)
- Inks
- Robert Crumb; ? (photo)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I wanted to be on my own so bad... and just worry about no one but myself...
- Characters
- Robert Crumb; Dana Crumb
Accompanied by a full-page Dana Crumb sketchbook drawing from 1964-65; a small photo of Crumb in Bulgaria; a small drawing from one of "The Silly Pidgeons" stories; two more full-page sketchbook drawings- a self-portrait and another of Dana Crumb
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- Characters
- The Silly Pidgeons
- Synopsis
- The Pidgeons experience a little trouble after moving their radiator across the room.
- Reprints
The strip is originally from November 1964 to March 1965. In Crumb's series of "Silly Pigeon" strips the word "pigeon" was spelled inconsistently story to story.
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Robert Crumb; Eva
- Keywords
- autobiography
Originally meant to be published in Help! magazine. From 1965
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- Characters
- The Silly Pidgeons
- Synopsis
- The Pidgeons have a conversation at their dinner table, go out for a walk and then return home for dinner.
- Reprints
This strip is originally from Spring, 1965.
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What is the meaning of life?
- Characters
- The Silly Pigeons
- Reprints
This strip was originally meant for Help! Magazine. From Spring 1965
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- LSD was made legal in 1965, the first time I took it!
Accompanied by the following: A full-page unused cover for a never-published comic titled "Head;" An alternate version of that same cover; A tiny illustration- "Just like bein' born stoned" from Cavalier magazine (October 1967); A full page illustration titled "This is Hell" from Spring 1967
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Colors
- Pete Poplaski; C. S. Fossett ? (assistant); Agathe Couderes ? (assistant); Squinty Rotunda ? (assistant)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Robert Crumb; Dana Crumb
- Reprints
- Keywords
- autobiography
The cover to El Perfecto comics is shown tiny-size on the margin of the page.
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This sketchbook page from 1965 demonstrates the transition from naturalistic drawing to drawing influenced by LSD.
Six pages from his sketchbooks (1965-67). Includes a page that has the first ever "Mr. Natural" strip, one that begins with the line "What's today's health tip, Mr. Natural?"
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Starting in the mid-sixties I would spin out all kinds of ideas for cartoons in sketchbooks!
Accompanied by a full-page unused cover for ZAP #1 (1967) and a tiny illustration from "R. Crumb's Head Comix" (1968).
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mr. Natural...give me the straight dope...what should I do?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mr. Natural
- Reprints
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mither Natchrul! I come to hear the word!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mr. Natural
- Reprints
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This page and opposite, Might-have-been comics: Crumb continously spun out ideas for comics in his sketchbooks.
Ten sketchbook illustrations of varying sizes for potential comic book covers. The titles are: "Fuck: A Comic Book of the Beat Generation;" "Paranoid Comics," "Street Corner Comics," "Kozmic Komix," "Sludge," "Freak," "Drek," "Funny Funnies;" "Despair" (alternate cover); "Pathetic Stories"
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I drew the first two issues of Zap Comix in late 1967!
- Characters
- Robert Crumb; Dana Crumb
Accompanied by a full-page sketchbook drawing from 1992: "Haight-Ashbury, Early '68... and so, a Legend Was Born...;" Also includes a tiny illustration from Zap #2- "Zap Comix Tells It Like It Is!"
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Colors
- Pete Poplaski; C. S. Fossett ? (assistant); Agathe Couderes ? (assistant); Squinty Rotunda ? (assistant)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mr. Natural
- Synopsis
- Mr. Natural receives a telegram from God condemning him to Hell.
- Reprints
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Colors
- Pete Poplaski; C. S. Fossett ? (assistant); Agathe Couderes ? (assistant); Squinty Rotunda ? (assistant)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mr. Natural; Cheeses K. Reist
- Synopsis
- Mr. Natural repents and receives word that he must do penance.
- Reprints
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I was very alienated from the hippie scene!
Accompanied by a full-page reprint of the cover to Big Brother & Holding Company's "Cheap Thrills" LP.
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Can the mind know it?
- Reprints
Includes the tiny six-panel strip "Everyday Funnies with the Snoid from Sheboygan."
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Colors
- Pete Poplaski; C. S. Fossett ? (assistant); Agathe Couderes ? (assistant); Squinty Rotunda ? (assistant)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- Characters
- Artsy Fartsy; Asper Oggus
- Reprints
A tiny-size image of the cover to Big Ass Comics is shown on the page margin
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Colors
- Pete Poplaski; C. S. Fossett ? (assistant); Agathe Couderes ? (assistant); Squinty Rotunda ? (assistant)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- Characters
- The Lighter-Than-Air-Boys [Merciful Percival; Seymour "Sy" Klopps]
- Reprints
A tiny-size image of the cover to the Print Mint's Despair is shown on the page margin
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Colors
- Pete Poplaski; C. S. Fossett ? (assistant); Agathe Couderes ? (assistant); Squinty Rotunda ? (assistant)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- Reprints
A tiny-size image of the cover to XYZ Comics is shown on the page margin
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
Shown are small-size images of the covers to San Francisco Comic Book #3, Home Grown Funnies, Zap #0, Motor City Comics #1, Black and White Comics, Zap #1, Uneeda Comix, Best Buy Comics, The People's Comics, Mr. Natural #1, and Snoid Comics.
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My personal obsession for big women interferes with some people's enjoyment of my work!
- Characters
- Angelfood McSpade; Eggs Ackley; Robert Crumb
A full-page late 60s illustration featuring Angelfood McSpade titled "Jive - Money Mad Wife;" A panel from Big Ass Comics #1; Four full-page sketchbook illustrations- A Crumb 1969 self-portrait "Sheeit!"; "Imaginary Girl Against the Wall" (1975); "Gurls! Sex! (1975); "I'm sittin' on top of the world when I'm ridin' on: The Seat of Learning!" (1975)
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Colors
- Pete Poplaski; C. S. Fossett ? (assistant); Agathe Couderes ? (assistant); Squinty Rotunda ? (assistant)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Robert Crumb; Doc; Sister; Sarah Edwards; Terry Wall; Crumb's Dad; Crumb's Mom; Sheena; Anita; Helene; Dolly Hensley; Bucky Sullivan; Dana Crumb; Karen; Jane; Aline; Jenny
- Synopsis
- A "true confession" as Crumb talks about his checkered history with women, from early childhood to his jaded post-sixties flings.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- autobiography
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb; ? (photo)
- Inks
- Robert Crumb; ? (photo)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- Characters
- Robert Crumb; Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Seven full-page illustrations and a photo- "The Perfect Female Body" (1975); "...Cute Little Genius..." (September 1990); "Reality Fantasy Reality Fantasy.." (December 6, 1990; "Revised" November 1991); "Innocent Fun or Sick Sado-Masochism?" (1990); "Big Healthy Girl Enjoys Deep Penetration from the Rear" (1990s); "Oh well, nobody's perfect... In fact, nothing can ever be... Perfect!" (1991); A double-page photo of Crumb & Kominsky (mid-70s); A Kominsky side-portrait- "The Profile" (1975)
- Script
- Robert Crumb (signed); Aline Kominsky-Crumb (credited as A. Kominsky)
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb (signed); Aline Kominsky-Crumb (credited as A. Kominsky)
- Inks
- Robert Crumb (signed); Aline Kominsky-Crumb (credited as A. Kominsky)
- Colors
- Pete Poplaski; C. S. Fossett ? (assistant); Agathe Couderes ? (assistant); Squinty Rotunda ? (assistant)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb (signed); Aline Kominsky-Crumb (credited as A. Kominsky)
- Characters
- Robert Crumb; Aline Kominsky
- Reprints
A tiny-size image of the cover to Dirty Laundry Comics is shown on the page margin
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- Characters
- Aline Kominsky-Crumb
The titles are- "Boorum & Pease Standard Columnar Book- Big Baby Bunch" (March 20th, 1975); "Aline's Legs" (November 1987)
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb; ? (photo)
- Inks
- Robert Crumb; ? (photo)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The seventies was the 'burnout decade!' The big party was over!
- Characters
- S. Clay Wilson (photo); Victor Moscoso (photo); Gilbert Shelton (photo); Rick Griffin (photo); Spain Rodriguez (photo); Robert Williams (photo); Robert Crumb (photo); Bob Armstrong (photo); Al Dodge (photo)
Accompanied by a full-page illustration- "Hey, I'm dying up here!" (1990 sketchbook page); A 1972-73 photo of the ZAP cartoonists and a photo of the Keep On Truckin' Orchestra (Crumb, Armstrong, Dodge, 1972)
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Colors
- Pete Poplaski; C. S. Fossett ? (assistant); Agathe Couderes ? (assistant); Squinty Rotunda ? (assistant)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- Characters
- Frosty the Snowman; Stoop; Tuffy
- Synopsis
- Frosty and friends plot to throw bombs disguised as snowballs at the "Rockerfella" mansion.
- Reprints
A tiny-size image of the cover to "Arcade #4" is shown on the page margin
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Colors
- Pete Poplaski; C. S. Fossett ? (assistant); Agathe Couderes ? (assistant); Squinty Rotunda ? (assistant)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Robert Crumb; Mom; Dad; Gingerbread Princess; Jesus Freak; Hare Krishna
- Reprints
- Keywords
- autobiography
A tiny-size image of the cover to "Weirdo #4" is shown on the page margin
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Robert Crumb; Mao Tse-Tung
- Keywords
- autobiography
A sketchbook story from September 1976.
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- No-Shit Sherlock says: To you, my friend, I would say this: at this point in time and in the context...
- Characters
- Robert Crumb
A 1980s sketchbook page
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Colors
- Pete Poplaski; C. S. Fossett ? (assistant); Agathe Couderes ? (assistant); Squinty Rotunda ? (assistant)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- Characters
- Robert Crumb; Big Mammy; Jesus
- Reprints
The cover to "Hup #4" is shown tiny-size in the margins of the first page
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I believe in everything... UFOs, Bigfoot, channeling, ESP... I believe it all!
- Characters
- Robert Crumb; Hippy Joe; Asper Oggus; Yetti; Oxo Wowmom; Mr. Hoonrath
A full page article is accompanied by an unpublished "Home Grown Funnies #2" cover and a small excerpt from a sketchbook page titled "Mr. Hoonrath."
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Colors
- Pete Poplaski; C. S. Fossett ? (assistant); Agathe Couderes ? (assistant); Squinty Rotunda (assistant)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- Characters
- Munyap; Farkwar; Harry; A.P. Bombasto; Captain Frazer; Major Richter; Lieutenant Colonel Buxton; General Throckmorton
- Reprints
The cover to "Zap #8" is shown tiny-size in the margins of the first page
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- To be interested in old music is to be a social outcast!
- Characters
- Robert Crumb; Floyd Campbell; Shorty Cook; Howard "Louie Bluie" Armstrong; Charley Patton
A full page article is accompanied by a full-page color image of the 1985 "Louie Bluie" movie poster. Included in the next few pages are: a mid-1970s sketchbook detail titled "Deep Nostalgia;" Three reproductions of Paramount race record ads (1927-28); A 1978 Yazoo Records catalog ad.
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Colors
- Pete Poplaski; C. S. Fossett ? (assistant); Agathe Couderes ? (assistant); Squinty Rotunda ? (assistant)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- Characters
- Tommy Grady; Esther Grady; Willie; Red; Ed; Frank; Robert Crumb; Gary Seiden
- Reprints
The cover to "Arcade #3" is shown tiny-size in the margins of the first page
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Colors
- Pete Poplaski; C. S. Fossett ? (assistant); Agathe Couderes ? (assistant); Squinty Rotunda ? (assistant)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- Characters
- Robert Crumb [as R.]; Limahl; Crumb's Mother
- Reprints
The cover to "Weirdo #14" is shown tiny-size in the margins of the first page
- Pencils
- ? (photo)
- Inks
- ? (photo)
- Characters
- Aline Kominsky (photo); Robert Crumb (photo)
A double-page photo
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Colors
- Robert Crumb (oil paintings only)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My high school art teacher didn't like me. He said 'If you keep doing those cartoons, you'll wind up selling pencils on the street!
- Characters
- Robert Crumb
- Synopsis
- Crumb talks about meeting Chester Gould and his great affection for Harvey Kurtzman.
A full page of text includes a small mid-1970s sketchbook detail titled "Be an Artist! A Glamour Occupation." Followed by a series of full-page illustrations, mostly in black & white: "Improve Your Drawing Ability" (1975 sketchbook page); "Still Life Exercise - Feb. 24th, '83;" "Woodpile - Dec. 1st, '78;" "Chicken House October 1982;" "The "View" (November 16th '82);" "A Nice Quite Evening at Home Alone... (Optical Truths)" (sketchbook page, early '90s); "Place at Doyen Gachon" (from Vues de Sauve portfolio); "Path in the "Mer des Rochers" Above Sauve" (Sept. 30th, 1996); "Getting Away from People... Must be Back by Aperitif Time..." (Oct. 11th '96); "Mutate Now" (sketchbook page, early '80s); "Oy Oy Oydle-Oil Painting #1, Blue Man-Green Man" (Color, oil on canvas, 1980); "I'm havin' a fit" (Sept. 8th, 1980); "Problems in Composition - It's too Tight!" (Early 1980s sketchbook page); An untitled oil on canvas, 1980 (color); "The Green Aline" (oil on canvas, 1980 (color)); "Jewish Girl" (1973 illustration); "I can't take another minute of this.. I'm gonna lose my mind or kill myself!!" (Early 1990s sketchbook page)
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb; ? (photo)
- Inks
- Robert Crumb; ? (photo)
- Colors
- ? (photo)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- Characters
- Vulture Goddess; Devil Girl [Cheryl Borck]
A full page photo of a life-size Vulture Goddess sculpture (1990-91); Two full-page Devil Girl drawings, one a preparatory one from 1995, the other from 1986; A full page image of the Devil Girl sculpture; A side view image of the sculpture and a small preparatory sketch (1995); A full-page view of the sculpture's head. Photos are in color, sketches in b&w.
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Do I think of myself as an entertainer? Yeah... Ya gotta amuse 'em or you'll lose 'em! Ta ha!
- Characters
- Snoid
Accompanied by a full-page unpublished Snoid comics cover (1979) and a small detail from a sketchbook page (1991)- "Kick Ass Shit"
- Pencils
- ? (photo)
- Inks
- ? (photo)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Robert Crumb (photo)
Production, copyright, photo, "thanks you's" and editor credits. Accompanied by a full-page photo
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- Characters
- Robert Crumb
From a sketchbook? Ends on inside back cover.
- Script
- Robert Crumb
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb
- Inks
- Robert Crumb
- Colors
- Pete Poplaski; C. S. Fossett ? (assistant); Agathe Couderes ? (assistant); Squinty Rotunda ? (assistant)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Nov shmoz k'pop
- Characters
- Robert Crumb; Fritz the Cat; Mr. Natural; Patricia Pig; Snoid; Ruff Tuff Cream Puff; Angelfood McSpade; Devil Girl; Doggo; Eggs Ackley; Stan Shnooter; Vulture Demoness
- Reprints
Back cover dust jacket illustration.