Art Comic

Softcover. San Francisco, Apex Novelties, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. .50 cents cover price. Raunchy, raucous comic book from underground commix legend R. Crumb. Staple-bound as issued. Spine edge lightly rubbed, but binding is tight. Cover printed in color, inside in black and white. Inside is tanned throughout, otherwise clean and unmarked. Characters include Pete the Plumber, Mr. Natural, Horny Harriet Hotpants, and Stinko the Clown.

Softcover. Seattle, WA, Fantagraphics, 2nd, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 250 pages. Softcover. Light wear to corners, otheriwse Clean, unmarked copy. Black and white drawings throughout. Spanning the most formative era of his life, from the painful years of adolescence to the fame and fortune of early adulthood, this collection of personal correspondences with two near-lifelong friends sheds light on the artistic development, bitter struggle, and ultimate triumph of the world's greatest living cartoonist.Crumb writes about many key events in his life: the dissolution of his first marriage, the pain of being separated from his first child, his troubles with the IRS, and his obsessions with comics, music and women, most notably his earliest experiences with Aline Kominsky-Crumb, now his wife of over 30 years. An entertaining and revealing look into the mind of a great artist and thinker; this is Crumb's sketchbook of words, featuring scores of rare art, including entire letters drawn in cartoon form.

Softcover. Berkeley, Print Mint, reprint, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 7 x 5", 36 pages including semi-glossy wraparound color covers, with b/w interior. Features: Abracadabra by Crumb & Moscoso; 'The Unsolicited Brochure' with Dumpy & the Grenade Hearted Broccoli by S. Clay Wilson and Robt Williams; Wonder Wart-Hog Takes a Brief Sojurn in Outer Space by Gilbert Shelton with S. Clay Wilson and Robert Williams; Beyond the Exorcist by Spain; and A Bug Story by Moscoso and Crumb. 75 cents red sticker over previous printed price.

Berkeley CA, Print Mint, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 52 pages including semi-glossy color covers and b/w interior. Saddle-stapled wraps, 75 cents cover price. Crumb leads off with "What Gives?", a 10-pager. Clean, bright copy.

Softcover. Apex Novelties, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 10 x 6.5, pictorial stapled wraps, covers lightly worn, contents toned but still a nice, sharp copy, with original 50 cent price on cover! R. Crumb, Gilbert Shelton, etc. Includes Mr. Natural.

Softcover. San Francisco, Apex Novelties, 1st, 1969, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Soft cover with stapled binding, color covers with b/w internal illustrations, 48 pages. Featuring the work of Robert Crumb, Rick Griffin, Victor Moscoso, S. Clay Wilson. Also introducing Spain Rodriguez and Robert Williams. No copyright statement anywhere.

Softcover. San Francisco, Apex Novelties, 1st, 1970, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Soft cover with stapled binding, color covers with b/w internal illustrations, 28 pages. Crumb's contributions include a Mr. Natural episode followed by a "Mr. Natural's Quiz Page"; & a lengthy piece, "The Adventures of Fuzzy the Bunny," which is a collaboration with his brother Charles, a tragic but inspirational figure in Robert's life. Subtitled the "Special Business Executive Issue!" on front cover. Mild wear, rubbing.

San Francisco, Apex Novelties, 2nd pr., 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Standard comic book size and format. 28 pages. Cover art and entire contents by Robert Crumb. Second printing (35 cents cover price, hairline mark removed, interior pages not numbered, yellow ink on upper-left-corner lettering removed).. [24 pp].

Softcover. San Francisco, Apex Novelties, 1st, 1968, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover with illustrated wrappers. Cover art by Rick Griffin and S. Clay Wilson. Contributions by Griffin, Robert Crumb, Victor Moscoso, Wilson, Gilbert Shelton. First edition, first or second printing (50c cover price, first two printings depend on the thickness of the cover stock).

Softcover. Seattle, WA, Fantagraphics Books, 1st, 2001, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 144 pages. Softcover with black/white and some color comic strips throughout. Wet soiling residue on bottom of first half of pages, and on bottom page block, otherwise minimal wear on paper wrappers.

Softcover. Seattle, WA, Fantagraphics Books, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 124 pages. Softcover with black/white and some color comic strips throughout. Clean, tight copy with only light edgewear to paper wrappers.

Softcover. Idea & Design Works/ IDW, 1st thus, 2024, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover in pictorial wrappers. EC Comics, under the guidance of publisher Bill Gaines, was - according to the editor of this collection - the greatest line of comics ever done. This once-in-a-lifetime Artist's Edition collects more than 140 EC covers by their best and brightest talents. The luminaries included in this gigantic (12 x 8 inches!) tome include-Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, Graham Ingels, Al Williamson, Johnny Craig, Frank Frazetta, Jack Davis, Al Feldstein, and more! Each cover in this collection has been scanned from the original art. While appearing to be in black and white, these images were scanned in COLOR, enabling the reader to see all the subtle nuances that make original art unique. Blue pencil notations, zip-a-tone, Duoshade, whiteout-all of these and more are clearly visible.