Complete Crumb Comics TPB (1987-2005 FB) comic books 1990 or later

Volume 1 - 4th (2011 Expanded) Edition. "The Early Years of Bitter Struggle!" Art by Robert Crumb. This long out-of-print first volume of the multiple Harvey and Eisner award- winning Complete Crumb Comics series has been one of our most demanded reprints. Now, this landmark volume of Robert Crumbs formative years not only returns, but also boasts a major discovery not included in prior editions: a never-before-published, 60 page home-made Arcade comic from 1962. Growing up, Robert and his brother Charles often created their own comic books. These home-made editions were usually produced in editions of one. As such, many have been lost to time or private collections. What hasnt comprises much of the first two volumes of The Complete Crumb series. Their creation continued throughout the 1950s and into the early 60s and eventually the content of Crumbs work gradually matured from the light-hearted, funny animal antics of earlier years to stories that flashed signals of what we now recognize as true Crumb. This previously undiscovered Arcade issue, from May, 1962, shows many flashes of where Crumb was heading (whereas Charles had all but abandoned drawing comics by the 60s). The 17-page strip Jim is the most emotionally-charged work of Crumbs young life to that point, a gentle and psychologically astute look at a boy who needs a mother, and also brimming with signs of his increasing frustration with Catholicism. It also features the first quintessential Crumb girl, Mabel. This volume also includes several early Fritz the Cat stories (a.k.a. Animal Town Comics), and the classic Treasure Island Days (as seen in the Crumb film) and is rounded out with other strips, diary entries and sketches that will be a treasure trove for Crumb fans, all defining work from Crumbs formative years as a cartoonist, spanning the years 1958-1962 (when Crumb was ages 15-19) and featuring material from other home-made comics of the era. This is Ground Zero for a man who may well be the greatest cartoonist who ever lived. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 192 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $24.99.

Volume 2 - 2nd and later printings. "Some More Early Years of Bitter Struggle!" Art by Robert Crumb. This is the second of a series of volumes that collect the works of one of America's most original, trenchant, and uncompromising satirists. This series includes early work, previously unpublished strips, sketchbooks, underground comix, dramatic and autobiographical strips, and Crumb's classic creations - Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 130 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $19.95.

Volume 3 - 2nd and later printings. "Starring Fritz the Cat!" Art by Robert Crumb. This is the third of a series of volumes that collect the works of one of America's most original, trenchant, and uncompromising satirists. This series includes early work, previously unpublished strips, sketchbooks, underground comix, dramatic and autobiographical strips, and Crumb's classic creations - Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 128 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $18.95.

Volume 4 - 2nd and later printings. "Mr. Sixties!" Art by Robert Crumb. This is the fourth of a series of volumes that collect the works of one of America's most original, trenchant, and uncompromising satirists. This series includes early work, previously unpublished strips, sketchbooks, underground comix, dramatic and autobiographical strips, and Crumb's classic creations - Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 126 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $18.95.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. "Happy Hippy Comix!" Art by Robert Crumb. The years 1968 and 1969 saw an explosion of comix from R. Crumb, all collected here in the fifth volume. Mr. Natural, Angelfood McSpade, and Fritz the Cat - plus the complete Snatch #1 and #2! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 132 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $18.95.

Volume 5 - 2nd and later printings. "Happy Hippy Comix!" Art by Robert Crumb. The years 1968 and 1969 saw an explosion of comix from R. Crumb, all collected here in the fifth volume. Mr. Natural, Angelfood McSpade, and Fritz the Cat - plus the complete Snatch #1 and #2! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 132 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $18.95.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. "Hot n Heavy!" Art by Robert Crumb. This is the seventh of a series of volumes that collect the works of one of America's most original, trenchant, and uncompromising satirists. This series includes early work, previously unpublished strips, sketchbooks, underground comix, dramatic and autobiographical strips, and Crumb's classic creations - Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 128 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $18.95.

Volume 7 - 2nd and later printings. "Hot n Heavy!" Art by Robert Crumb. This is the seventh of a series of volumes that collect the works of one of America's most original, trenchant, and uncompromising satirists. This series includes early work, previously unpublished strips, sketchbooks, underground comix, dramatic and autobiographical strips, and Crumb's classic creations - Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 134 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers Cover price $19.99.

Volume 8 - 1st printing. Art by Robert Crumb. This is the eighth of a series of volumes that collect the works of one of America's most original, trenchant, and uncompromising satirists. This series includes early work, previously unpublished strips, sketchbooks, underground comix, dramatic and autobiographical strips, and Crumb's classic creations - Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 128 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $18.95.

Volume 8 - 2nd and later printings. Art by Robert Crumb. From Fantagraphics Books. A Critical Crumb Classic, Back in Print! Continuing our ongoing commitment to keep this perennial, canonic series in print, we represent one of most often-demanded volumes in The Complete Crumb Comics. Volume 8, "Starring Fritz the Cat", features one of Crumb's most notorious comics, "The Death of Fritz the Cat," as well as "Whiteman Meets Bigfoot," the complete Big Ass #2 and Mr. Natural #2, wild jams and loads of photos! This volume covers the years 1971-1972. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 128 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $19.99.

Volume 9 - 1st printing. Art by Robert Crumb. This is the ninth of a series of volumes that collect the works of one of America's most original, trenchant, and uncompromising satirists. This series includes early work, previously unpublished strips, sketchbooks, underground comix, dramatic and autobiographical strips, and Crumb's classic creations - Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 128 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $18.95.

Volume 9 - 2nd and later printings. "R. Crumb vs. The Sisterhood!" Art by Robert Crumb. This is the ninth of a series of volumes that collect the works of one of America's most original, trenchant, and uncompromising satirists. This series includes early work, previously unpublished strips, sketchbooks, underground comix, dramatic and autobiographical strips, and Crumb's classic creations - Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 134 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $19.99.

Volume 11 - 1st printing. Art by Robert Crumb. This is the eleventh of a series of volumes that collect the works of one of America's most original, trenchant, and uncompromising satirists. This series includes early work, previously unpublished strips, sketchbooks, underground comix, dramatic and autobiographical strips, and Crumb's classic creations - Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 128 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $18.95.

Volume 11 - 2nd and later printings. Art by Robert Crumb. This is the eleventh of a series of volumes that collect the works of one of America's most original, trenchant, and uncompromising satirists. This series includes early work, previously unpublished strips, sketchbooks, underground comix, dramatic and autobiographical strips, and Crumb's classic creations - Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 128 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $18.95.

Volume 12 - 1st printing. "Lap O' Luxury!" Art by Robert Crumb. This is the twelfth of a series of volumes that collect the works of one of America's most original, trenchant, and uncompromising satirists. This series includes early work, previously unpublished strips, sketchbooks, underground comix, dramatic and autobiographical strips, and Crumb's classic creations - Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 128 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $18.95.

Volume 12 - 2nd and later printings. Art by Robert Crumb. This is the twelfth of a series of volumes that collect the works of one of America's most original, trenchant, and uncompromising satirists. This series includes early work, previously unpublished strips, sketchbooks, underground comix, dramatic and autobiographical strips, and Crumb's classic creations - Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 128 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $19.99.

Volume 13 - 1st printing. Art by Robert Crumb. This is the thirteenth of a series of volumes that collect the works of one of America's most original, trenchant, and uncompromising satirists. This series includes early work, previously unpublished strips, sketchbooks, underground comix, dramatic and autobiographical strips, and Crumb's classic creations - Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 110 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $18.95.

Volume 13 - 2nd and later printings. "The Season of the Snoid!" Art by Robert Crumb. Crumb's classic "social and environmental" rants such as the now-famous "A Short History of America" (12 panels charting the nation's progress from unspoiled landscape to strip mall wasteland), an early "American Splendor" collaboration with Harvey Pekar and and a color section of covers Crumb drew for records by old-time blues and jazz musicians that beautifully convey his nostalgia for America's musical past. Plus the essential "My Troubles with Women" and the very first "Snoid" comics! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 120 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $19.99.

Volume 14 - 2nd and later printings. "The Early 80s & Weirdo Magazine!" Art by Robert Crumb. This is the long-awaited volume of the highly acclaimed (and multiple-award-winning) collected series that delves into what many lovers of Robert Crumb think is the most creatively fertile period of his career to date. Can you say weirdo? Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 144 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $18.95.

Volume 15 - 1st printing. "Mode O' Day & her Pals!" Art by Robert Crumb. The Complete Crumb Comics Volume 15 focuses on the years 1983 to 1985 and includes all of Crumb's seminal contributions to Weirdo #9-15. Kicking off with a lengthy introduction by Crumb's Weirdo prodigy, Peter Bagge, Volume 15 also includes the first of Crumb's exciting experiments in brush ("Patton," from ZAP! #11), the first several appearances of Crumb's Mode O'Day, his first collaborations with Charles Bukowski, and much more. Seminal stories include "Psychopathia Sexualis" and "Where Has It Gone, All the Beautiful Music of Our Grandparents?" Also featured is a cornucopia of rare Crumb ephemera, including illustrations for Edward Abbey's Monkeywrench Gang as well as a section of rare, music-related art (album covers, posters). As always, it's wrapped under a new cover by Crumb and includes 16 pages of color! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 148 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $18.95.

Volume 15 - 2nd and later printings. "Mode O' Day & her Pals!" Art by Robert Crumb. Another long out-of-print book, this one from Crumb's mid-1980s period, when he was cranking out masterpiece after masterpiece for Weirdo, such as the decidely disturbing "Psychopathia Sexualis" and the old-fogey lament "Where Has It Gone, All the Beautiful Music of Our Grandparents." Plus strips featuring the fashion-conscious Mode O'Day, collaborations with Harvey Pekar and Charles Bukowski, strips from Zap Comics, rare illustration work, and an introduction from Peter Bagge. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 128 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $19.99.

Volume 16 - 1st printing. "The Mid-1980s: More Years of Valiant Struggle!" Art by Robert Crumb. This is the sixteenth of a series of volumes that collect the works of one of America's most original, trenchant, and uncompromising satirists. This series includes early work, previously unpublished strips, sketchbooks, underground comix, dramatic and autobiographical strips, and Crumb's classic creations - Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 128 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $18.95.

Volume 16 - 2nd and late printings. "The Mid-1980s: More Years of Valiant Struggle!" Art by Robert Crumb. "Jelly Roll Morton's Voodoo Curse," plus the "Pioneers of Country Music" portrait series, Weirdo classics like "The Religious Experience of Philip K. Dick," Hup #1 and more! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 120 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $19.95.

Volume 17 - 1st printing. "The Mid-1980s: More Years of Valiant Struggle!" Art by Robert Crumb. This is the seventieth of a series of volumes that collect the works of one of America's most original, trenchant, and uncompromising satirists. This series includes early work, previously unpublished strips, sketchbooks, underground comix, dramatic and autobiographical strips, and Crumb's classic creations - Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 128 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $18.95.

Volume 17 - 1st printing. "Cave Wimp" covers the late 1980s and leads into the 1990s, a creatively fertile period for Crumb. Included are Crumb's contributions to Weirdo from this period, as well as work from Whole Earth Review, Zap Comix, Premiere magazine, and many other rare gems. Featured are classics including the title story - the story of the first nerd - and "A Short History of America," amongst others. Includes a new introduction by Crumb, full-color cover portfolio section and a new cover. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 128 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $19.99.