R. Crumb Sketchbook comic books issue 1

1st Printing. Collection of sketches by R. Crumb from 1974 - 1978 includes slip cover and pamphlet. Hardcover (with card stock slipcover and pamphlet), 8-in x 10 1/2-in, 310 pages, B&W. NOTE: Mature Reader

Does Not Include Pamphlet - 1st Printing. Collection of sketches by R. Crumb from 1974 - 1978 includes slip cover. Hardcover (with card stock slipcover and pamphlet), B&W. NOTE: Mature Readers

1st Printing and only printing, green cover variant, 1972. This issue is comprised of images from R. Crumb's 1971 sketchbook. 8.5" x 10.5", 20 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $1.00.

1st Printing and only printing, yellow cover variant, 1972. Featuring images from R. Crumb's 1971 sketchbook. 8.5" x 10.5", 20 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $1.00.

1st printing.

Need to express yourself, Bubby? Well, paint your scrawl on the back of one of these 24 masterpieces of thoughtful insight drawn by the dean of underground comics - R. Crumb himself! Carefully selected from his secret sketchbooks...colored for the first time ever...these cards lend impact to whatever you say!

Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 4-in., 24 post cards, full color (on one side).

Cover price $11.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "June 1964 - Sep. 1968!"

From the very beginning, even before the sexual revolution made Robert Crumb the world's most celebrated underground cartoonist, he felt compelled to commit his sexual fantasies to paper. Once upon a time, he'd destroy them, fearful of others discovering his quirky tastes. Then he found that baring his soul provided a sort of therapy, leading him to immortalize every desire in pen and ink. This compact new edition, sourced from the same Robert Crumb Sketchbooks 1964-1982, offers the same high-quality obsession at a bargain price. Through satire, psychedelia, and outlandish sexually obsessed characters, 448 pages bring the best of Crumb's prolific mid-1960's period of June 1964 to September 1968.

Hardcover, 7-in. x 9-in., 448 pages, full color. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. "June 1964 - Sep. 1968!" Taschen surveys Robert Crumb's career in the 6-volume Robert Crumb Sketchbook series. Each 440-page volume, the first four combining two volumes each of the limited edition set, produced directly from the original artworks now belonging to an ardent French collector, spotlights a different era of Crumb's work, providing a chronological overvue of the artist, his life and interests, and his artistic development. Volume 1 (June 1964 to Sept. 1968) includes cover roughs for the legendary Zap and Head comics, the original Keep On Truckin' sketches, the first appearance of Mr. Natural, Fritz The Cat, and more. Volume 2 (Sept. 1968 to Jan. 1975) features the introduction of Aline, the first female Yetis, San Francisco drug culture and more. Volume 3 (1975-1982) includes Crumb's move to rural California, his marriage to Aline Kominsky, and the birth of daughter Sophie. Volume 4 (1982-1989), when the artist was comfortably ensconced in rural California, fills its pages with Crumb's signature perversions (in country settings), and scathing social commentary. Volume 5 (1989-1998) finds Crumb at age 46, solidly into the midlife crises years, and the family's move to Sauve, France, in 1991 heralds a switch from portraits of apple-cheeked American girls to portraits of girls in French cafes and pastorals of rampant French countryside. Finally, Volume 6 (1998-2011) finds Crumb still illustrating sex fantasies and ranting against the human condition, but increasingly working from photos and historical themes such as the atrocity of Abu Ghraib and historic tableaus such as Piers the Ploughman of 14th century England. Crumb produced a consistent body of work over the last 40, if not 50, years, yet each page is also jarringly different from the one before. So much is packed in you can spend an hour and find you're only a quarter of the way through, with Crumb bemoaning his mortality, while continuing to prosper, every few pages. A fine stand-alone volume, and must-have completion for the sketchbook set. Hardcover, 7-in. x 9-in., 448 pages, full color. Cover price $50.00.

1st printing. Published in Germany. Huge collection of art, sketches, and comics from underground artist Robert Crumb. English text (includes laid-in German translation booklet). Hardcover (with Slipcase), 8 1/4-in. x 10 1/4-in., 382 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

1st printing. Published in Germany. A eclectic collection of the off-centered artist's work. Hardcover (Cardstock Slipcase), 8 1/2-in. x 10-in., 388 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: Includes booklet - Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 48 pages, Text Only (Text in German).

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "1964 to Mid-1965!" Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 128 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $19.95.