The Complete Crumb Comics Vol. 13 Paperback by R. Crumb

Product Details

• Publisher: Fantagraphics (1998-01-17)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 120 pages
• ISBN-13: 9781560972969
• Item Weight: 368.55 grams
• Dimensions: 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 cm

A perennial classic, back in print!

Back in print after a several year absence and with R. Crumb’s popularity higher than ever in the wake of the bestselling R. Crumb’s Genesis, this volume of The Complete Crumb Comics showcase several key years in Crumb’s career.

Vol. 13 showcases the late 1970s, when Crumb’s character the Snoid first appeared. That Crumb creation is a devilish imp, all id and no conscience, that some say is an alter ego of Crumb. Other highlights here include early collaborations with the late Harvey Pekar 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. It also includes one of Crumb’s most acclaimed works, “A Short History of America,” whose 12 panels chart the nation’s progress — or deterioration — from unspoiled pastoral landscape to a strip mall wasteland. Crumb’s brother Maxon, whom viewers of the documentary film Crumb will remember as an impecunious yogi who sleeps on a bed of nails, contributes an idiosyncratic introduction offering a unique perspective on Robert’s early years.

About the Author

Born in Philadelphia, Robert Crumb is one of America’s most celebrated artists. Thrust reluctantly into fame as a defining voice of the 1960s and 1970s counterculture with comic strips like Fritz the Cat, Mr. Natural, and Keep on Truckin’, then again in the 1990s with the acclaimed documentary Crumb and more recently the 2025 biography Crumb: A Cartoonist’s Life, he continues to push himself and his chosen medium from his home in the south of France.

Maxon Crumb is a fiercely independent creator whose art and writings are as provocative and colorful as they are complex and imaginative. An artist, author, and yogi, his life was marked by a brutal childhood, crushing sibling rivalry (with underground comix legend R. Crumb), lost love, death threats, and debilitating disease.