R Crumb Sketchbook

Collection of cartoons, caricatures and some comic strips by R. Crumb.

An incomparable, ongoing masterpiece. R. Crumb is undoubtedly the foremost cartoonist of the latter 20th Century, and his sketchbooks-in which he has written and drawn continually from the early '60s to present-might rank as his finest achievement.

The final volume of this six-book series finds our hero settled into his French domicile, still illustrating quirky sex fantasies and ranting against the human condition, but increasingly working from photos and historical themes. Scenes from My Secret Life cozy up to torture at Abu Ghraib prison, family portraits to Rough Women of the Dark...

Four years in the making, a graphic translation of the first book of the Bible uses actual word-for-word text as a basis for its dramatic presentations and includes intricately detailed depictions of the stories of Adam and Eve, Noah's ark, and more.

A collection of cartoonist Crumb's work, ranging from his earliest comics published in the mid sixties, to work completed in the nineties with his comentaries interspersed thoughout the book.

The companion series to The Complete Crumb Comics, this is a chronological reprinting of Crumb's personal sketchbooks from his late teens on. The following volumes are currently in stock:

Volume Five of the R. Crumb Sketchbooks covers two of the most noteworthy events of the artist's life: the family's move to southern France in 1991 and the release of Terry Zwigoff's 1994 documentary CRUMB. Solidly in his midlife crises years, our curmudgeon finds a measure of peace and acceptance of the cruel whims of fate--until the final...

Presents comics, writings, and artwork by the Crumb family, especially Robert, Charles, Jesse, and Maxon, depicting their struggles with a disturbing family life, tragedies, and successes in the world of art. Contains adult content.