The Complete Crumb Comics, Vol. 17: Cave Wimp
HARDCOVER EDITION
by Robert Crumb (Author)
The Complete Crumb series is especially useful in reminding us that Crumb has continued to evolve since the sixties. -- The National Post
Product Description
Volume 17 of the complete works of America's most infamous cartoonist!
* Hardcover: 122 pages
* Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1560975377
* ISBN-13: 978-1560975373
* Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.4 x 0.6 inches
After many Eisner and Harvey comics awards, the Complete Crumb series comes to a close (at least in its current format—we will continue to collect the entirety of Crumb's career in single-volume collections like Hup and Mystic Funnies, beginning in 2005). This 17th volume collects a creatively fertile period for Crumb, having given up the editorial reins of his own legendary Weirdo magazine, allowing Crumb to get back to the proverbial drawing board. Included are Crumb's contributions to Weirdo from this period, as well as work from Whole Earth Review, Zap Comix, Premiere magazine, as well as many other rare gems. This volume, as with all volumes, includes a new introduction by Crumb as well as a new cover. The Complete Crumb series leaves no stone unturned, publishing everything from Crumb's most well-known comics to little-seen commercial art and rarely-if-ever seen treasures from private collections and the artist's archives.
Described by art critic Robert Hughes as "the Brueghel of the 20th century," Robert Crumb has become the only sixties counter culture artist to break through into the fine art world with great acclaim. Laura Hoptman, curator of the Carnegie International said, "Crumb is one of the most subversive and important voices to come out of America in the 20th century." He's one of the greatest draftsmen of our time.
"I never get bored seeing more work from a master who is so obsessively in love with the act of drawing; every image, even and otherwise prosaic still life from a 'pizzeria in St. Hyppolyte du Fort, ' captures the eye and imagination." -- Steven Heller "The New York Times Book Review"
1ST ED NEW UNDERGROUND COMIX SIXTIES COUNTER CULTURE!!!