Robert Crumb Comics (4 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. Stapling is solid, and not eating into cover. Pages unmarked but a little aged. Cover is worn at edges, and there's one-inch tear on fore-edge. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition with 50 cent price on font cover. Black and white comic book with publisher's color pictorial wrappers (moderate toning and wear, most visible rubbing at upper portion of front cover, minor soiling visible to verso, else very good). Laid-in: a 1971 Safeway reciept.

Etats-Unis, San José, Promethéan enterprises 1974. In-8 agrafé non paginé, d'environ 80 pages, au format 28 x 21,5 cm. Couvertures illustrées en couleurs par Robert Williams et Alex Nino. La couverture principale est dépliante. Plats et intérieur frais malgré d'infimes frottis aux coins et au dos, ainsi qu'une petite tache au 4ème plat. Revue créée par Bud Plant, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr et Al Davoren, qui contient des histoires, des bandes dessinées, des articles et des dessins en noir de : Robert Williams - Al Davoren - George Barr - Frank Brunner - George Metzger - Keith Kleespies - Clifford Neal - Victor Moscoso - Bob Inwood - Trina - Vince Davis - Robert Crumb. Complet du dépliant central. Rarissime édition originale en bel état général.

First Edition. [Counterculture][Comics] Crumb, R. Motor City Comics. San Francisco: Rip Off Press, April 1969. First printing. Staplebound in original wrappers. A landmark in underground comix and countercultural publishing, Motor City Comics showcases iconic cartoonist Robert Crumb's anarchic satire and radical political voice. Featuring the debut of Lenore Goldberg and her Girl Commandos, this issue exemplifies the genre's revolutionary, anti-authoritarian spirit and explicit critique of gender roles, capitalism, and police violence during the height of the Vietnam War era and second-wave feminism. Crumb's cover art features a militant, buxom Lenore Goldberg punching a grotesquely exaggerated police officer while shouting, "Join the world-family revolution or DIE!"-a powerful symbol of female rebellion against patriarchal and state power. Within, stories like "The Desperate Character," "Deep Meaning Comics," and "Boingy Baxter" blend absurdist humor with sharp social commentary. Themes of class struggle, generational alienation, and existential despair saturate the panels, often punctuated by Crumb's signature grotesque figuration and text-heavy reflections. Especially notable is the comic's feminist satire, which-while controversial in its depiction-elevates Goldberg as a rare radical female figure in a male-dominated genre. On the back cover, Crumb's "Workers of the World Arise!" offers a proletarian call to arms, parodying Marxist propaganda while sincerely addressing labor exploitation and alienation in late-capitalist America. Light wear consistent with age, overall clean and well preserved. Overall very good condition. Motor City Comics remains an excellent example of the underground comix movement, 1960s political art, and gender in countercultural media.