The R. Crumb Handbook

Crumb, R.; Poplaski, Pete

ISBN 10: 1840727160 / ISBN 13: 9781840727166

Published by Spruce Books, 2005

About this Item

In a hardcover with black and red titles to spine and front and a colour cartoon to front. With an unclipped dust jacket of similar design. 439 pp., extensively illustrated with colour and black and white cartoons. A C.D., R. Crumb's Music Sampler and a specially designed bookmarker, are laid in.

The book is in near fine condition. The cover is free of shelf-wear and the binding is tight. There are a former owner's details to the reverse of the last page, otherwise the pages are clean and unmarked. The dust jacket is also near fine with just a trace of shelf-wear to the extremities.

Gift Aid no. 5773. This item is being sold under the Retail Gift Aid scheme to support Amnesty International UK Section Charitable Trust. Gift Aid enables us to increase the value of donations by 25%. Amnesty International UK Section is acting as an agent selling this item on behalf of one of our Gift Aid Donors.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The R. Crumb Handbook
• Publisher: Spruce Books
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1840727160
• ISBN 13: 9781840727166
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Dimensions: 152.4W x 196.85H x 50.8D millimeters 152.4 millimeters width by 196.85 millimeters height by 50.8 millimeters depth
• Weight: 953 grams

About this title

Synopsis

The only underground cartoonist to be accepted by the fine art world, the R.Crumb Handbook is divided into the four enemies of man: FEAR, CLARITY, POWER, OLD AGE. Working with his old drinking buddy and co-author Pete Poplaski, the four chapters are easily digested. With over 400 pages of cartoons and photographs, Crumb s often controversially-regarded views toward Disneyland, growing up in America, hippie love, art galleries, and turning 60 are revealed. By tracing his development as a cartoonist from his tormented childhood in the 1940s through to his coming of age as an artist in the psychedelic revolution of the 1960s, Robert Crumb visually treats us to the pressures and influences that the modern mass media has on human consciousness, and includes over 80 personal photographs, and 300 images taken from personal sketchbooks and comic books, as well as fine art from museums. For the serious student of late capitalist culture and the thousands of Crumb enthusiasts everywhere this book is indispensable.

About the Author

Robert Crumb is the only underground cartoonist to be recognized by the fine art world. Robert Crumb once proclaimed: "I m not a Star! I m just half a Star!" He is the creator of Fritz the Cat, Zap Comix, Mr Natural, Devil Girl and the Keep on Truckin Guys. He is the subject of two award-winning documentaries about his life and times. Robert hides in the South of France.