The Complete Crumb: Happy Hippy Comix

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Summary: Review!
Review: "Robert Crumb virtually invented underground comics." (THE ROCKET

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Summary: Alternative comics!
Review: In Crumb 5, you can find lots of early Mr. Natural stories, plus such disreputable Crumb work as SNATCH and the "Angelfood McSpade" stories. Rarities include the original, rarely seen alternate cover to "Cheap Thrills", an alternate cover for ZAP #3, and much more

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Summary: Halcyon Hippy Comix...
Review: In volume five of the Complete Crumb Comics, the great artist continues to wittily dissect the body of 1960's American society. Broad parody ('Neato Keeno Time', 'Hamburger Hi-jinx') rubs shoulders with barbed social commentary ('MOTORCITY Comics' #1, the Fritz the Cat epic, 'Fritz The No-Good') and lighthearted sexual fantasies ('SNATCH Comics' #1 & 2, 'Dirty Dog'). There's also lots of rarities in this volume (ie: the original front cover for Janis Joplin's 'Cheap Thrills' LP, a previously unpublished alternate cover for 'ZAP' #3, a poster for 'The Zap Show' from 1968, comix from 'The East Village Other' and 'Chicago Seed', etc...). For those unfamiliar with Crumb's work, volume five presents a respectable cross section of the oeuvre of the grand old man of Underground Comix.

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Summary: Halcyon Hippy Comix...
Review: In volume five of the Complete Crumb Comics, the great artist continues to wittily dissect the body of 1960's American society. Broad parody ('Neato Keeno Time', 'Hamburger Hi-jinx') rubs shoulders with barbed social commentary ('MOTORCITY Comics' #1, the Fritz the Cat epic, 'Fritz The No-Good') and lighthearted sexual fantasies ('SNATCH Comics' #1 & 2, 'Dirty Dog'). There's also lots of rarities in this volume (ie: the original front cover for Janis Joplin's 'Cheap Thrills' LP, a previously unpublished alternate cover for 'ZAP' #3, a poster for 'The Zap Show' from 1968, comix from 'The East Village Other' and 'Chicago Seed', etc...). For those unfamiliar with Crumb's work, volume five presents a respectable cross section of the oeuvre of the grand old man of Underground Comix.

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Summary: HAW HAW!!
Review: Perhaps best-known for his Janis Joplin Cheap Thrills album cover and the X-rated film adaptation of Fritz the Cat, R. Crumb is the man who in the sixties brought the comics underground to light--a fact which made many with weak stomachs and bad consciences want to close their eyes. But the sublime and grotesque black-and-white drawings insist that you look as Crumb gives play to his sexual fantasies and keen social observations. Crumb draws it as he sees it, lampooning hypocrites of every ilk, from university thinktank eggheads to brutalizing cops to wigged-out counter-culture types with their hippier-than-thou halos and hangups.

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Summary: The Crumb
Review: This is not his good stuff. It is marketted fluff using his name. There are some good collections, but don't buy anything by this publisher.

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Summary: Alternative comics!
Review: This volume includes lots of early Mr. Natural stories, plus such disreputable Crumb work as SNATCH and the "Angelfood McSpade" stories. Rarities include the original, rarely seen alternate cover to "Cheap Thrills", an alternate cover for ZAP #3, and much more