This first-ever hardcover retrospective of the legendary underground artist's work features his characters Keep on Truckin', Fritz the Cat, Devil Girl, and Mr. Natural, as well as unpublished rarities and personal reflections from the artist himself. Original.

The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book

CRUMB, R.

Arts & Photography

Little,Brown

When published in hardcover,, The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book was hailed as an original &amp; audacious celebration of artistic genius &amp; American popular culture. This paperback edition makes the best of this author available in a price that fans of comic book art are sure to appreciate.

The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book (Kitchen Sink Press Book for Back Bay Books)

Back Bay Books

Nominated for three 2010 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards: From Creation to the death of Joseph, here are all 50 chapters of the Book of Genesis, revealingly illustrated as never before. Envisioning the first book of the bible like no one before him, R. Crumb, the legendary illustrator, reveals here the story of Genesis in a profoundly honest and deeply moving way. Originally thinking that we would do a take off of Adam and Eve, Crumb became so fascinated by the Bible’s language, “a text so great and so strange that it lends itself readily to graphic depictions,” that he decided instead to do a literal interpretation using the text word for word in a version primarily assembled from the translations of Robert Alter and the King James bible. Now, readers of every persuasion―Crumb fans, comic book lovers, and believers―can gain astonishing new insights from these harrowing, tragic, and even juicy stories. Crumb’s Book of Genesis reintroduces us to the bountiful tree lined garden of Adam and Eve, the massive ark of Noah with beasts of every kind, the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed by brimstone and fire that rained from the heavens, and the Egypt of the Pharaoh, where Joseph’s embalmed body is carried in a coffin, in a scene as elegiac as any in Genesis. Using clues from the text and peeling away the theological and scholarly interpretation that have often obscured the Bible’s most dramatic stories, Crumb fleshes out a parade of Biblical originals: from the serpent in Eden, the humanoid reptile appearing like an alien out of a science fiction movie, to Jacob, a “kind’ve depressed guy who doesn’t strike you as physically courageous,” and his bother, Esau, “a rough and kick ass guy,” to Abraham’s wife Sarah, more fetching than most woman at 90, to God himself, “a standard Charlton Heston-like figure with long white hair and a flowing beard.” As Crumb writes in his introduction, “the stories of these people, the Hebrews, were something more than just stories. They were the foundation, the source, in writing of religious and political power, handed down by God himself.” Crumb’s Book of Genesis, the culmination of 5 years of painstaking work, is a tapestry of masterly detail and storytelling which celebrates the astonishing diversity of the one of our greatest artistic geniuses. Nominated for three 2010 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards: Best Adaptation from Another Work, Best Graphic Album, Best Writer/Artist.

The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb

Comics & Graphic Novels

Graphic Novels

W.W.Norton&Company

A signed and numbered limited edition, slipcased and with a signed print: from the Creation to the death of Joseph, here is the Book of Genesis, revealingly illustrated as never before.This eagerly awaited graphic work retells the first book of the Bible in a profoundly honest way. Peeling away the theological and scholarly interpretations that have often obscured its most dramatic stories, R. Crumbâ€”using the actual text word for wordâ€”has imagined the Bible as it really was. Now, readers of every persuasionâ€”Crumb fans, comic book lovers, history buffs, and believersâ€”can gain astonishing new insights from these harrowing, visceral, and even juicy stories. Crumbâ€™s The Book of Genesis reintroduces readers to Adam and Eveâ€™s Eden, Noahâ€™s Ark, Sodom and Gomorrah, and the Pharaohâ€™s Egypt. Using clues from the text, Crumb fleshes out the parade of biblical originals: from the sensitive dreamer Joseph to the crafty Jacob, to the still-fetching Sarah, to God Himself. The result, four years in the making, is a tapestry of extraordinary detail, the finest work of Crumbâ€™s legendary career. This special signed and numbered limited edition is slipcased and includes a signed print.

A landmark work that pays splendid homage to a forgotten era of seminal American music. Robert Crumb first began drawing record covers in 1968 when Janis Joplin, a fellow Haight Ashbury denizen, asked him to provide a cover for her album Cheap Thrills. It was an invitation the budding artist couldn't resist, especially since he had been fascinated with record covers-particularly for the legendary jazz, country, and old-time blues music of the 1920s and 1930s-since he was a teen. This early collaboration proved so successful that Crumb went on to draw hundreds of record covers for both new artists and largely forgotten masters. So remarkable were Crumb's artistic interpretations of these old 78 rpm singles that the art itself proved influential in their rediscovery in the 1960s and 1970s. Including such classics as Truckin' My Blues Away, Harmonica Blues, and Please Warm My Weiner, Crumb's opus also features more recent covers done for CDs. R. Crumb: The Complete Record Cover Collection is a must-have for any lover of graphics and old-time music. 450 four-color illustrations

R. Crumb: The Complete Record Cover Collection

History & Criticism

The "nasty, negative, misanthropic" comic genius proves he has a sweet side. Cute little kittens, angels, and babies? Flowers, ice cream cones, and German boy bands? Coming from, supposedly, the creepiest and most pessimistic artist of his generation? Yes indeed, there is a "sweeter side" to R. Crumb. These delectable illustrations―whether depicting Bernie the Cat pawing for his master's affection, the timeworn beauty of a French village cul-de-sac, or a quiet night chez Crumb―wonderfully exemplify the many tender moments that have, until now, played second fiddle to the cult icon's more raunchy sketches. Now Crumb harkens back to his humble American beginnings as a Cleveland greeting card illustrator, when his innate knack for the grotesque had to be suppressed for the perennial appeal of "cute." The result is this cheery and blue-skied world, where readers of every conceivable personality type, age group, even sexual persuasion can finally enjoy the artist's momentary lapse from naughty to nice. Color and black-and-white illustrations throughout

The Sweeter Side of R. Crumb

Individual Artists

Cartoons from the sixties offer an irreverent look at college students, drugs, gurus, heaven and hell, human sexuality, fast food, and the counter culture

R. Crumb's Head Comix

Comic Strips

Fireside

In this breathtaking new collection, readers are introduced to the quatrains, the shorter poems that encapsulate Rumi's timeless appeal.

R. Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country

Religion & Spirituality

Abrams ComicArts

A collection of cartoon strips by Robert Crumb, including previously unpublished strips as well as more of his favourite and most successful ones. All are decorated in colour, and there are photographs, portraits and text by Crumb himself.

ODDS & ENDS.

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

BLOOMSBURY

Anyone who knows R. Crumb’s work as an illustrator knows of his passion for music. And all those who collect his work prize the Heroes of the Blues, Early Jazz Greats, and Pioneers of Country Music trading card sets he created in the early to- mid-1980s. Now they are packaged together for the first time in book form, along with an exclusive 21-track CD of music selected and compiled by Crumb himself (featuring original recordings by Charley Patton, “Dock” Boggs, “Jelly Roll” Morton, and others). A bio of each musician is provided, along with a full-color original illustration by the cartoonist. A characteristically idiosyncratic tribute by an underground icon to the musical innovators who helped inspire him, R. Crumb’s Heroes of Blues, Jazz &amp; Country is a must-have collection for Crumb aficionados, comics fans, and music lovers alike.

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

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The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book

The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book (Kitchen Sink Press Book for Back Bay Books)

The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb

The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb

R. Crumb: The Complete Record Cover Collection

The Sweeter Side of R. Crumb

R. Crumb's Head Comix

R. Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country

ODDS & ENDS.

R. Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country