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The Complete Crumb Comics TPB (1987) · The Collector

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Fantagraphics
The Complete Crumb Comics TPB (1987)

The Complete Crumb Comics TPB

Fantagraphics · 1987–2005

Format: Trade paperback
Status: Ended
Volumes: 19
Cover price: $12.95–$24.99
Editions: 42

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Fantagraphics#1

The Complete Crumb Comics TPB

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What it collects
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Issues

19 volumes · 42 editions

Fantagraphics#1

The Complete Crumb Comics TPB

#1The Early Years of Bitter Struggle

Oct 1987 · 2 editions

Fantagraphics#2

The Complete Crumb Comics TPB

#2Some More Years of Bitter Struggle

May 1988 · 3 editions

Sources

Grand Comics Database series 34754

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Fantagraphics#3

The Complete Crumb Comics TPB

#3Starring Fritz the Cat

Nov 1988 · 4 editions

Fantagraphics#4

The Complete Crumb Comics TPB

#4Mr. Sixties!

Sep 1989 · 4 editions

Fantagraphics#5

The Complete Crumb Comics TPB

#5Happy Hippy Comix

Jul 1990 · 4 editions

Fantagraphics#6

The Complete Crumb Comics TPB

#6On the Crest of a Wave

Jan 1991

Fantagraphics#7

The Complete Crumb Comics TPB

#7Hot 'n' Heavy

Nov 1991 · 2 editions

Fantagraphics#8

The Complete Crumb Comics TPB

#8The Death of Fritz the Cat

Apr 1992 · 2 editions

Fantagraphics#9

The Complete Crumb Comics TPB

#9R. Crumb Versus the Sisterhood

Cover date not stated · 3 editions

Fantagraphics#10

The Complete Crumb Comics TPB

#10Crumb Advocates Violent Overthrow

Mar 1994 · 2 editions

Fantagraphics#11

The Complete Crumb Comics TPB

#11Mr. Natural Committed to a Mental Institution!

Sep 1995 · 2 editions

Fantagraphics#12

The Complete Crumb Comics TPB

#12We're Livin' in the Lap of Luxury

Mar 1997

Fantagraphics#13

The Complete Crumb Comics TPB

#13The Season of the Snoid

Apr 1998

Fantagraphics#14

The Complete Crumb Comics TPB

#14The Early '80s & Weirdo Magazine

Apr 2000 · 2 editions

Fantagraphics#15

The Complete Crumb Comics TPB

#15Mode O'Day and Her Pals

Aug 2001 · 2 editions

Fantagraphics#16

The Complete Crumb Comics TPB

#16The Mid-1980s: More Years of Valiant Struggle

Jul 2002

Fantagraphics#17

The Complete Crumb Comics TPB

#17Cave Wimp

Jul 2005 · 2 editions

Fantagraphics#1 [Fourth Printing]

The Complete Crumb Comics TPB

#1 [Fourth Printing]The Early Years of Bitter Struggle [Expanded]

Mar 2012

Fantagraphics#6 [Expanded]

The Complete Crumb Comics TPB

#6 [Expanded]On the Crest of a Wave

Dec 1996 · 3 editions

Creators

Who made the most volumes of this run, with the volumes they span.

58 people credited

Writers

Robert Crumb18 volumes · #1–#17
S. Clay Wilson10 volumes · #5–#17
Victor Moscoso9 volumes · #5–#17
Spain Rodriguez8 volumes · #7–#17
Aline Kominsky-Crumb8 volumes · #10–#17
Robert Williams7 volumes · #7–#17
Harvey Pekar6 volumes · #9–#16
Gilbert Shelton5 volumes · #5–#17

Artists

Robert Crumb18 volumes · #1–#17
S. Clay Wilson10 volumes · #5–#17
Victor Moscoso9 volumes · #5–#17
Spain Rodriguez8 volumes · #7–#17
Aline Kominsky-Crumb8 volumes · #10–#17
Robert Williams7 volumes · #7–#17
Gilbert Shelton6 volumes · #5–#17
Rick Griffin6 volumes · #5–#17

Cover artists

Robert Crumb18 volumes · #1–#17
Aline Kominsky-Crumb2 volumes · #10–#11
S. Clay Wilson1 volume
Bill Griffith1 volume
Gilbert Shelton1 volume
Spain Rodriguez1 volume
Rick Griffin1 volume
Victor Moscoso1 volume

Inkers: Robert Crumb (18), S. Clay Wilson (10), Victor Moscoso (9)
Colorists: Robert Crumb (1), Bill Elder (1)
Letterers: Robert Crumb (18), S. Clay Wilson (9), Victor Moscoso (8)
Editors: Gary Groth (13), Eric Reynolds (4), Robert Fiore (2)

Characters and teams

Who appears most often in this run, by issues they appear in.

724 characters

Robert Crumb12
Mr. Natural8
Flakey Foont7
Fritz the Cat7
Fuzzy the Bunny6
Harvey Pekar6
Snoid6
Aline Kominsky-Crumb5
Shuman the Human5
Aline Kominsky4
Angelfood McSpade4
Bo Bo Bolinski4
Bob4
Eggs Ackley4
George4
Jim4
Mr. Snoid4
Sophie Crumb4
Asper Oggus3
Big Baby3
Checkered Demon3
Dad3
Dana Crumb3
Edgar Crump3

What it collects

The run this book collects isn’t matched in the catalog yet.

Other collected editions

Other bindings and lines of The Complete Crumb Comics.

The Complete Crumb Comics HC (1987)1987–2005 · Hardcover · 17 volumes

Publication details

Publication notes

Published in both hard and softcover editions. The hardcovers are listed separately. A brand new expanded softcover edition of volume one was released in 2012.

The logo used for the first eleven volumes strongly echoes the one used for "Speed Savage Comics" (Bell Features, 1944).

From the Grand Comics Database.

Publishing format: was ongoing series
Binding: softcover
Color: color cover, black and white interior with some color
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11" (21.59 cm x 27.94 cm)