{"product_id":"robert-crumb-sketchbook-hc-vol-01-jun-64-sept-68-mr","title":"ROBERT CRUMB SKETCHBOOK HC VOL 01 JUN 64 - SEPT 68 (MR)","description":"\u003cp\u003eTASCHEN AMERICA L.L.C.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA whole lot of Crumb\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMid-1960s dispatches from America’s most controversial cartoonist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’s the old story. When TASCHEN released the first limited edition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCrumb Sketchbooks 1982–2011\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, fans drooled over the gorgeous packaging of this six-volume boxed set, the artist’s thoughtful editing, the hand-written introduction, marbleized page edges, and signed Crumb-colored art print. Not all, however, could afford the steep price. So they whined and coveted, with the wail growing louder when the second boxed set, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e1964–1982\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, was released the next year.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCovet no more. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRobert Crumb. Sketchbook, Vol. 1: June 1964 –September 1968\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e combines the two earliest volumes from the limited editions, produced directly from the original artworks now belonging to an ardent French collector, into \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eone fat 440-page Crumb feast, selling for an irresistible price\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book contains \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ehundreds of sketches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, including early color drawings from the master of underground comic art, cover roughs for the legendary \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eZap and Head\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e comics, the original \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eKeep On Truckin’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e sketches, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ethe first appearance of Mr. Natural\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, plus his evolution and refinement, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFritz The Cat, the Old Pooperoo, and many, many voluptuous Crumb girls\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. All this is wrapped up in a quality hard cover featuring an \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eillustration newly hand-colored by Crumb himself\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. So why whine and pine? Now you can have TASCHEN quality at a pauper’s price!\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"IPS","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":50532614865205,"sku":"9783836540575","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0260\/3030\/9430\/files\/ScreenShot2025-01-30at5.02.25PM.png?v=1738285351","url":"https:\/\/shop.floatingworldcomics.com\/products\/robert-crumb-sketchbook-hc-vol-01-jun-64-sept-68-mr","provider":"Floating World Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}