May 1, 2010
If you happen to be in Paris in the next month stop by Galerie Martel for their Crumb retrospective.
Also a Crumb show opens today at Galerie Vidourle.
And in June the artwork for Genesis moves to the Portland Art Museum .
February 4, 2010
All the artwork for Genesis is moving to New York and will be on display at David Zwirner Gallery from March 4 to April 24.
The R. Crumb Trading Card set will be reprinted by Boom Town and Denis Kitchen.
November 2, 2009
Genesis continues to hover around the top of the Amazon sales chart, at one point reaching # 5.
The Paris press conference can be heard here. (Thanks David!)
A video of the New York appearance is up at FORA tv.
Crumb on NPR
There's a 16 page portfolio of drawings of women in the November issue of W Magazine.
Some reviews worth noting:
The New Republic has one by Robert Alter.
The New York Times book revue.
Newsweek .
The Wall Street Journal did a piece on Crumb's performance with The East River String Band on Long Island Oct. 24th.See the photos at Eden's blog . Hey! that's me in the green shirt in the audience!
There's a brief interview with Crumb's editor at Norton on the Publishers Weekly site.
Crumb talks about Bukowski and drugs in this YouTube video from the Richmond event.
October 18, 2009
The Book of Genesis is currently # 54 on the Amazon sale chart and moving up.
Crumb gives some insight in The New York Times on Sunday Oct. 18.
The U.S. publicity tour is about to begin:
New York on October 23 at Barnes and Noble.
Richmond, Va. on Oct. 27 at Modlin Center for the Arts.
Los Angeles on Oct. 29 at
Royce Hall to co-incide with the exhibit at the Hammer Museum.
On Oct. 31 at Jewish Community Center of San Francisco.
Austin on November 13 at
Bass Concert Hall.
The new East River String Band CD Drunken Barrel House Blues is about to be released with another great Crumb cover.
July 14, 2009
The Cresting Wave is the title of a group show of underground comix artists at
Electric Works in San Francisco from July 10 through August 22. Check the store for a mini-print of the cover of Zap 2.
Crumb designed the poster for the first M.A.D. in Sauve arts festival.
There are print and audio versions of a recent interview with Crumb on the Radio Prague web site .
May 11, 2009
Stop Smiling! Pick up the latest issue of the magazine with a Crumb interview and cover. Note - there are two covers, the other has David Lynch.
Meanwhile there's a beautiful portrait of Christine Maggiore author of What If Everything You Thought You Knew About AIDS Was Wrong?
Thanks to Russell and Eric for the info!
March 24, 2009
> Robert and Aline Crumb will be guests at the 2009 Prague Writers’ Festival June 7 to 11.
Crumb's version of the European Union flag was designed for the Festival.
March 23, 2009
Crumb has finished the
Book of Genesis project. It is scheduled for publication on October 19, 2009.
The R. Crumb's Underground exhibit was at the Stephen D. Paine Gallery
at Massachusetts College of Art and Design from Feb. 4 to March 7.
Underground Classics: The Transformation of Comics
into Comix, 1963 - 1990 will be at the University of Wisconsin - Madison's Chazen Museum of Art from May 2 to July 12, 2009.
October 31, 2008
Robert and Aline are joined by daughter Sophie in the November 3 issue of The New Yorker.
August 27, 2008
There's a podcast interview with Crumb at the Electric Politics site. Thanks to Everett Rand for that one!
The Official Crumb site has been updated with Aline's account of a Crumb Family reunion in Minnesota this Summer and a Family History by Charles Crumb, senior.
August 15, 2008
Publisher W.W. Norton has acquired the rights to reprint The R. Crumb Handbook and The Sweeter Side . Both will have some revisions and new introductions. Meanwhile no date has been set for Norton's Book of Genesis which Crumb has been working on for the past few years and is nearing completion.
The R. Crumb's Underground exhibition travels to Philadelphia's
Institute of Contemporary Art , September 5 to December 7.
Crumb played with Eden and John's East River String Band recently. Go to their site for some videos.
May 31, 2008
The vinyl edition of Some Cold Rainy Day by The East River String Band is now available. To order go to their site and click on the "new CD and LP" tab.
April 21, 2008
Two new Cd's with Crumb covers: Eden & John's East River String Band - "Some Cold Rainy Day".
AND... check out the Looking for Crumb site for info on the latest from Les Primitifs du Futur.
March 10, 2008
Waiting for Food 4 is on the way from Oog & Blik.
January 24, 2007
R. Crumb's Underground exhibition opens at Seattle's Frye Art Museum January 26.
November 21, 2007
Robert and Aline are back in the New Yorker (November 26) with a 3 page story: "Our Beloved Tape Dispenser."
September 18, 2007
Two Yazoo record covers have been issued as silkscreen prints. Now available from
Griffioen Grafiek.
Time to get your
2008 Classic Crumb Calendar and desk planner. Order a set for every room.
June 5, 2007
Yet another pricey volume from Tashen Books : R. Crumb's Sex Obsessions will be published August 30.
May 14, 2007
The deluxe edition of a forthcoming book on porn star Vanessa del Rio will include a color signed print of Crumb's portrait of her, limited to 200 signed copies. The original artwork for that print can be seen here.
May 11, 2007
All of the works from the Crumb show at David Zwirner Gallery can be seen on their site.
April 30, 2007
The catalog for the Bonham's auction mentioned below is up on their web site.
David Zwirner in association with Paul Morris is now representing Crumb. An exhibit will open at the Gallery on May 11.
An impressive tour of the Yerba Buena show can be seen on the flickr site.
There's a transcript of the February 14 appearance of Robert & Aline at the NYPL site .
April 29, 2007
LA FAMILLE CRUMB an exhibit featuring the work of Robert, Aline, Max & Sophie Crumb at the Musée de Sérignan April 21 to June 17.
March 4, 2007
Mortgage the farm! You'll need the money for the Crumb art to be auctioned at Bonham's (Thanks, Russell!).
The Crumbs have a cover feature in the latest issue of Heeb Magazine . You might find copies at Borders Books.
Gallery update:
A news item and blog review of last month's Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery show.
Tickets for the March 17 opening of the Yerba Buena Crumb show now available.
February 6, 2007
Aline and R. have a two page color strip in the February 12 issue of the New Yorker .
January 30, 2007
Live from the NYPL: "Need More Love - Aline Kominsky Crumb in Conversation with R. Crumb" at the New York Public Library on February 14.
A transcript of Crumb's last appearance at NYPL in 2005 is available here.
Robert Crumb: My True Inner Self - Drawings and Sculpture 1960 to the Present will be at Philadelphia's Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery January 22 til February 27.
January 23, 2007
"R. Crumb Drawings" is currently on view at San Francisco's Rena Bransten Gallery. (Thanks RR!)
January 17, 2007
Aline Kominsky Crumb's book Need More Love is available Feb 14 with an appearance at ADAM BAUMGOLD GALLERY on Feb 15 and exhibition running til March 17.
September 19, 2006
Posted on the Fantagraphics blog - "FANTAGRAPHICS 1976 - 2006" at the Society of Illustrators in New York. Over 100 pieces of art by dozens of artists including you-know-who thru October 21.
Masters of American Comics will be at The Jewish Museum and The Newark Museum from September 15 to Jan. 28. Crumb's art will be at the former.
September 3, 2006
Start making plans to see "R. Crumb and Friends" at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco Mar 17–Jul 1, 2007. "YBCA welcomes home local treasure R. Crumb with an eclectic exhibit of early solo work, collaborations old and new, and the world premiere of his latest “spool” drawings." (Click on Visual Arts / future for more info).
An interesting cover design for this American Splendor collection published in Japan.
Crumb is one of many artists included in Private Stash published by Buenaventura Press .
July 3, 2006
Terry Zwigoff discusses the re-issue of the Crumb film here.
Crumb is one of several artists interviewed in Todd Hignite's book In the Studio : Visits with Contemporary Cartoonists
The long out of print limited edition of The Sweeter Side of R. Crumb will be re-issued by M Q Publications in September. (Thanks Russell!)
According to the crumbproducts newsletter: "German publisher Taschen will release a fairly large book entitled "R Crumb's Sex Obsessions" early next year."
March 23, 2006
The Crumb DVD will be re-released on April 25 with a new cover and audio commentary by Terry Zwigoff and Roger Ebert. (What happened to all the deleted footage?)
There's a review of The R. Crumb Handbook in the April 6 issue of The New York Review of Books. Only a year late.
JUST A REMINDER: Keep checking the new links atThomas Andersson's site for the latest CD's and other Crumb goodies.
February 9, 2006
The Crumbs are back in this week's New Yorker (Feb. 13-20) with a three page color story about a recent visit to New York - "Walkin' in a Winta Wunda Land".
January 27, 2006
Al Goldstein interviews Crumb on the DVD collection Midnight Blue Volume 3 .
December 21, 2005
The cover of Mr. Natural 2 is the latest print from Crumb Products.
Crumb is one of the artists in the group show Speak: Nine Cartoonists at Pratt Manhattan Gallery. Opening reception: 6-8 p.m., January 19, 2006.
From the press release:
"NEW YORK, N.Y., December 20, 2005 Pratt Manhattan Gallery will present an
exhibition that celebrates the current golden age of North American comics
titled Speak: Nine Cartoonists from January 20 through February 25. The
exhibition and opening are free and open to the public.
The diverse group of comic book artists represented will include Ivan
Brunetti, Charles Burns, Daniel Clowes, Robert Crumb, Jaime Hernandez, Gary
Panter, Seth, Art Spiegelman, and Chris Ware. The exhibition will feature
preliminary doodles and sketchbooks; finished artwork for major sustained
sequences; complete stories; covers; and printed comic books." (Thanks to Russell for the tip!)
November 21, 2005
R. and Aline are back in this week's New Yorker with a three page color strip "Saving Face".
Meanwhile the Masters of American Comics exhibit has opened at Hammer Museum and MOCA . The massive catalog is now available.
August 11, 2005
Crumb's Yum Yum Book has been re-issued by the French publisher Denoel.
EXHIBITIONS PAST PRESENT & FUTURE:
Crumb, David B & Jochen Gerner - 4 June - 16 July 2005 were at
Gallery Anne Barrault in Paris. Four placemat drawings from the show can be seen here.
The Whitechapel show A Chronicle of Modern Times moves to Rotterdam at Museum Boijmans van Beuningen - June 8 2005 to September 4 2005.
There will be a solo show at Matthew Marks Gallery in New York in November. POSTPONED UNTIL SPRING 2006 .
Crumb is one of 15 artists included in MASTERS OF AMERICAN COMICS
at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles - Nov 20 to March 13, 2006. Featuring an extensive selection of over 500 original drawings.
May 2, 2005
There's a 40 minute interview with Crumb on NPR's Fresh Air program.
April 3, 2005
In the latest issue of Interview Magazine there's a new portrait of Aline, and Stella McCartney talks to Crumb about their t-shirt collaboration.
Also - a short interview and color photo of Crumb are in the April 7 issue of Rolling Stone .
March 25, 2005
The April issue of Artforum magazine has a full page review of last year's Köln Museum show.
Of course everyone is eagerly awaiting the publication of The R. Crumb Handbook which was launched in Britain recently with a great deal of fanfare. If you have deep pockets there's the deluxe limited edition . An exhibition opens April 1 at Whitechapel in London. Next month Crumb will be speaking at the New York Public Library . And a few days later Aline and co-author of the Handbook Pete Poplaski will be at a NY Barnes and Noble.
February 18, 2005
The Best of American Splendor was recently published by
Ballantine Books with a new Crumb cover.
February 16, 2005
AT LAST - another issue of Zap arrives, from Last Gasp of course.
December 31, 2004
In the Jan 3 issue of the New Yorker: "Aline & Bob on Human Depravity or 'Me and George'". Another three page color strip.
ALSO - coming in March from M Q Publications: The R. Crumb Handbook
with "much new work" according to Publisher's Marketplace and Egon.
AND...get ready for the WEIRDO PARTY KIT coming soon from Party Partners (thanks to carolinastew).
November 22, 2004
FINALLY! Another
New Yorker Crumb cover. And what a beauty it is!
October 15, 2004
CRUMB appearances - One of the events at the recent New Yorker Festival was the "R. Crumb and Aline Kominksy-Crumb talk with Fran�oise Mouly" on October 2 at the Knitting Factory.
Crumb was also at the opening of the Carnegie International on October 9. For details and links to articles and comments go to the CJ boards.
October 10, 2004
A two-part audio segment on Crumb and his music is archived on NPR's The World page see HERE and HERE .
A news item on Egon about the Fantagraphics panel at SPX on Oct 2 states that the long delayed Volume 17 in The Complete Crumb Comics series will be the last (sort of)!
August 15, 2004
Not exactly new...another history of undergrounds has been published: Comix- The Underground Revolution by Dez Skinn editor of the publication Comics International. (Note- the cover shown on Amazon differs from the cover I have seen.
July 30, 2004
Crumb will be a featured speaker (via videotape) at a trade fair:
Entertainment Media Expo.
Why, you might ask, would he be involved with this? The answer is here.
July 21, 2004
The September issue of Art News will include a profile of Crumb.
Look for a Crumb book titled
"The Definitive Record Collection" from Drawn and Quarterly in October.
June 29, 2004
Dale Steinberger is the latest print published by
Wildwood Serigraphs . This is their 12th and comes with a Crumb designed Certificate of Authenticity.
May 31, 2004
Look for another strip by R & Aline in this week's New Yorker:"The Crumbs go to Cannes". (Thanks to Mr. Sack.)
McSweeneys Issue 13 has arrived with a new 2 page color Crumb strip: "The Unbearable Tediousness of Being". This 300 page collection of comics is a gorgeous production and a MUST HAVE item!
April 22, 2004
There's an unpublished color Crumb / Pekar strip here. Click on "view American Splendor exclusive".
March 24, 2004
R. Crumb: Conversations - a collection of interviews will be published June 2004 by
University Press of Mississippi.
March 18, 2004
The March 22 issue of The New Yorker has a three page color strip by Robert & Aline: "Creeping Global Villagism".
HERE'S ONE THAT SLIPPED BY: The November 21, 2003 issue of Entertainment Weekly had a full page color strip by Harvey Pekar and Crumb.
March 6, 2004
McSweeney's next issue (#13) is edited by Chris Ware and will include a host of comic artists including Crumb.
The cover of Jazzman magazine # 99 (February) reprints the classic Harmonica Blues drawing.
The Drunken Landlady is the title of Fiddlin Ian McCamy's latest CD with gorgeous cover art by Crumb.
November 12, 2003
Illustration House has a pair of early Crumb sketchbooks in their Autumn Premier Auction on November 15. See lot 42.
October 28, 2003
Heroes of the Blues - a series of 6 CD's from Shout Factory are now available. Four reprint Crumb's artwork from the trading card set of the same name on the covers.
Also - Mr Natural - the first of the mini-statues from Bowen Designs arrives in stores (or your mailbox) this week.
August 30, 2003
Happy Birthday Mr. Crumb!
There are quite a few new drawings and sketches at the Crumbproducts site. Some new photos too!
July 30, 2003
American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar a new volume combining the first two A.S. anthologies with an introduction by Crumb is due momentarily from Ballantine Books.
July 25, 2003
Two beautiful picture disc records are available from Paris Jazz Corner Productions.
June 10, 2003
The Comics Journal Volume 3 will be a collection of Crumb interviews - scheduled for October from Fantagraphics.
March 29, 2003
THIS JUST IN...There's an 8 page feature in the Sunday New York Times Magazine (March 30): "The Muse" - drawings of Aline modeling various fashions and a brief interview with Crumb (Thanks to Mr. Sack for the tip!).
An exhibit of Crumb's restaurant placemat drawings will open at the Dan Weinberg Gallery in Los angeles on April 26. More details later.
Art & Beauty # 2 and a new smaller edition of # 1 will be out soon from
Fantagraphics. Also TITS, ASS & REAL ESTATE by Eve Gilbert has an introduction by Crumb.
WORTH MENTIONING: Phoebe Gloeckner's THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL: An Account in Words and Pictures has a previously unpublished Crumb sketch from the Seventies.
ONE THAT ALMOST GOT AWAY! There was a full page color painting of Bigfoot in October 2002 25th anniversary issue of Outside Magazine. Back issues may still be available.
February 13, 2003
Gotta Have'em: Portraits of Women by R. Crumb is due in April from Greybull Press and art book distributor DAP . There will be a trade edition of 5000 copies priced at $55 retail and a limited edition of 100 that includes a 4 color silkscreen signed by Crumb. DAP also carries copies of the Eye Infection exhibition catalog, for you completists out there.
Amazon is taking advance orders for Complete Crumb Volume 17 with what may or may not be the final cover art .
January 16, 2003
Cocktail D'Amour by Les Primitifs du Futur has been re-issued on CD. (Thanks to Eric Benveniste!)
January 13, 2003
The January issue of Fate Magazine has a color cover by Mr. Crumb. The third for this magazine.
December 13, 2002
Robert Crumb's Sweet Shellac is the title of the radio program on BBC3 Saturday December 14. (Thanks to Robert Harkin for the tip!)
November 26, 2002
The Lines On Paper Comic Book Appreciation Society has a couple of sketches by Crumb and dozens of other artists. (Check out the mugs and t-shirts.)
October 6, 2002
There are several pages of artwork currently being auctioned by Heritage Comics: the cover and story from R. Crumb's Comics and Stories #1 , cover of Arcade #1 , the 3-page story "Backwater Blues" , and a single page from Hup 2 . Get those bids in!
October 5, 2002
Who's Afraid of Robert Crumb? - Cartoons and Drawings"
is the title of an exhibit at New York's Paul Morris Gallery . Opening night is October 12th and the show runs through November 9th.
August 28, 2002
DIE VIELEN GESICHTER DES ROBERT CRUMB is the title of an exhibit at the Karikaturmuseum in Krems, Austria from September 29, 2002 through February 16, 2003.
The Complete Crumb Comics Volume 16 is due shortly. Here's the cover:
June 27, 2002
This September Fantagraphics will be publishing Rebel Visions: The Underground Comix Revolution 1967-1972 by Patrick Rosenkranz, a 240 page hardcover history with interviews, photos and previously unpublished art by all the major players.
June 13, 2002
A new portrait of B.B. King appears on the latest print from Wildwood Serigraphs . This edition of 240 is signed by BOTH Crumb and King! To order see contact information below.
May 30, 2002
A double shot from Fantagraphics: look for Mystic Funnies 3 and Sketchbook Volume 9 this September.
April 1, 2002
Last Gasp will be re-issuing the long out of print Texas Crude by Ken Weaver any day now.
There will be another Zap calendar for 2003 scheduled for June from Ronnie Sellars Productions.
The second Comics Journal Special Edition for Summer 2002 will include more new art by Crumb and many others. Look for the great cover by Jim Woodring .
March 6, 2002
The March issue of Artforum features a Crumb cover and review of last year's group show "Eye Infection" at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.
OLD NEWS-OLD NEWS-OLD NEWS-OLD NEWS
2001
December 11, 2001
The classic cover to Head Comix is now available as an 18-color print limited to 200 signed and numbered copies. Available from Wildwood Serigraphs .
November 16, 2001
Creem magazine is back with Crumb's Boy Howdy mascot soon available on t-shirts and panties!
November 7, 2001
Crumb is featured in the exhibit Eye Infection at Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum. An article about Crumb's involvement (I think) is here.
November 6, 2001
Look for new comics by Crumb and a host of other great artists in the Comics Journal Winter 2002 Special due in December. Meanwhile, The Complete Crumb Volume 15 is now at your local comic shoppe.
The cover of Mineshaft #7 can be seen at Thomas Andersson's site .
August 23, 2001
�yvind Fahlstr�m's "Meatball Curtain" sculpture will be making a rare appearance at the
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art . The piece was inspired by Crumb's work and the story Meatball in Zap # 0.
August 16, 2001
The August 20 & 27 issue of The New Yorker has a full page color drawing of the Weems String Band!(Thanks to Mr. E.F. Sack for the tip.)
July 2, 2001
There's a new silkscreen of the classic Fritz the Cat book cover. Contact Wildwood Serigraphs at 1-800-662-9453 or write to 100 South Baldwin Street, Madison, Wi. 53703.
June 7, 2001
Legal Action Comics is the title of a 256 page collection of comics by over 70 artists including Crumb, Art Spiegelman and Robert Williams. This is a benefit book for artist Danny Hellman's legal defense fund, due in August.
Coming in October: Kitchen Kut-Outs! a set of 12 thick magnets from those busy lads at Dark Horse Comics.
May 1, 2001
The Zap Comix 2002 Wall Calendar should be available this Summer from Ronnie Sellers Productions with covers by all your favorite Zap artists!
April 27, 2001
The Cheap Suit Serenaders are back! See them at Berkeley's Freight and Salvage Coffee House on May 5th.
Mr. Crumb etc. - Undergroundcomix in den USA und Deutschland is the title of an exhibition at the Stadt Bibliothek in K�ln, Germany from April 24 to June 2. (Thanks, Nik!)
March 31, 2001
Look for a sequel to ART & BEAUTY this Summer from Fantagraphics.
There's a new CD Accord�ons au F�minin with Crumb cover, of course. You can order a copy from FNAC . (Thanks, Thomas!)
If you find yourself in Paris before October be sure to visit the Crumb show at Musee de L'Erotisme. (Thanks, Eric!)
January 26, 2001
WOW!!
Brings back memories of all those years at St. Gregory's. Sigh.
The Girls of R Crumb: Catholic School Girl statue produced by by Jesse Crumb and Bowen Designs is due in April. Better reserve one NOW!
(Thanks to Russell for the tip!)
January 12, 2001
- Mineshaft # 5 (December 2000) has a cover and 6 pages of sketches from 1997. You can get this literary zine from Water Row Books or directly from the publisher at 16 Johnson Pasture Dr.,Guilford, Vermont 05301 USA
- Drinking With Bukowski - a collection of essays and tributes edited by Daniel Weizmann has a cover portrait by RC and is now available from Thunder's Mouth Press and your local book shoppe.
- Fantagraphics will reprinting Mystic Funnies in black & white around March or so.
2000
November 25, 2000
- Coming in 2001: The Devil Girl Lunch Box made of tin with images of DG cavorting on front, back and sides! From those clever folks at Dark Horse Comics.
- Look for Book of Changes next year from Fantagraphics. A collection of interviews of artists, writers and musicians with new illustrations by a bunch of artists including RC.
- Harmonica Blues the gorgeous cover of the Yazoo record is now available from Wildwood Serigraphs in a 32-color print limited to 200 signed and numbered copies. In the US call 1-800-662-9453 or write to them at 100 South Baldwin St., Madison, Wisconsin 53703
- The November/December issue of Juxtapoz (Number 29) has a retrospective of New York's legendary Psychedelic Solution Gallery. Among the images are a couple of photos of Crumb with various people. Although they aren't hosting any more shows they still have tons of posters and other goodies.
- The November New York Contemporary Art Report reproduces 4 placemat drawings from the Paul Morris Gallery show. Two of these drawings do not appear in Waiting For Food 2 and will probably never be seen in print again! (So buy lots of copies and in a year you can sell 'em on Ebay for BIG bucks.)
November 8, 2000
- The November issue of Artforum magazine has a full page ad for the Paul Morris Gallery show with the "French Boys" drawing and the November 13 New Yorker has the "Story of my life" drawing in their Events section.
November 4, 2000
- Waiting For Food Number 2 is now available from OOG & BLIK
- Restaurant Placemat Drawings is the title of the exhibit at Paul Morris Gallery in New York. 32 drawings are on display from November 2 - December 9. Don't miss it!
October 23, 2000
- The November issue of Interview magazine has a 2-page news item about Crumb's upcoming exhibit at New York's Paul Morris Gallery with two illustrations - one previously unpublished!
October 19, 2000
- Better late than never: Bizarro World! - a group show appearing last spring at
Cornell Fine Arts Museum included Mr. Crumb and a host of others. The catalog was reviewed in the September/October issue of Juxtapoz .
October 18, 2000
- A couple of new CD's with Crumb art are out there: "Gay Life in Dikanka - Robert Crumb's Old Time Favorites" from Bakhall
(thanks Thomas Andersson!) and "Les As du Musette - Gus Viseur � Bruxelles" on the Paris Jazz Corner/Media 7 label. The latter can be ordered from
alapage .
October 4, 2000
- The November issue of Fate magazine will have a beautiful color Crumb cover.
September 13, 2000
- The current issue of the literary magazine Rosebud has a comics theme with some Crumb content and a great Joost Swarte cover.
August 21, 2000
- Jerry Weist's The Comic Art Price Guide has just been published by Arcturian Books. In addition to the original art listings (with 5 pages on Crumb), there are prices for underground comix, fanzines, pulps, monster magazines and Sci-Fi zines.
- The Complete Crumb Vol. 14 is now available at better comic shoppes across the land.
- A revised edition of Phoebe Gloeckner's book "A Child's Life" has been published with a new cover, more material, and Crumb's original introduction and portrait of the author.
July 28, 2000
- The May/June issue of
Print magazine has a 6 page article on Zap Comix by Steven Heller with several reprints.
July 25, 2000
- The July issue of The Comics Journal (#225 ?) has an article about the Crumb poster controversy at Angouleme 2000.
- Below the Line a book by J.R.Helton with a color Crumb cover is due this fall from Last Gasp .
July 12, 2000
- Coming later this year: another Crumb illustrated CD and possibly some picture discs on vinyl!
- If you happen to be in the south of France this summer be sure to stop by the Espace Gustave Fayet in the town of S�rignan to see the �yvind Fahlstr�m/Robert Crumb joint exhibition. Tell me all about it if you do!
- R. Crumb Sketchbook Volume 8: Early 1971 to Mid 1972 is expected from the folks in Seattle around September. Meanwhile Vol.14 of the CCC should be out any day now.
July 12, 2000
- Another CD "Sleep Sound in the Morning" by Fiddlin' Ian McCamy and his Celtic Reelers with cover art and interior lettering by Crumb is now available.
May 1, 2000
- Big Fun on the Bayou is the title of G�rard D�le's newest CD on the DOM label with cover by Mr. C.
The February issue of BeauxArts magazine has a Crumb feature with several reprints. AND - the May 11 issue of Rolling Stone has a brief news item on the World Musette CD reprinting the cover and a photo.
April 10, 2000
- The Legendary BBC documentary
The Confessions of Robert Crumb will be available on video in May. You can pre-order a copy at CD NOW or AMAZON.
- Drinking with Bukowski - a collection of writing about the man by people who new him is expected in June from Thunder's Mouth Press. Cover portrait by Crumb.
- The previously mentioned drawing of Tina Lockwood is also available in the April issue of Talk magazine.
March 22, 2000
- JUXTAPOZ # 25 (March/April) has a previously unpublished drawing of body- builder Tina Lockwood in a news item about the upcoming exhibit at New York's New Museum of Contemporary Art: Picturing the Modern Amazon. A catalog will be published in May by Rizzoli.
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE: a great portrait of Crumb with some well known characters by cover artist Charles Burns!
March 9, 2000
- The poster for the exhibit Qui a peur de Robert Crumb? at the Angoul�me Festival in January was apparently too controversial so it was suppressed! However posters and postcards were available to attendees as was the exhibition catalog.
March 3, 2000
- France is the place to be for Crumb-ophiles. New from Corn�lius: Sans Issue - a collection of stories about lonely and desparate characters. Mr. Natural from T�te-rock Underground is the first of 4 volumes of reprints. Les Primitifs du Futur have a new CD World Musette with Mr C. playing banjo and mandolin on most tracks with cover and interior art. The February issue of Jazzman magazine has a great drawing of Bessie Smith on the cover.
February 28, 2000
- If you happened to have been at Angoul�me 2000 you might have been one of the lucky few to get a copy of The Sweet Side of R Crumb. Here's one man's account of his visit to the
festival.
February 2, 2000
- Two new books are out there: Sketchbook Reports from Corn�lius - a re-issue of their earlier volume Harlem with better reproduction and added material! Also: ODDS AND ENDS - a collection of Crumb ephemera and miscellany from OOG & BLIK.
November 29, 1999
- Complete Crumb Vol. 14 is due February 2000 with a cover change.
- The Dirty Joke Book: Pig Laffs with a cover drawing of a trio of hot babes can be ordered here. Thanks to Thomas Andersson for the tip! Visit his Crumb page NOW.
November 25, 1999
- Another collection of record covers is out: 100 Best Album Covers with a 2 page spread on Cheap Thrills with quotes and explanations. Published by DK BOOKS.
November 18, 1999
- The November 17 issue of The Village Voice has a brief review of "That's What I Call Sweet Music" with reprint.
- The Comics Journal # 217 (November 1999) has an interview with Maxon Crumb.
November 13, 1999
- The November issue of PULSE MAGAZINE has an interview with Mr. C. Free at your local Tower Records shop.
September 14, 1999
- TIME TO HIT THE NEWSSTANDS: New Crumb material has been popping up in some unusual places: The Oxford American No. 27/28 (Summer 1999) has a two page strip: "Hunting for Old Records - A True Story" and the September issue of Cond� Nast Traveler has "A Day in Our Beautiful Life" by R & Aline - in color!
- WEIRDO WARS! Check out these two covers at Amazon: A and B
- The signed and numbered Crumb Family Comics is finally available from LAST GASP.
- The R. CRUMB MILLENIUM CALENDAR is out now with 14 images: some previously unpublished and a few from the sketchbooks (but now in color courtesy of Pete Poplaski). DON'T START THE NEW YEAR WITH OUT IT!
1999
- MYSTIC FUNNIES # 2 is coming in October from Last Gasp! NOW AVAILABLE
- The CRUMBPRODUCTS web site is up and running with lots of goodies and unpublished artwork.
- The Hip Pocket Theatre of Fort Worth is presenting "R. Crumb Comix 3" August 6 - 29 as part of their 23rd Season. For more info call: (817) 246-9775.
- Fantagraphics will have two more slipcased
collections in the near future: The Complete Crumb Volumes 6 - 10 and Sketchbook Volumes 1 - 5. Each comes with a mini signed print.
- A new CD from The Beau Hunks - "Saxophone Soctette" on the
Basta label with a cover by Mr. Crumb.
- Is it a book? Is it a CD? It's BOTH! "That's What I Call Sweet Music" collects favorite recordings from Crumb's massive record collection on a disc with notes and drawings in a little color book. From the British Songbook Series. Note: you'll need Shockwave to view this site.
- Sketchbook Vol.7 covering the years 1969 & '70 due from Fantagraphics this Summer.
- The R. Crumb Year 2000 Calendar is on the way! Expect some new art this time, unlike previous calendars.
- The Complete Crumb Volume 13 (finally!) and Spice-capades are out. Both from Fantagraphics.
- Apparently Bud Plant bought most of the Kitchen Sink stock and will be selling it at discount prices. Start saving those dollars (and Euro-dollars).
- Fantagraphics will be repackaging the first 5 volumes of the Complete Crumb series in a red slipcase with an angry Mr Snoid design and a two-tone plate signed by Mr. Crumb himself. The slipcase and print will also be available without the books. NOW AVAILABLE
- OOPS! I forgot to mention that the CRUMB-ology Supplement is available (and has been for several months) from the publisher Water Row .
- A new collection of Crumb's music-related stories and art Mister Nostalgia is available from the publisher Cornelius and better French book stores.
KITCHEN SINK FOLDS!
May 1, 2010
May 1, 2010
If you happen to be in Paris in the next month stop by Galerie Martel for their Crumb retrospective.
Also a Crumb show opens today at Galerie Vidourle.
And in June the artwork for Genesis moves to the Portland Art Museum .
February 4, 2010
All the artwork for Genesis is moving to New York and will be on display at David Zwirner Gallery from March 4 to April 24.
The R. Crumb Trading Card set will be reprinted by Boom Town and Denis Kitchen.
November 2, 2009
Genesis continues to hover around the top of the Amazon sales chart, at one point reaching # 5.
The Paris press conference can be heard here. (Thanks David!)
A video of the New York appearance is up at FORA tv.
Crumb on NPR
There's a 16 page portfolio of drawings of women in the November issue of W Magazine.
Some reviews worth noting:
The New Republic has one by Robert Alter.
The New York Times book revue.
Newsweek .
The Wall Street Journal did a piece on Crumb's performance with The East River String Band on Long Island Oct. 24th.See the photos at Eden's blog . Hey! that's me in the green shirt in the audience!
There's a brief interview with Crumb's editor at Norton on the Publishers Weekly site.
Crumb talks about Bukowski and drugs in this YouTube video from the Richmond event.
October 18, 2009
The Book of Genesis is currently # 54 on the Amazon sale chart and moving up.
Crumb gives some insight in The New York Times on Sunday Oct. 18.
The U.S. publicity tour is about to begin: New York on October 23 at Barnes and Noble.
Richmond, Va. on Oct. 27 at Modlin Center for the Arts.
Los Angeles on Oct. 29 at Royce Hall to co-incide with the exhibit at the Hammer Museum.
On Oct. 31 at Jewish Community Center of San Francisco.
Austin on November 13 at Bass Concert Hall.
The new East River String Band CD Drunken Barrel House Blues is about to be released with another great Crumb cover.
July 14, 2009
The Cresting Wave is the title of a group show of underground comix artists at Electric Works in San Francisco from July 10 through August 22. Check the store for a mini-print of the cover of Zap 2.
Crumb designed the poster for the first M.A.D. in Sauve arts festival.
There are print and audio versions of a recent interview with Crumb on the Radio Prague web site .
May 11, 2009
Stop Smiling! Pick up the latest issue of the magazine with a Crumb interview and cover. Note - there are two covers, the other has David Lynch.
Meanwhile there's a beautiful portrait of Christine Maggiore author of What If Everything You Thought You Knew About AIDS Was Wrong?
Thanks to Russell and Eric for the info!
March 24, 2009
> Robert and Aline Crumb will be guests at the 2009 Prague Writers’ Festival June 7 to 11.
Crumb's version of the European Union flag was designed for the Festival.
March 23, 2009
Crumb has finished the
Book of Genesis project. It is scheduled for publication on October 19, 2009.
The R. Crumb's Underground exhibit was at the Stephen D. Paine Gallery at Massachusetts College of Art and Design from Feb. 4 to March 7.
Underground Classics: The Transformation of Comics into Comix, 1963 - 1990 will be at the University of Wisconsin - Madison's Chazen Museum of Art from May 2 to July 12, 2009.
October 31, 2008
Robert and Aline are joined by daughter Sophie in the November 3 issue of The New Yorker.
August 27, 2008
There's a podcast interview with Crumb at the Electric Politics site. Thanks to Everett Rand for that one!
The Official Crumb site has been updated with Aline's account of a Crumb Family reunion in Minnesota this Summer and a Family History by Charles Crumb, senior.
August 15, 2008
Publisher W.W. Norton has acquired the rights to reprint The R. Crumb Handbook and The Sweeter Side . Both will have some revisions and new introductions. Meanwhile no date has been set for Norton's Book of Genesis which Crumb has been working on for the past few years and is nearing completion.
The R. Crumb's Underground exhibition travels to Philadelphia's Institute of Contemporary Art , September 5 to December 7.
Crumb played with Eden and John's East River String Band recently. Go to their site for some videos.
May 31, 2008
The vinyl edition of Some Cold Rainy Day by The East River String Band is now available. To order go to their site and click on the "new CD and LP" tab.
April 21, 2008
Two new Cd's with Crumb covers: Eden & John's East River String Band - "Some Cold Rainy Day".
AND... check out the Looking for Crumb site for info on the latest from Les Primitifs du Futur.
March 10, 2008
Waiting for Food 4 is on the way from Oog & Blik.
January 24, 2007
R. Crumb's Underground exhibition opens at Seattle's Frye Art Museum January 26.
November 21, 2007
Robert and Aline are back in the New Yorker (November 26) with a 3 page story: "Our Beloved Tape Dispenser."
September 18, 2007
Two Yazoo record covers have been issued as silkscreen prints. Now available from Griffioen Grafiek.
Time to get your 2008 Classic Crumb Calendar and desk planner. Order a set for every room.
June 5, 2007
Yet another pricey volume from Tashen Books : R. Crumb's Sex Obsessions will be published August 30.
May 14, 2007
The deluxe edition of a forthcoming book on porn star Vanessa del Rio will include a color signed print of Crumb's portrait of her, limited to 200 signed copies. The original artwork for that print can be seen here.
May 11, 2007
All of the works from the Crumb show at David Zwirner Gallery can be seen on their site.
April 30, 2007
The catalog for the Bonham's auction mentioned below is up on their web site.
David Zwirner in association with Paul Morris is now representing Crumb. An exhibit will open at the Gallery on May 11.
An impressive tour of the Yerba Buena show can be seen on the flickr site.
There's a transcript of the February 14 appearance of Robert & Aline at the NYPL site .
April 29, 2007
LA FAMILLE CRUMB an exhibit featuring the work of Robert, Aline, Max & Sophie Crumb at the Musée de Sérignan April 21 to June 17.
March 4, 2007
Mortgage the farm! You'll need the money for the Crumb art to be auctioned at Bonham's (Thanks, Russell!).
The Crumbs have a cover feature in the latest issue of Heeb Magazine . You might find copies at Borders Books.
Gallery update:
A news item and blog review of last month's Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery show.
Tickets for the March 17 opening of the Yerba Buena Crumb show now available.
February 6, 2007
Aline and R. have a two page color strip in the February 12 issue of the New Yorker .
January 30, 2007
Live from the NYPL: "Need More Love - Aline Kominsky Crumb in Conversation with R. Crumb" at the New York Public Library on February 14.
A transcript of Crumb's last appearance at NYPL in 2005 is available here.
Robert Crumb: My True Inner Self - Drawings and Sculpture 1960 to the Present will be at Philadelphia's Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery January 22 til February 27.
"R. Crumb Drawings" is currently on view at San Francisco's Rena Bransten Gallery. (Thanks RR!)
Aline Kominsky Crumb's book Need More Love is available Feb 14 with an appearance at ADAM BAUMGOLD GALLERY on Feb 15 and exhibition running til March 17.
Posted on the Fantagraphics blog - "FANTAGRAPHICS 1976 - 2006" at the Society of Illustrators in New York. Over 100 pieces of art by dozens of artists including you-know-who thru October 21.
Masters of American Comics will be at The Jewish Museum and The Newark Museum from September 15 to Jan. 28. Crumb's art will be at the former.
Start making plans to see "R. Crumb and Friends" at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco Mar 17–Jul 1, 2007. "YBCA welcomes home local treasure R. Crumb with an eclectic exhibit of early solo work, collaborations old and new, and the world premiere of his latest “spool” drawings." (Click on Visual Arts / future for more info).
An interesting cover design for this American Splendor collection published in Japan.
Crumb is one of many artists included in Private Stash published by Buenaventura Press .
Crumb is one of several artists interviewed in Todd Hignite's book In the Studio : Visits with Contemporary Cartoonists
The long out of print limited edition of The Sweeter Side of R. Crumb will be re-issued by M Q Publications in September. (Thanks Russell!)
According to the crumbproducts newsletter: "German publisher Taschen will release a fairly large book entitled "R Crumb's Sex Obsessions" early next year."
The Crumb DVD will be re-released on April 25 with a new cover and audio commentary by Terry Zwigoff and Roger Ebert. (What happened to all the deleted footage?)
There's a review of The R. Crumb Handbook in the April 6 issue of The New York Review of Books. Only a year late.
JUST A REMINDER: Keep checking the new links atThomas Andersson's site for the latest CD's and other Crumb goodies.
The Crumbs are back in this week's New Yorker (Feb. 13-20) with a three page color story about a recent visit to New York - "Walkin' in a Winta Wunda Land".
Al Goldstein interviews Crumb on the DVD collection Midnight Blue Volume 3 .
The cover of Mr. Natural 2 is the latest print from Crumb Products.
Crumb is one of the artists in the group show Speak: Nine Cartoonists at Pratt Manhattan Gallery. Opening reception: 6-8 p.m., January 19, 2006.
From the press release:
"NEW YORK, N.Y., December 20, 2005 Pratt Manhattan Gallery will present an
exhibition that celebrates the current golden age of North American comics
titled Speak: Nine Cartoonists from January 20 through February 25. The
exhibition and opening are free and open to the public.
The diverse group of comic book artists represented will include Ivan
Brunetti, Charles Burns, Daniel Clowes, Robert Crumb, Jaime Hernandez, Gary
Panter, Seth, Art Spiegelman, and Chris Ware. The exhibition will feature
preliminary doodles and sketchbooks; finished artwork for major sustained
sequences; complete stories; covers; and printed comic books." (Thanks to Russell for the tip!)
R. and Aline are back in this week's New Yorker with a three page color strip "Saving Face".
Meanwhile the Masters of American Comics exhibit has opened at Hammer Museum and MOCA . The massive catalog is now available.
Crumb's Yum Yum Book has been re-issued by the French publisher Denoel.
Crumb, David B & Jochen Gerner - 4 June - 16 July 2005 were at
Gallery Anne Barrault in Paris. Four placemat drawings from the show can be seen here.
The Whitechapel show A Chronicle of Modern Times moves to Rotterdam at Museum Boijmans van Beuningen - June 8 2005 to September 4 2005.
There will be a solo show at Matthew Marks Gallery in New York in November. POSTPONED UNTIL SPRING 2006 .
Crumb is one of 15 artists included in MASTERS OF AMERICAN COMICS
at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles - Nov 20 to March 13, 2006. Featuring an extensive selection of over 500 original drawings.
There's a 40 minute interview with Crumb on NPR's Fresh Air program.
In the latest issue of Interview Magazine there's a new portrait of Aline, and Stella McCartney talks to Crumb about their t-shirt collaboration.
Also - a short interview and color photo of Crumb are in the April 7 issue of Rolling Stone .
The April issue of Artforum magazine has a full page review of last year's Köln Museum show.
Of course everyone is eagerly awaiting the publication of The R. Crumb Handbook which was launched in Britain recently with a great deal of fanfare. If you have deep pockets there's the deluxe limited edition . An exhibition opens April 1 at Whitechapel in London. Next month Crumb will be speaking at the New York Public Library . And a few days later Aline and co-author of the Handbook Pete Poplaski will be at a NY Barnes and Noble.
The Best of American Splendor was recently published by
Ballantine Books with a new Crumb cover.
AT LAST - another issue of Zap arrives, from Last Gasp of course.
In the Jan 3 issue of the New Yorker: "Aline & Bob on Human Depravity or 'Me and George'". Another three page color strip.
ALSO - coming in March from M Q Publications: The R. Crumb Handbook
with "much new work" according to Publisher's Marketplace and Egon.
AND...get ready for the WEIRDO PARTY KIT coming soon from Party Partners (thanks to carolinastew).
FINALLY! Another
New Yorker Crumb cover. And what a beauty it is!
CRUMB appearances - One of the events at the recent New Yorker Festival was the "R. Crumb and Aline Kominksy-Crumb talk with Fran�oise Mouly" on October 2 at the Knitting Factory.
Crumb was also at the opening of the Carnegie International on October 9. For details and links to articles and comments go to the CJ boards.
A two-part audio segment on Crumb and his music is archived on NPR's The World page see HERE and HERE .
A news item on Egon about the Fantagraphics panel at SPX on Oct 2 states that the long delayed Volume 17 in The Complete Crumb Comics series will be the last (sort of)!
Not exactly new...another history of undergrounds has been published: Comix- The Underground Revolution by Dez Skinn editor of the publication Comics International. (Note- the cover shown on Amazon differs from the cover I have seen.
Crumb will be a featured speaker (via videotape) at a trade fair:
Entertainment Media Expo.
Why, you might ask, would he be involved with this? The answer is here.
The September issue of Art News will include a profile of Crumb.
Look for a Crumb book titled
"The Definitive Record Collection" from Drawn and Quarterly in October.
Dale Steinberger is the latest print published by
Wildwood Serigraphs . This is their 12th and comes with a Crumb designed Certificate of Authenticity.
Look for another strip by R & Aline in this week's New Yorker:"The Crumbs go to Cannes". (Thanks to Mr. Sack.)
McSweeneys Issue 13 has arrived with a new 2 page color Crumb strip: "The Unbearable Tediousness of Being". This 300 page collection of comics is a gorgeous production and a MUST HAVE item!
There's an unpublished color Crumb / Pekar strip here. Click on "view American Splendor exclusive".
R. Crumb: Conversations - a collection of interviews will be published June 2004 by
University Press of Mississippi.
The March 22 issue of The New Yorker has a three page color strip by Robert & Aline: "Creeping Global Villagism".
HERE'S ONE THAT SLIPPED BY: The November 21, 2003 issue of Entertainment Weekly had a full page color strip by Harvey Pekar and Crumb.
McSweeney's next issue (#13) is edited by Chris Ware and will include a host of comic artists including Crumb.
The cover of Jazzman magazine # 99 (February) reprints the classic Harmonica Blues drawing.
The Drunken Landlady is the title of Fiddlin Ian McCamy's latest CD with gorgeous cover art by Crumb.
Illustration House has a pair of early Crumb sketchbooks in their Autumn Premier Auction on November 15. See lot 42.
Heroes of the Blues - a series of 6 CD's from Shout Factory are now available. Four reprint Crumb's artwork from the trading card set of the same name on the covers.
Also - Mr Natural - the first of the mini-statues from Bowen Designs arrives in stores (or your mailbox) this week.
There are quite a few new drawings and sketches at the Crumbproducts site. Some new photos too!
American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar a new volume combining the first two A.S. anthologies with an introduction by Crumb is due momentarily from Ballantine Books.
Two beautiful picture disc records are available from Paris Jazz Corner Productions.
January 23, 2007
January 17, 2007
September 19, 2006
September 3, 2006
July 3, 2006
Terry Zwigoff discusses the re-issue of the Crumb film here. March 23, 2006
February 9, 2006
January 27, 2006
December 21, 2005
November 21, 2005
August 11, 2005
EXHIBITIONS PAST PRESENT & FUTURE:
May 2, 2005
April 3, 2005
March 25, 2005
February 18, 2005
February 16, 2005
December 31, 2004
November 22, 2004
October 15, 2004
October 10, 2004
August 15, 2004
July 30, 2004
July 21, 2004
June 29, 2004
May 31, 2004
April 22, 2004
March 24, 2004
March 18, 2004
March 6, 2004
November 12, 2003
October 28, 2003
August 30, 2003
Happy Birthday Mr. Crumb!
July 30, 2003
July 25, 2003
June 10, 2003
The Comics Journal Volume 3 will be a collection of Crumb interviews - scheduled for October from Fantagraphics.
March 29, 2003
THIS JUST IN...There's an 8 page feature in the Sunday New York Times Magazine (March 30): "The Muse" - drawings of Aline modeling various fashions and a brief interview with Crumb (Thanks to Mr. Sack for the tip!).
An exhibit of Crumb's restaurant placemat drawings will open at the Dan Weinberg Gallery in Los angeles on April 26. More details later.
Art & Beauty # 2 and a new smaller edition of # 1 will be out soon from Fantagraphics. Also TITS, ASS & REAL ESTATE by Eve Gilbert has an introduction by Crumb.
WORTH MENTIONING: Phoebe Gloeckner's THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL: An Account in Words and Pictures has a previously unpublished Crumb sketch from the Seventies.
ONE THAT ALMOST GOT AWAY! There was a full page color painting of Bigfoot in October 2002 25th anniversary issue of Outside Magazine. Back issues may still be available.
February 13, 2003
Gotta Have'em: Portraits of Women by R. Crumb is due in April from Greybull Press and art book distributor DAP . There will be a trade edition of 5000 copies priced at $55 retail and a limited edition of 100 that includes a 4 color silkscreen signed by Crumb. DAP also carries copies of the Eye Infection exhibition catalog, for you completists out there.
Amazon is taking advance orders for Complete Crumb Volume 17 with what may or may not be the final cover art .
January 16, 2003
Cocktail D'Amour by Les Primitifs du Futur has been re-issued on CD. (Thanks to Eric Benveniste!)
January 13, 2003
The January issue of Fate Magazine has a color cover by Mr. Crumb. The third for this magazine.
December 13, 2002
Robert Crumb's Sweet Shellac is the title of the radio program on BBC3 Saturday December 14. (Thanks to Robert Harkin for the tip!)
November 26, 2002
The Lines On Paper Comic Book Appreciation Society has a couple of sketches by Crumb and dozens of other artists. (Check out the mugs and t-shirts.)
October 6, 2002
There are several pages of artwork currently being auctioned by Heritage Comics: the cover and story from R. Crumb's Comics and Stories #1 , cover of Arcade #1 , the 3-page story "Backwater Blues" , and a single page from Hup 2 . Get those bids in!
October 5, 2002
Who's Afraid of Robert Crumb? - Cartoons and Drawings" is the title of an exhibit at New York's Paul Morris Gallery . Opening night is October 12th and the show runs through November 9th.
August 28, 2002
DIE VIELEN GESICHTER DES ROBERT CRUMB is the title of an exhibit at the Karikaturmuseum in Krems, Austria from September 29, 2002 through February 16, 2003.
The Complete Crumb Comics Volume 16 is due shortly. Here's the cover:
June 27, 2002
This September Fantagraphics will be publishing Rebel Visions: The Underground Comix Revolution 1967-1972 by Patrick Rosenkranz, a 240 page hardcover history with interviews, photos and previously unpublished art by all the major players.
June 13, 2002
A new portrait of B.B. King appears on the latest print from Wildwood Serigraphs . This edition of 240 is signed by BOTH Crumb and King! To order see contact information below.
May 30, 2002
A double shot from Fantagraphics: look for Mystic Funnies 3 and Sketchbook Volume 9 this September.
April 1, 2002
Last Gasp will be re-issuing the long out of print Texas Crude by Ken Weaver any day now.
There will be another Zap calendar for 2003 scheduled for June from Ronnie Sellars Productions.
The second Comics Journal Special Edition for Summer 2002 will include more new art by Crumb and many others. Look for the great cover by Jim Woodring .
March 6, 2002
The March issue of Artforum features a Crumb cover and review of last year's group show "Eye Infection" at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.
OLD NEWS-OLD NEWS-OLD NEWS-OLD NEWS
2001
December 11, 2001
The classic cover to Head Comix is now available as an 18-color print limited to 200 signed and numbered copies. Available from Wildwood Serigraphs .
November 16, 2001
Creem magazine is back with Crumb's Boy Howdy mascot soon available on t-shirts and panties!
November 7, 2001
Crumb is featured in the exhibit Eye Infection at Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum. An article about Crumb's involvement (I think) is here.
November 6, 2001
Look for new comics by Crumb and a host of other great artists in the Comics Journal Winter 2002 Special due in December. Meanwhile, The Complete Crumb Volume 15 is now at your local comic shoppe.
The cover of Mineshaft #7 can be seen at Thomas Andersson's site .
August 23, 2001
�yvind Fahlstr�m's "Meatball Curtain" sculpture will be making a rare appearance at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art . The piece was inspired by Crumb's work and the story Meatball in Zap # 0.
August 16, 2001
The August 20 & 27 issue of The New Yorker has a full page color drawing of the Weems String Band!(Thanks to Mr. E.F. Sack for the tip.)
July 2, 2001
There's a new silkscreen of the classic Fritz the Cat book cover. Contact Wildwood Serigraphs at 1-800-662-9453 or write to 100 South Baldwin Street, Madison, Wi. 53703.
June 7, 2001
Legal Action Comics is the title of a 256 page collection of comics by over 70 artists including Crumb, Art Spiegelman and Robert Williams. This is a benefit book for artist Danny Hellman's legal defense fund, due in August.
Coming in October: Kitchen Kut-Outs! a set of 12 thick magnets from those busy lads at Dark Horse Comics.
May 1, 2001
The Zap Comix 2002 Wall Calendar should be available this Summer from Ronnie Sellers Productions with covers by all your favorite Zap artists!
April 27, 2001
The Cheap Suit Serenaders are back! See them at Berkeley's Freight and Salvage Coffee House on May 5th.
Mr. Crumb etc. - Undergroundcomix in den USA und Deutschland is the title of an exhibition at the Stadt Bibliothek in K�ln, Germany from April 24 to June 2. (Thanks, Nik!)
March 31, 2001
Look for a sequel to ART & BEAUTY this Summer from Fantagraphics.
There's a new CD Accord�ons au F�minin with Crumb cover, of course. You can order a copy from FNAC . (Thanks, Thomas!)
If you find yourself in Paris before October be sure to visit the Crumb show at Musee de L'Erotisme. (Thanks, Eric!)
January 26, 2001
WOW!!
The Girls of R Crumb: Catholic School Girl statue produced by by Jesse Crumb and Bowen Designs is due in April. Better reserve one NOW!
January 12, 2001
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November 25, 2000
November 8, 2000
November 4, 2000
October 23, 2000
October 19, 2000
October 18, 2000
October 4, 2000
September 13, 2000
August 21, 2000
July 28, 2000
July 25, 2000
July 12, 2000
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February 28, 2000
February 2, 2000
November 29, 1999
1999
KITCHEN SINK FOLDS!
After nearly 30 years of publishing comix and books Kitchen sink Press will close at the end of January. The Calendar and Devil Girl Hot Kisses Candy are currently available, but the revised Checklist, postcard book, mini calendar, and metal signs have been cancelled. No doubt the Fiene/ Boucher book will be picked up by another publisher. I would like to thank Denis Kitchen for a job well done over the years and wish him luck in any future endeavors. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
- An updated version of the R. Crumb Checklist by Donald Fiene and Charles Boucher is forthcoming from KSP in January. IN LIMBO
- A Short History of America - a new print from Wildwood Serigraphs in an edition of 200 copies. To order call (800)772-9453.
- An exhibit of Zap # 14 art will be at Lawrence Hultberg Fine Art in San Francisco Jan. 6 - 30. For more info call 415-861-8251.
- Rolling Stone # 799 (Nov. 12, 1998) has a full page color drawing featuring that wacky couple Bill & Monica. (A tip o' the hat to Eric Sack for this one.)
- A new color strip by R & A Crumb "How Sweet It Is!" in the September 28 issue of the New Yorker.
- The Life and Times of R. Crumb a collection of essays by dozens of artistsand writers who have been influenced by the man. Compiled and edited by Monte Beauchamp now available from St Martin's Press & KSP.
- The Underground Comix Family Album
by Malcom Whyte with photographs by Clay Geerdes - an inside look
at the legends of comix coming in November from Wordplay.
- The Mr. Natural Postcard Book -
24 color cards from KSP.CANCELLED Also the softcover edition of The
R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book , both due November.
- Spice Capades: Crumb, Peter Bagge and others take a hard look at the Spice Girls in this 64 page special from Fantagraphics.
- Zap Comix # 14 with the usual gang and new Zapman Paul Mavrides. The last 6 pages alone are worth the price! Now available from Last Gasp.
- A Child's Life (and Other Stories) an outstanding collection of Phoebe Gloeckner's work with an intro and portrait of the artist by RC. Pub. by Frog Ltd./North Atlantic Books of Berkeley.
- The July issue of Esquire magazine has a review of Crumb Family Comics with a new color portrait of RC by brother Maxon.
- Also coming from KSP: the 1999 Crumb calendar.
- Devil Girl Hot Kisses Candy! in a small color tin. ALSO available as yet another heavy-duty porcelain enamel sign limited to 500. From (guess who?) Kitchen Sink Press .
LI> Mystic Funnies - a new print from Wildwood Serigraphs in an edition of 200 copies. To order call (800)772-9453.
- Fritz the Cat appears on another heavy porcelain enamel sign from KSP due in August.CANCELLED
- A Keep on Truckin' porcelain enamel sign
limited to 500 from KSP in July.CANCELLED
- The Mr. Natural Lamp! A limited signed edition, hand-painted, resin cast Mr. Natural Lamp based on an original sketch that Crumb did for this project. From Parasite Productions (jcrumb@northcoast.com) and The Moonlight Framer Gallery (Beth Campbell at sixtoefrk6@aol.com)
- A collection of letters from Crumb to various individuals from 1956 - 1972: Your Vigor for Life Appalls Me now available from Fantagraphics in soft, hard and signed editions.
- Crumb family Comics collects work by Robert, Charles, Maxon, Jesse, Sophie and Aline! with an afterword by Terry Zwigoff. Now available from Last Gasp in soft, hard and signed editions.
- Out of Chaos: Art of the Brothers Crumb - paintings and drawings by Charles, Robert and Maxon Crumb exhibit at the Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco March 11 - July 19, 1998. Catalog/booklet available.
- "Monsieur Naturel: R. Crumb in France" the LA Weekly cover story for the May 1-7 issue can be read at their
web site.
- The trade edition of "The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship" - the last journals of Charles Bukowski illustrated by Crumb is now available from Black Sparrow Press in softcover, hardcover, and deluxe edition of 426 with a color serigraph portrait of Buk signed by Crumb.
- The Complete Crumb Comics Vol. 13: "The Season of the Snoid" due June '98. LATE
- "Flashbacks and Premonitions" a collection of stories from Jon Longhi with a color Crumb cover from Manic D Press.
- "Six Nudes with Baguettes" set of six postcards by RC, Aline Kominski,Art Spiegelman, Lorenzo Mattotti, Pete Poplaski, & Frank Stack from KSP.
- R. Crumb Sketchbook April '91 to Sept. '96 from Zweitausendeins in Germany.
- "Trips" - a book by Cheryl Pellerin illustrated by Crumb from Seven Stories Press.
- The "R.Crumb Coffee Table Art Book" is available from Kitchen Sink Press and Little/Brown in trade and signed deluxe editions.
- A special softcover version of the above is available from the QPB book club.
- MYSTIC Funnies! A 32 page full-color comic featuring Mr.Natural and Flakey Foont from Wildwood Productions.
- Monkey Wrench Gang t-shirts are back from Dream Garden Press
- A deluxe volume from Black Sparrow Press: "The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors
Have Taken Over the Ship" - the last journals of Charles Bukowski illustrated by Crumb.
- A new drawing of musician Amos Easton (Bumble Bee Slim) illustrating an article in Living Blues # 135 (Sep/Oct 97).
- Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs and Bukowski portraits on T-shirts as well as most of the above are available from:
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