Robert Crumb

<p>It’s the old story. When TASCHEN released the first limited edition of <em>Crumb Sketchbooks 1982–2011</em>, 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, <em>1964–1982</em>, was released the next year.<br/><br/> Covet no more.<em> Robert Crumb. Sketchbook, Vol. 1: June 1964 – Sept. 1968</em> combines the two earliest volumes from the limited editions, produced directly from the original artworks now belonging to an ardent French collector, into <strong>one fat 440-page Crumb feast</strong>, <strong>selling for an irresistible price.</strong><br/><br/> This book contains <strong>hundreds of sketches,</strong> including early color drawings from the master of underground comic art, cover roughs for the legendary <em>Zap</em> and <em>Head</em> comics, the original <em>Keep On Truckin’</em> sketches, <strong>the first appearance of Mr. Natural, </strong>plus his evolution and refinement, <strong>Fritz The Cat, the Old Pooperoo, and many, many voluptuous Crumb girls. </strong></p>