{"product_id":"robert-crumb-sketchbook-vol1-1964-1968-9783836540575","title":"Robert Crumb. Sketchbook VOL1 1964–1968 9783836540575","description":"\u003cp class=\"read-more__title\"\u003eA Whole Lot of Crumb\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"read-more__description--subtitle\"\u003eMid-1960s dispatches from America’s most controversial cartoonist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s the old story. When TASCHEN released the first limited edition of \u003cem\u003eCrumb Sketchbooks 1982–2011\u003c\/em\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, \u003cem\u003e1964–1982\u003c\/em\u003e, was released the next year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCovet no more.\u003cem\u003e Robert Crumb. Sketchbook, Vol. 1: June 1964 – Sept. 1968\u003c\/em\u003e combines the two earliest volumes from the limited editions, produced directly from the original artworks now belonging to an ardent French collector, into \u003cstrong\u003eone fat 440-page Crumb feast\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eselling for an irresistible price.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book contains \u003cstrong\u003ehundreds of sketches,\u003c\/strong\u003e including early color drawings from the master of underground comic art, cover roughs for the legendary \u003cem\u003eZap\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHead\u003c\/em\u003e comics, the original \u003cem\u003eKeep On Truckin’\u003c\/em\u003e sketches, \u003cstrong\u003ethe first appearance of Mr. Natural, \u003c\/strong\u003eplus his evolution and refinement, \u003cstrong\u003eFritz The Cat, the Old Pooperoo, and many, many voluptuous Crumb girls\u003c\/strong\u003e, all wrapped up in a quality hard cover featuring an illustration newly hand-colored by Crumb himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--biographies\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"read-more__biography--title\"\u003eThe artist\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--item\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Crumb\u003c\/strong\u003e first found fame with \u003cem\u003eZap Comix\u003c\/em\u003e in 1968. Subsequent comics include \u003cem\u003eSnatch\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBig Ass\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDespair\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWeirdo\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHup\u003c\/em\u003e. He starred in the Oscar-nominated 1994 film \u003cem\u003eCrumb\u003c\/em\u003e, and has produced many books, including TASCHEN’s \u003cem\u003eSex Obsessions\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Edwards Lowell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55662704984389,"sku":"9783836540575","price":40.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/7132\/6789\/files\/41WlnvZKsNL.jpg_BO30255255255_UF900850_SR191010000C_PIRIOFIVE-mediumBottomLeft30-20_ZA52500900420420AmazonEmber50400_QL100_-e1752249246107.jpg?v=1758024528","url":"https:\/\/elcol.com\/products\/robert-crumb-sketchbook-vol1-1964-1968-9783836540575","provider":"Edwards Lowell","version":"1.0","type":"link"}