The Complete Crumb Comics Vol. 12: We're Livin' in the Lap of Luxury [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Robert Crumb (Author), Harvey Pekar (Collaborator)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 31, 2009

A perennial classic: the twelfth volume of the complete cartoon work of the underground cartoonist.

Back in print after a several-year absence, the twelfth volume of The Complete Crumb Comics spotlights Crumb’s first collaborations with writer Harvey Pekar, which appeared in Pekar’s magazine American Splendor. This collection also includes a skeptical report-in-comics on an aerospace symposium (commissioned by CoEvolution Quarterly, it comes off like a forerunner of Michael Moore’s cocky documentary films), Crumb’s encounter with a pot-smoking interviewer from High Times magazine, an evocative period piece featuring 1930s jazz musicians, another of Crumb’s collaborative “jams” with wife Aline Kominsky, and other pieces. 8 color, 128 b&w illustrations

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Many things have been said recently about artist Robert Crumb, arguably the only creative force from the American 1960s who not only continues to produce work, but also continues to get better and better. The Complete Crumb Comics traces that progress. Volume 12 encompasses work from the late 1970s that Crumb did with autobiographical comics writer Harvey Pekar, as well as comics from CoEvolution Quarterly and Winds of Change.

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“Taken in sequence, these books display the evolution of Crumb’s style, from his repressed yet dreamily idealistic early efforts to the joyful discoveries made by Crumb in the aftermath of his ‘fuzzy acid’ period of the mid ‘60s, to the postfame autobiographical works and endless strips obsessed with misogyny and perversion. (The Village Voice)”

“What a long, strange trip it’s been. Over the course of his five-decade career the comic artist R. Crumb has gone from hero of the hippie underground to toast of the international art world. (The New York Times)”

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Product Details

• Paperback: 136 pages
• Publisher: Fantagraphics Books (December 31, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1560972645
• ISBN-13: 978-1560972648
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #648,106 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Not just crumbs from Crumb, April 8, 2011

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This review is from: The Complete Crumb Comics Vol. 12: We're Livin' in the Lap of Luxury (Paperback)

I would consider Robert Crumb to be one of the greatest cartoonist of the 20th century. He draws upon real life (usually his own). He touches on subjects like "The Final Solution", "Nerds", "Worry Worts", and more. And of course, his drawings show his love for the full figure woman.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Genius In The Age Of Dilbert, January 24, 2000

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A unique genius like Crumb is ill suited to collaborative work, the Pekar series is not representative Crumb.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Crumb at it's semi-best, December 17, 1999

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Matt Setton (Great Neck, New York) - See all my reviews

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I thought that this book was medioker. It can be better, but for what it was, it was good for the readin' but it's all up to you readers out there! happy crumbin'!