Robert Crumb

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1st appearance of Mr. Natural

First printing states "printed by Charles Plymell" on back cover

Credited for birthing the adult-themed, independently published comic genre

Yellow Dog #6

Print Mint 1968 Vol. 1
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Yellow Dog #3

Print Mint 1968 Vol. 1
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Written and illustrated by Robert Crumb and other artists

There is a version of the first printing that has miscut pages of the interior 'Head First' strip

Yellow Dog #4

Print Mint 1968 Vol. 1
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Yellow Dog #5

Print Mint 1968 Vol. 1
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Print run of an estimated 250 copies

Measures 5 in. x 7 in.

Independently-published comic famed for its mature content

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Written and illustrated by Robert Crumb

Created prior to Zap Comix #1, published between #2 and #3

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Written and illustrated by Robert Crumb and other artists

Snatch Comics #1

Apex 1968 Vol. 1
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Second printing, notated in interior

Measures 5 in. x 7 in.

Snatch Comics #1

Apex 1968 Vol. 1
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Third printing, notated in interior

Measures 5 in. x 7 in.

Tales From the Ozone #1

Print Mint 1969 Vol. 1
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First underground comic published in Detroit

The term "Underground" refers to self-published comics in the late 60s/early 70s that disregarded the Comics Code with adult-oriented stories

Back cover advertisement of music acts performing at the Grande Ballroom: Jethro Tull, Chuck Berry, The Who

Stories by Robert Crumb and other notable names of the sub-genre

Illustrations by famed concert poster artists Carl Lundgren and Gary Grimshaw

Despair #0

Print Mint 1969 Vol. 1
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Zap Comix #0

Print Mint 1969 Vol. 1
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Zap Comix #0

Print Mint 1969 Vol. 1
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Motor City Comics #1

Rip Off Press 1969 Vol. 1
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Zap Comix #8

Print Mint 1969 Vol. 1
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Zap Comix #6

Print Mint 1969 Vol. 1
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Zap Comix #6

Print Mint 1969 Vol. 1
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Zap Comix #0

Print Mint 1969 Vol. 1
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Yellow Dog #9/10

Print Mint 1969 Vol. 1
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Motor City Comics #1

Rip Off Press 1969 Vol. 1
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Bijou Funnies #2

Print Mint 1969 Vol. 1
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Big Ass Comics #1

Rip Off Press 1969 Vol. 1
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First printing has a white box in lower right corner that reads R. CRUMB

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Big Ass Comics #1

Rip Off Press 1969 Vol. 1
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Red box in lower right corner, man wearing shoes darker than his pants

R. Crumb's Comics & Stories #1

Rip Off Press 1969 Vol. 1
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Yellow Dog #13

Print Mint 1969 Vol. 1
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In 1969, multiple booksellers were arrested by the NYPD for selling copies of this issue that featured a story about familial incest titled Joe Blow

A judge ruled the story legally obscene and found two of the defendants guilty of knowingly selling perverse material and fined them $500

Bijou Funnies #3

Print Mint 1969 Vol. 1
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Zap Comix #1

Print Mint 1969 Vol. 1
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Fourth printing, $0.50 cover price

Hydrogen Bomb Funnies #1

Rip Off Press 1970 Vol. 1
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Motor City Comics #2

Rip Off Press 1970 Vol. 1
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Bijou Funnies #5

Print Mint 1970 Vol. 1
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San Francisco Comic Book #1

San Francisco Comic Book Company 1970 Vol. 1
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Anthology of independent comic stories by pioneers of the underground scene including Robert Crumb and S. Clay Wilson

Mr. Natural #1

San Francisco Comic Book Company 1970 Vol. 1
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Two-issue solo title series

Mr. Natural first appeared in standard comic books in Zap Comix #1 (1967)

Mr. Natural was introduced in the independent newspaper Yarrowstalks #1 (1967)

Uneeda Comix #0

Print Mint 1970 Vol. 1
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Iconic Robert Crumb story 'Whiteman Meets Bigfoot'

First printing: $0.50 cover price - no printing information in the interior copyright

Bijou Funnies #6

Print Mint 1971 Vol. 1
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Mr. Natural #2

San Francisco Comic Book Company 1971 Vol. 1
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Mr. Natural #2

San Francisco Comic Book Company 1971 Vol. 1
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Mr. Natural #1

San Francisco Comic Book Company 1971 Vol. 1
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Mr. Natural #1

San Francisco Comic Book Company 1971 Vol. 1
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Your Hytone Comics #0

Apex 1971 Vol. 1
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Home Grown Funnies #1

Kitchen Sink Press 1971 Vol. 1
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Notated as a second printing in interior

Mr. Natural #1

San Francisco Comic Book Company 1971 Vol. 1
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Home Grown Funnies #1

Kitchen Sink Press 1971 Vol. 1
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Mr. Natural #2

San Francisco Comic Book Company 1971 Vol. 1
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ProJunior #1

Kitchen Sink Press 1971 Vol. 1
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