Loved 'em. All the one's I had in the 70's are long gone; I remember when a complete set was released in the 90's, but I didn't have the money for them then, and still don't.
Anyone Here Like Artist R. Crumb Like I Do?
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Moose- oh my God, thanks for the flashback! Now I have to dig out the old iPod and rack up "Don't Crush That Dwarf, Pass Me the Pliers" or "The Futher Adventures of Nick Danger."
Inhale? What...
Inhale? I can't remember. I plead the 5th on the 70's and 80's. Crumb was twisted, and he fit right in. This is recent as in last Christmas. Joe
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Wyatt Burp
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Just look at that shading! I have a couple newer Crumb compilations but have never seen this one. Look at all the details there like that bookcase.Inhale? I can't remember. I plead the 5th on the 70's and 80's. Crumb was twisted, and he fit right in. This is recent as in last Christmas. Joe
I was a freshman in 1972 and my friends would cut school and pay a quarter to ride the bus from Hayward High across the bay to S.F. We'd go to Coit Tower and sit on the cliff looking down on the wharfs where my dad sold papers as a kid. And we'd always stop in this head shop where I'd get an adult comic book. We's walk past Attorney Melvin Belli's rustic office and look inside what looked like a dark antique shop. Sometimes he's be sitting there at his desk. This was just post Zodiac Killer days. I'd also drag my friends into the San Francisco Gun Exchange and drool over all the brand new Colt SAAs and the clerks would always let me handle them. Then off to crazy loud and vibrant China Town we're we transported to another country altogether. I refuse to say more on the grounds that I might tend to incriminate myself. Those were fun times.
mjr
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R. Crumb's big mistake was the strip he did featuring Mickey and Minnie Mouse. Disney wasn't amused and filed lawsuits that kept Crumb impoverished for years. (At least that's how I recall it.)
Crumb once said he never made a dime off the "Keep On Truckin'" merchandise that was everywhere for a while.
But yeah, Wyatt, thanks for the memories! For a couple of years either side of 1970 comics by R. Crumb, S. Clay Wilson, and others were all over the apartment, along with other stuff--remember Slow Death Comics? Now that was a depressing rag suited to the mood of the early '70s.
Crumb once said he never made a dime off the "Keep On Truckin'" merchandise that was everywhere for a while.
But yeah, Wyatt, thanks for the memories! For a couple of years either side of 1970 comics by R. Crumb, S. Clay Wilson, and others were all over the apartment, along with other stuff--remember Slow Death Comics? Now that was a depressing rag suited to the mood of the early '70s.
loeman
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Loved him then, Love him now...
Funny coincidence! On my desk right now is his Illustrated Book of Genesis. Has there ever been a more entertaining way to "read" the Bible?
I still see his newer work from time to time in the New Yorker. If you are a fan, you MUST see the 1994 documentary "Crumb". I also am a fan of his musical ventures performed under the name "R. Crumb and the Cheap Suit Serenaders".
Funny coincidence! On my desk right now is his Illustrated Book of Genesis. Has there ever been a more entertaining way to "read" the Bible?
I still see his newer work from time to time in the New Yorker. If you are a fan, you MUST see the 1994 documentary "Crumb". I also am a fan of his musical ventures performed under the name "R. Crumb and the Cheap Suit Serenaders".
41RF
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When I returned from active duty in 1970, and went back to my old office job, there was Zap Comix No. 0 still in my desk drawer! I sold it to some fellow in LA who was looking for it. I knew an English girl who worked for Belli for a short time. Things in that office were much too weird for her and she left. SF Gun Exchange, what a great place! I used to hit the place almost every lunch hour!
Amazon has it, qualifies for free shipping usually. I had pretty much flunked my first year of college in 1972 so I hit the road. I was in Berkeley in 1972, having hitchhiked 8,000 miles from NJ. Meet some strange characters along the way. Different times indeed. Joe
mjr
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This thread would be better with pictures. Do you think the Big Silverback and the Mods would mind if we put up a few pages of the S. Clay Wilson story about that pirate with the periodontal condition? Captain Something-gums, I believe? 
charlie sherrill
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I was stationed on Treasure Island in 67/68 and I got to see all this stuff. On my first day on leave in San Francisco a buddy and I saw a couple hold hands and jump off the Golden Gate Bridge. I didn't want to get kicked out of the Navy so I didn't do the drugs. I did do lots of beer at the Presidio though and got a tattoo from Lyle Tuttle before he became Tatoo Artist of the Stars. I got my initials "CRS" which probably could have represented a lot of folks from that era. Went to a few wild Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane concerts but forget the name of the auditorium they played at. Spent a lot of time people watching at Haight-Ashberry and still have a few buttons purchased on the street for a quarter. "Melts In Your Mind Not In Your Hands" Some of the knock out gorgeous girls from Berkley had an interesting way of supplementing their income. I almost got beat up by a woman on a cable car when I was flirting with her girlfriend. I saw a guy tearing pages out of a Bible at Powell Square and to this day I think it was Charlie Manson. I spent a lot of time at the San Francisco Gun Exchange. I bought a broom handled Mauser there for $30.00 that came up missing in one of my many moves. I collected a lot of the underground literature because if was different from anything I had ever seen and I liked the artwork. San Francisco was (and still is) a very strange place back then. It was quite a shock (that I got used to quick) to a country boy from South Mississippi.
Probably Bill Graham's Fillmore West (Bill was quite a person, served with distinction in the Korean conflict). Joe
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Wyatt Burp
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Someone mentioned pictures. That's very dicey here. But here are the first five Zaps I've had for over forty years, and some Crumb compilations. The first couple of Zaps were all Crumb, then others joined him. That's S. Clay Wilson's pirate on one cover.
mc5aw
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If you want to see some cool stuff, check out Crumb's official website site.
mjr
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No kidding. But great job getting some of the covers out without crossing the Forum lines.
Yes, Wyatt, I was a freak also. I still have a copy of Dallas Notes, the underground newspaper of the Metroplex back in the psychedelic days. I still miss the Cheech Wizard in National Lampoon.
BearBio
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I was always more of a Bode fan, myself!
Straightshooter2
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Somewhere I still have the FFFB game "Feds and Heads" as published in Playboy. We took saran wrap and made little tiny baggies filled with oregano to use in the game.
CW
charlie sherrill
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mc5aw just jarred my memory. The Avalon Ballroom. It was wild. I couldn't figure out why nobody was getting busted. Loud music and psychedelic stuff flashing all over the place. One of the guys back at the base claimed someone put LSD in his drink. I was told later on it was off limits to military personnel.
I wonder if Art the Fart made it out ok.
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