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Issue: R. Crumb Draws the Blues #[nn]
Publication Date: January 1992
 
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Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagKnockabout
Brand: Crack Edition
Indicia Publisher: Knockabout Comics
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: 086166101X
UPC/EAN: 9780861661015
Price: £6.99 GBP
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: "A Crack Edition" (imprint?)

Layout and design by Rian Hughes.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Black and white interior; stiff color covers
Dimensions: 28.5 mm high x 22 mm wide (11.22" x 8.66")
Paper Stock:  
Binding: trade paperback
Publishing Format:  
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In2
Disclose Reprinted From8
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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R. Crumb Draws the Blues

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb
Inker(s): Robert Crumb
Colorist(s): Rian Hughes?
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagR. Crumb Draws the Blues #[nn] published January 1993
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #17 [unnamed variant] published July 2005
as R. Crumb Draws the Blues cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Robert Crumb Headshot

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb
Inker(s): Robert Crumb
Subject Matter
Character(s): Robert Crumb
Synopsis: small Robert Crumb self-portrait head shot on an otherwise black background.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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R. Crumb draws the Blues

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb
Inker(s): Robert Crumb
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Title page with illustration
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Indicia

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb
Inker(s): Robert Crumb
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Indicia with small illustration taken from one of interior stories. Reprint info for stories listed.
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Patton

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Crumb
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb
Inker(s): Robert Crumb
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Character(s): Charley Patton; Eddie "Son" House; Howlin' Wolf (cameo); Tommy Johnson (cameo); Bukka White (cameo); Willy Brown; Robert Johnson
Synopsis: Life story of blues artist Charley Patton.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagZap Comix #11 [unnamed variant] published February 1985
was Patton [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: "Deep Blues" by Robert Palmer (Viking Press, 1981) acknowledged as source material.
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That's Life

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Crumb
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb
Inker(s): Robert Crumb
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagArcade the Comics Revue #3 published January 1975
was That's Life [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Old Songs Are the Best Songs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Crumb
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb
Inker(s): Robert Crumb
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWeirdo #5 published January 1982
was The Old Songs are the Best Songs [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Jelly Roll Morton's Voodoo Curse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Crumb
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb
Inker(s): Robert Crumb
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Character(s): Jelly Roll Morton
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagRaw #7 published May 1985
was Jelly Roll Morton's Voodoo Curse [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Where Has It Gone, All the Beautiful Music of Our Grandparents?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Crumb
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb
Inker(s): Robert Crumb
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb
Subject Matter
Character(s): Robert Crumb
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWeirdo #14 [unnamed variant] published January 1985
was Where Has It Gone, All the Beautiful Music of Our Grandparents? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Pass the Jug

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inker(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kansas City Frank Melrose
Character(s): Kansas City Frank Melrose
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBest Buy Comics #[nn] [unnamed variant] published February 1979
was Pass the Jug [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Boppin' and Jivin'

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Crumb
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb
Inker(s): Robert Crumb
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb
Subject Matter
Character(s): Robert Crumb
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Cubist Be Bop Comics

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Crumb
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb
Inker(s): Robert Crumb
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb
Subject Matter
Genres: adult
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagXYZ Comics #[nn] [1st Printing] published June 1972
was Cubist Be Bop Comics [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Sunny Side Up

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed); Buddy G. DeSylva (song lyrics); Lew Brown (song lyrics)
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inker(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mr. Natural
Character(s): Mr. Natural
Synopsis: Mr. Natural sings the lyrics to the popular standard "Keep Your Sunny Side Up!" (by B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown and Ray Henderson).
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMr. Natural #1 [unnamed variant] published August 1970
was Sunny Side Up [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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cover illustration

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb
Inker(s): Robert Crumb
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover illustration in black and white with no other text.
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Robert Crumb Headshot

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb
Inker(s): Robert Crumb
Subject Matter
Character(s): Robert Crumb
Synopsis: Same small Robert Crumb self-portrait headshot as inside front cover. On last interior page it is printed in negative (black on white); on inside cover it is printed with black background.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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R. Crumb draws the Blues

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?; Kurt Vonnegut (quote)
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb
Inker(s): Robert Crumb
Colorist(s): Rian Hughes?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for book with quotes on R. Crumb from Time Magazine; New York Times, and Kurt Vonnegut. Background is repeated figures of girl dancing.

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