Robert Crumb. Sketchbook Vol 4 1982–1989 9783836566964

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Crumb, Crumb, and More Crumb Volume 4 of the celebrated sketchbook series from the incomparable R. Crumb The first three volumes of this series were met with fervent acclaim from our readers, most of whom have been lying in wait for an affordable trade edition since the $ 1,000 boxed sets appeared . They laud these 440-page editions for their quality hardcover, elegant matte paper, and impeccable reproduction as the best of the best— the perfect tribute to the world’s favorite dirty old man . Expect this book to be no different. Combining volumes 7 and 8 from the first boxed set (confusing, we know), it spans the years 1982 to 1989 , a period when the artist was comfortably ensconced in rural California, raising his young daughter Sophie, who appears throughout this volume. But Crumb was still Crumb, declaring in one drawing, above a lovingly rendered tree, “As I get older I get more twisted, convoluted, depraved, cynical, embittered, self-centered, jaded, debauched, ruthless, greedy, conceited, set-in-my-ways, long-winded, absent-minded, prejudiced, closed-minded, misanthropic, nervous…” To prove this self-flagellating analysis he fills the pages with his signature perversions (in

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