Description: From my personal collection.some smudges/dirt on the cover (see photo #5) R. Crumb's Head Comix 2nd Printing - Softcover / November 1968 / 68 pages / Viking Press The meteoric rise in popularity of Robert Crumb's early work in the East Village Other and Zap Comix in 1967 and 1968 quickly caught the attention of book publishers in New York, who wanted to cash in on "the fad." Several began vying for publishing rights to Crumb's work, leading to Viking Press rushing out Head Comix in late 1968. Viking printed a limited number of hardcover copies of the book along with the standard softcover edition. The 64 interior pages feature an introduction by Paul Krassner (The Realist), several comics from Zap #1 plus many others that appeared in various tabloid and magazines, like the East Village Other and Cavalier, and some Fritz the Cat stories from Help! Crumb didn't like New York book publishers, calling them money-grubbers and schmucks on numerous occasions. He was very agitated when Viking Press censored some of the naughtier parts of his artwork in Head Comix. Crumb declared "It was ridiculous. They were living in the Victorian era. It made me sick dealing with them." Regardless of Crumb's opinion of mainstream book publishers, Head Comix was certainly a landmark publication that spread Crumb's new form of comic art across America (and even the world), reaching a more diverse audience than his comic books. For many people, Head Comix was their first exposure to underground comics, and it doubtlessly inspired some to seek out and buy more underground comic books and even pursue a career in underground comics (the poor shlubs). Head Comix also provides a representative sampling of Crumb's existing body of work, from the relative innocence of Fritz the Cat to the LSD-inspired "Ultra Super Modernistic Comics." Though these comics from 1965-1968 represent what Crumb calls his "innocent period," the concepts behind the signature characters of Mr. Natural, Schuman The Human, Flakey Floont, and Whiteman are well established. Overall, Head Comix is a terrific read of the early underground comics by Robert Crumb.
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Artist/Writer: Robert Crumb
Character: Fritz the Cat, Varrious, Mr Natural
Tradition: US Comics
Cover Artist: R. Crumb
Series Title: Head Comix
Publisher: Viking
Intended Audience: Viewer Discretion Advised
Vintage: Yes
Publication Year: 1968
Type: Underground
Format: Softcover
Era: Silver Age (1956-69)
Style: Black & White
Genre: Underground
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
