The Complete Crumb Comics, Vol. 6: On the Crest of a Wave

The Complete Crumb Comics #6

by Robert Crumb

Complete Crumb Vol. 6 h/c

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Humor, Collections, Satire, Fantasy, 20th Century

144 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Robert Dennis Crumb (born August 30, 1943)— is an American artist, illustrator, and musician recognized for the distinctive style of his drawings and his critical, satirical, subversive view of the American mainstream.

Crumb was a founder of the underground comix movement and is regarded as its most prominent figure. Though one of the most celebrated of comic book artists, Crumb's entire career has unfolded outside the mainstream comic book publishing industry. One of his most recognized works is the "Keep on Truckin'" comic, which became a widely distributed fixture of pop culture in the 1970s. Others are the characters "Devil Girl", "Fritz the Cat", and "Mr. Natural".

He was inducted into the comic book industry's Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1991.

Reviews

[Jayakrishnan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Most artists have nothing on Crumb. Most men wake up in the morning with a boner. If they are an artist today, they would wake up, park their butt on a chair and write some male feministy shit! Not Crumb! Crumb did not have to. He woke up with a boner and drew and wrote whatever the boner told him to. You can say he was in another era and all that stuff. But he still did it.

[Stewart Tame · Rating 5 out of 5]

More prime comics by the poster boy for the underground. The 60's were becoming the 70's with these strips, and we see Crumb experimenting a bit with comics like "Stickman Funnies" and "Krude Kut Ups", neither of which look much like anything Crumb has done before or since. We also get more jam strips, with contributions from everyone from Gilbert Shelton to Harvey Kurtzman. The book also includes the infamous "Joe Blow" from Zap #4.

[RoseBlight · Rating 4 out of 5]

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

My first experience reading anything by Crumb. I knew he was kinda preoccupied with sex from watching Terry Zwigoff's film, but I had no idea. Three quarters of these comics end with or involve the characters having sex. At a certain point, you wish Crumb would go with another theme or something. But man, was some of this stuff funny.

Highlights: Eggs Ackley Among the Vulture Demonesses, Mr. Natural Takes a Vacation, Fuzzy the Bunny

[Gijs Grob · Rating 5 out of 5]

This volume seems almost solely occupied with sex. Even Crumb's introduction is more about sex than about his art. As such this volume may be the epitome of both the sixties counterculture and the sexual revolution. Brace yourself, however, for some controversial subjects, like rape, incest, and racism.Crumb's stories are pointless and hardly funny, but strangely entertaining nonetheless.

Crumb's art reaches a peak here, as is emphasized by the few rather worthless comics made with other artists: Crumb's art stands out on these pages. An essential volume, not only for Robert Crumb lovers, but for interested in comics and in culture of the 1960s in general.

[Rahul Adusumilli · Rating 4 out of 5]

Will I read another collection? Probably not!

Eggs Ackley and the Vulture Demonesses was my favorite. The filth makes you shake your head.

[EC Reader · Rating 4 out of 5]

"All Meat Comics"? Yes, please. "Eggs Ackley Among the Vulture Demonesses" is a kind of classic, and "Fuzzy Bunny: Same Old Crap" charts the ever-disintegrating mental condition and social relationships of Crumb's brother Charles."Snatch #3" is iconic and great, "Joe Blow" is infamous. In another (almost feminist) mode completely, we have "Dale Steinberger: The Jewish Cowgirl" and the longer, "Lenore Goldberg and Her Girl Commandos". And some racist trash, some nice ads, pretty much the whole Crumb grab bag. Still maybe not as great as his Weirdo years, but certainly more groundbreaking for the time.