This is one of my favorite Crumb covers.
In 1990, Crumb drew this cartoon for the cover of
Fantagraphic's The Complete Crumb Volume 6. The volume contained his
work created on the crest of the wave, late 1969 and early 1970, just
before the youth movement came crashing down. Crumb's talents as an
editorial cartoonist are well displayed here, humorously summarizing his
generation's youthful and naive expectation for a better world. Crumb
recently told printer Alex Wood, "There were very few people who were
aware the wave was going to crash when we were on the crest." And the
cartoon depicts this: there are several terrified hippies who are aware
of the impending confrontation with reality. Crumb reworked the
illustration for this etching edition.
Image size: aproximately 9" x 7". Emboss size: 10" x 8.5". Paper size:
14" x 13".
Printed on archival Hahnemuhle paper. 50 in the edition, 5 artist
proofs, 3 printer proofs.
Guaranteed satisfaction.
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