Kurtzman ---the creator of MAD--- delivers a bittersweet "beatnik" version of the venerable Ã†sop fable in exquisite full color. Created without collaborators in 1960, at the peak of his powers, this is the 1st book printing of the lost Kurtzman classic. Selected as "One of the Best 100 Graphic Novels" in Steve WeinerÂ’s book of the same name, and nominated for a Harvey Award. 10" square hardcover with dust jacket. Shrink-wrapped. Introduction by Denis Kitchen.

Grasshopper and the Ant by Harvey Kurtzman

Children's Books

Harvey Kurtzman

Animals

Denis Kitchen Publishing Co., LLC

Thirty-six legendary blues musicians painted by Robert Crumb with concise biographies on reverse. Featured are such luminaries as Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Jellyroll Morton, King Oliver, Jack Teagarden, Earl Hines, Duke Ellington, Sidney Bechet, Thomas "Fats" Waller, Bennie Moten, Mary Lou Williams, Jimmy Noone and Benny Goodman as well as Fletcher Henderson, Joe Venuti, Alex Hill, Eddie South, Ernest & Punch Miller, Frank Trumbauer, Lammar Wright, Muggsy Spanier, Freddie Keppard, Tiny Parham, James P. Johnson, Jimmy Blythe, Earl & Fatha Hines, Steve Beown, Pops Foster, Joe Wingy Mannone, Jabbo Smith. Roy Palmer, Ikey Robinson, Junie C. Cobb, Eddie Lang, Johnny Dodds, Lil Hardin and Coleman Hawkins. This classic card set is back in print for the first time in nearly twenty years. The 36 cards are printed on heavy stock and packaged in a nifty box, also designed by Crumb. Reverse of each card is a brief bio of each musician. Size: 3 x 4 x 1 inches -- Boxed set of 36 Trading Cards -- ISBN # 0-9710080-3-5 -- 2017 Printing

Early Jazz Greats Boxed Trading Card Set by R. Crumb

Arts & Photography

Robert Crumb

Individual Artists

The colorful entertainers who pioneered America's unique country music are, sadly, largely forgotten. These wonderful color portraits and bios evoke a truly simpler time, when Jimmie Rodgers or the original Carter Family enthralled audiences, and when a band could call itself The Happy Hayseeds or Gid Tanner &amp; his Skillet Lickers or Al Hopkins &amp; his Buckle Busters without a hint of irony. This 40-card set will transport you to an innocent toe-tapping era of regional music. There's no Garth Brooks on this down home cardboard stage. Printed on heavy card stock and housed in a cool gift box. Part of a set of three boxed trading cards that also includes Early Jazz Greats and Heroes of the Blues. These are hugely popular with fans of both early country western music and Crumb. These perennial sellers are sure to please they also make great gifts or stocking stuffers for musicians, music lovers and comix collectors alike. All from Denis Kitchen Publishing Co. -- Size 3 x 4 x 1 inches -- Boxed set of 40 cards -- ISBN 0-9710080-5-1

Pioneers of Country Music Boxed Trading Card Set by R. Crumb

Drawing Comics is Easy! (Except When it’s Hard!) is entirely —and remarkably— the work of a 7 year-old prodigy cartoonist. Though seemingly aimed at a peer audience of other children, this idiosyncratic How-To book will appeal to readers of any age, especially those interested in cartooning and the creative process. Hardcover book with rounded corners; 176 pages; Color throughout; 6" wide x 8.5 inches high.

Drawing Comics is Easy! (Except When It's Hard)

Alexa Kitchen

READING COMICS: 24 Vintage Photos of America s 2nd Favorite Preoccupation (Postcard book). Vintage photos of people (both famous and ordinary) eagerly reading newspaper comics and comic books over seven decades (1920-1991). Tongue-in-cheek captions by editor/publisher Denis Kitchen on flip sides. Recognizable comics readers include James Dean, Humphrey Bogart, Jerry Garcia, Harvey Kurtzman and Alan Ladd, but the funniest are the ordinary boys with bug-eyes looking at 40s and 50s horror and superhero comics or families reading dorky comics together. 24 all-different postcards, printed in sepia duotone on heavy card stock. Simultaneously hilarious and nostalgic, they show the origins of comic fandom, especially timely given the contemporary popularity of graphic novels. Designed by John Lind 4 x 6.5 Soft cover postcard book with perforated left edges

Reading Comics: 24 Vintage Postcards Depicting America's 2nd Favorite Preoccupation

Comics & Graphic Novels

Denis Kitchen

John Lind

Comic Strips

Thirty-Six different characters with short histories on the reverse! R. Crumb Trading Cards is the perfect gift or addition to the collection of any even half-serious Crumb fan. The boxed set is very similar in format to the popular Heroes of the Blues, Early Jazz Greats and Pioneers of Country Music card sets also published by Denis Kitchen Publishing and available here and from specialty retailers everywhere. 
 Featured characters include... the mysterious guru Mr. Natural; his loyal devotee Flakey Foont; The Nerds; Pete the Plumber (and his sidekick Plungo); Whiteman and Yeti the Bigfoot both from Homegrown Funnies; Ruff Tuff Creampuff; the raining Meatball from Zap #0; Shuman the Human; Dirty Dog; Smelly Old Cat; The Desperate Character; Mr. Appropriate (way ahead of his time on the ecology front); Vulture Demoness (the dominatrix from Big Ass #1-2); Eggs Ackley (whose eyeballs were stolen by crows in Motor City #1); Sally Blubberbutt; Fritz the Cat (star of the Ralph Bakshi animated cartoons who was then permanently killed in People s Comix); Those Cute Little Bearzy Wearzies (Jippo and Boopsy); The big-foot character from Keep on Truckin ; Onion Head; Patricia Pig; Forky O Donnell (you don t want to have lunch with this guy!); Squirelly the Squirrel; Cheesis K. Reist, star of Hamburgers! ; Boingy Baxter; The Simp and The Gimp; Ruth Schwartz (the original gurl in Big Ass #1 who later helped Flakey Foont institutionalize Mr. Natural in Mr. Natural #3); Devil Girl (from before she had a line of candy); Mr. Snoid; Angelfood McSpade, The Old Pooperoo; Dale Steinberger the Jewish Cowgirl; Joe Blow (from the infamous Zap #4 bust); Little Johnny Fuckerfaster; Bo Bo Belinski (the drunk, not the baseball player); and Robert Crumb himself (a nice self-portrait, but he s also a regular cast member). 
 On the back of each card is a concise character synopsis written by the late comics historian Dave Schreiner, accompanied by 2-color bonus illustrations. All in a snappy box designed by R. Crumb and Pete Poplaski. 
 Publisher s Note: This is the first printing from Denis Kitchen Publishing. Old hippies and a few collectors will remember a similar set published by Kitchen Sink Press way back in 1991. How is this set different? First, if you compare boxes, the cover design has been significantly tweaked by Crumb: his background characters and cityscape in the 1991 version are gone and the I am not a swan quote is new. The box lettering is new and bolder. The new box has a glossy finish. The Patricia Pig image (card #21) is all-new, and the beak on Vulture Demoness (card #14) has been fixed, among the differences discerning fans will note. In summation, the sets, two decades apart, are very similar, but certainly not identical.

R. Crumb 36 Character Boxed Trading Card Set NEW 2010

R. CRUMB

Dave Schreiner

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