Robert Crumb

Robert Crumb or R. Crumb is a published American artist, musician, and illustrator known for his comics. R. Crumb was born in Philadelphia on August 30, 1943. He is recognized for being the author and illustrator of various comic works.

The best place to start is The Complete Crumb Comics series, the earliest of Robert Crumb's multi-book series: it opens with The Complete Crumb Comics, Vol. 1 (1987) and runs to 17 books across 1987–2003, ending with The Complete Crumb Comics, Vol. 17 (2003). Robert Crumb's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Robert Crumb has 61 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1963 and 2014. 30 of them belong to 3 named series — the largest being The Complete Crumb Comics series with 17 books — and 31 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Robert Crumb's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Complete Crumb Comics (1987–2003, 17 books), R. Crumb Sketchbook (1992–2005, 10 books) and Waiting for Food (1995–2004, 3 books).

This guide splits Robert Crumb's 61 books into 3 named series and 31 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The Complete Crumb Comics (17 books, 1987–2003); R. Crumb Sketchbook (10 books, 1992–2005); Waiting for Food (3 books, 1995–2004).