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Best Buy Comics #[nn]

Jan 1988 · Last Gasp · 2.50 USD
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A collected edition of the 1988 series from Last Gasp, Best Buy Comics is a satirical underground comic that skewers consumer culture and corporate retail through absurd, often surreal vignettes. The volume brings together the full run of the original issues, showcasing the series' biting humor and countercultural commentary typical of the publisher's late-80s output.

In "Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television," R. Crumb delivers a sharp, surreal satire as the U.S. President, pushed to his limits, contemplates an extreme measure to restore order. With Crumb’s signature raw line work and biting wit on full display, the story unfolds in a world where media saturation has reached a breaking point—though just how the President plans to act remains a mystery. The cover, a collaborative effort by R. Crumb and Aline Kominsky-Crumb, captures the era’s anxieties in bold, uneasy strokes.

Contains 19 stories
Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television
1 pp · humor
R. Crumb's Modern Dance Workshop
4 pp
Robert CrumbShoshana
Space Day Symposium
4 pp · humor
Robert Crumb
The Goose and the Gander Were Talking One Night
4 pp · humor
The GooseThe Gander
The Nerds
5 pp
The Nerds
Pass the Jug
4 pp · humor
Kansas City Frank MelroseGeorgie
And Hey, How About These Kids Today
0.5 pp · teen
Searching for the Ultimate Shopping Mall
0.5 pp · anthropomorphic-funny animals
Patricia Pig
Morbid Preoccupations
1 pp · humor; satire-parody
Little JoeThe Grim Reaper
A Purely Aesthetic Exersize
0.75 pp · humor
Those Little Bears We Love So Much
0.25 pp · anthropomorphic-funny animals
Bearzy Wearzies
The Final Solution
1 pp · satire-parody
The President of the United States of America

In "The Final Solution," the U.S. President, pushed to his limits, opts for an unexpectedly drastic measure to salvage his image—though just what that entails remains delightfully, hilariously unclear. A sharp satire from 1988, this one-page gem skewers political absurdity with a wink and a smirk.

R. Crumb's Mr. Nostalgia
1 pp · humor; satire-parody
Mr. NostalgiaZidem
It's a Hup Ho World
0.5 pp · humor
Professor Wanowsky on Welfare
0.5 pp · humor; satire-parody
Professor Wanowsky
Kiwi
0.5 pp
Happy Hour Comics
0.5 pp · humor
TonyHenry
Maybe We'll End Like This...
2 pp
Aline 'n' Bob Go To The Whole Earth Jamboree
4 pp · humor; non-fiction
Robert CrumbAline KominskyYoung Giant-GirlWavy Gravy (cameo)J. Baldwin (cameo)Punchie

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Full credits

writer, artist, inker, letterer R. Crumb
cover pencils, inks R. Crumb
cover pencils, inks Aline Kominsky-Crumb

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