Cover: R. Crumb

The Complete Crumb Comics #15

Aug 2001 · Fantagraphics · 18.95 USD; 28.45 CAD

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About this Collection

This volume of Fantagraphics' comprehensive series collects Robert Crumb's work from the late 1980s and early 1990s, including the complete "Mode O'Day" story and other comics, sketches, and illustrations from that period. It features Crumb's signature satirical and autobiographical style, with a focus on his evolving artistic techniques and cultural commentary.

In "Arline 'n' Bob and That Thing In the Bedroom"—a hypothetical tale from R. Crumb's own pen and ink—Crumb channels a surreal, satirical edge as a Jesus People, U.S.A. interviewer confronts him with blunt religious fervor, questioning his beliefs and warning of eternal damnation. With Crumb both writer and artist, the story unfolds in his signature raw, unfiltered style, blending dark humor and moral ambiguity in a conversation that lingers long after the final panel.

Contains 16 stories

Untitled Humor story

1 pp · Humor

Arline 'n' Bob and That Thing In the Bedroom

5 pp · Biography

Arline [Aline Kominsky-Crumb]Bob [Robert Crumb]NickLizSophie Crumb

Untitled story

3 pp

Mode O'DayDoggoGeoffreySam Greenberg

Hey, Mode... it says here they want people to come down to Nicaragua and help out"

8 pp · Satire-Parody

Mode O'DayDoggoG.G. GooseyDotty

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

7 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody

GoldilocksDaddy BearMommy BearBaby Bear

Love's Like That!

1 pp · Humor

Untitled Humor story

8 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody

Mode O'DayMaraDoggoPorpy [Dorfman E. Dolphin]PaulManuel BeastlyCassandra

Psychopathia Sexualis (A Klassic Komic)

10 pp · Biography

Dr. R. Von Krafft-EbingMr. XF.J.P.J.H.B.XL.Mr. Von H.Miss X.M.A.

Where Has It Gone, All the Beautiful Music of Our Grandparents?

5 pp

Robert Crumb [as R.]LimahlCrumb's Mother

Life Certainly Is "Existential"!

1 pp

Comics From Other Planets Dept.

4 pp · Humor

Gags

2 pp · Humor

Hypothetical Quandary

3 pp · Biography

Harvey Pekar

The Constipated Chaos Consortium

1 pp

MauriceBettyCheckered Demon

Jesus People, U.S.A. interviews R. Crumb, Underground Pornographer and All-Around Lost Soul

2 pp

ChrisRobert Crumb

In a brief, stark exchange from *The Complete Crumb Comics #15*, a reporter from *Jesus People, U.S.A.* confronts Robert Crumb with a mix of moral urgency and religious conviction, pressing him on his views about faith while warning him of eternal damnation unless he changes his ways. The conversation unfolds with unsettling directness, placing Crumb’s countercultural persona against the interviewer’s rigid doctrine, all in just two pages.

Patton

12 pp · Biography

Charley PattonHenry SloanW.C. HandyEddie "Son" House [Son House]Howlin' WolfTommy JohnsonBukka WhiteWashboard SamMrs. Keith DockeryLizzieTom RushenWillie BrownLouise JohnsonRobert JohnsonBertha LeeW.R. Calaway

A raw, deeply personal portrait of Charley Patton unfolds in this 12-page biography, tracing his journey from the Mississippi Delta’s dusty roads to the recording studios that captured his thunderous voice and guitar. Through vivid snapshots of his rise among blues pioneers like Son House, Robert Johnson, and W.C. Handy, the story captures the grit, spirit, and legacy of a man who helped shape the sound of a generation.