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Hunter S. Thompson

'It wouldn't surprise me a hell of a lot if we all look back in ten years to say, yes, Robert Crumb was the Henry Ford of a new art form.'

Robert Hughes

'Crumb is the Brueghel of the last half of the twentieth century.'

Publishers Weekly

Called "the Brueghel of the last half of the 20th century" by no less a skeptic than establishment art critic Robert Hughes, cartoonist R. Crumb has produced some of the smuttiest yet piercingly affecting and quintessentially American art since the 1960s. Fans of Mr. Natural, the Monkey Wrench Gang, Fritz the Cat, Devil Girl and Crumb's agonized self-portraits won't want to miss Odds & Ends, a new, chronologically organized collection of unpublished doodles, Valentine cards drawn during his employment at American Greetings, covers for underground newspapers, advertisements for porn theaters and bike shops, and record album covers. Crumb selected the myriad b&w and color drawings here, all displaying his dark and hilarious vulgarity. ( May 3) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

This is a collection of Crumb's less celebrated but by no means inferior works, including some previously unseen by the public. Beginning in 1960, the book treats us to a chronological look at unpublished sketches, greeting cards, magazine covers, and many other, more marginal selections from Crumb's oeuvre. There are brief blurbs about every selection, explaining whether they have appeared previously and, if so, where a useful feature, considering the somewhat peripheral nature of these pieces. Like all of Crumb's work, this is a bizarre collection (including the short-lived "Devil Girl Choco-Bars" and Crumb's take on the Bill Clinton scandal of a few years ago) that will offend some but delight others. A fascinating glimpse at a previously unknown side of one of the most prolific artists of his time, this is proof that he rarely sacrificed quality, no matter how trivial or commercial the purpose. Vincent Au, New York Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.