Footsy Etching

ORIGINAL IMAGE

REVISED ETCHING

NEW ETCHING RELEASE: FOOTSY REWORKED 

Limited Edition of 50 etchings

In Weirdo #20 (1987), Crumb created an 8 page comic called Footsy. The splash page was later used to create Wildwood's first serigraph edition (30 colors) with Crumb. Above is the image as it appeared in Weirdo. In 2012, a French publisher asked if he could use that same illustration for the cover of a French edition of My Troubles With Women. Crumb used that opportunity to rework the illustration. The following are Crumb's comments about why he reworked the illustration. 

Crumb: I reworked the illustration because I wanted to make the desks more authentic looking. I discovered a photograph in an old high school yearbook from the school I went to that showed the desks in their complete structure. I was never satisfied with the way I drew those desks originally. I don’t know why I made them look like this bell shaped-pedestal type of thing. I don’t know where I got that. They were nothing like that, obviously, when I saw the photo. So last year, when the publisher asked to use that illustration for the cover of My Troubles With Women [the French version], I saw that as my chance to make it right; you know, obsessive-compulsive type of stuff. 

Alex: You think it looks better? 

Crumb: Yes I do. I think it looks much better. And I tend to do those kind of corrections a lot if I see something I did wrong in an earlier drawing and it’s going to be reprinted, I usually correct it and make it right before it’s printed again. 

Alex: So it’s nothing uncommon, you rework drawings all the time if you can correct a problem. 

Crumb: Yeah, I do it a lot. If the thing’s gonna be reprinted, y’ know, I have to correct any mistakes. So I think this looks much better. 

Rcrumb.com is proud to present an edition of 50 reworked Footsy etchings. White archival Hahnemuhle paper is 12 x 16.5 inches. Image size is 7.5 x 11 inches. Embossed area is 8.5 x almost 12 inches.  Each print is numbered, dated and signed by Crumb, and comes with our guarantee for your complete satisfaction. (There are no certificates of authenticity offered with etching editions.)

$420 each

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Check the Official RCrumb Site for a detailed, illustrated explanation of how Wildwood creates Crumb etchings.

New "Crumb on Others" Interview

Check out the latest "Crumb on Others" interview (part five) between Robert and Wildwood Serigraphs publisher Alex Wood. Crumb gives his opinions on the famous and infamous, including Jack Kerouac, Johnny Carson, Bill Griffith, Hugh Hefner and Linda Lovelace.

Also, we have posted a collection of Robert's Custom Signatures on prints made by Wildwood over the last twelve years.

And see our Special Offers page for "Twas Ever Thus" a one-time offer on this rare, out-of-print serigraph.

Bijou Funnies Serigraph

Wildwood Serigraphs and rcrumb.com are exclusively releasing Crumb's Bijou Funnies #6 as our new signed serigraph edition. First published as a comic by Kitchen Sink in September 1971, Bijou #6 may not be Crumb's most famous cover, but it could be one of Crumb's most historically accurate narratives of the early '70s, a time that transformed Western civilization forever — Women's Lib! Aside from the social significance, which Crumb imbues with his own humor, the graphic implementation of the ray background is unique for Crumb covers, and works nicely with his playful masthead.

Publisher Alex Wood says, "If I had ten bucks every time I heard a customer complain how badly he wanted to buy Crumb's artwork but it wasn't exactly wife-friendly, I'd be flying to Bali first class. But now, here we have a classic Crumb print, and guess what fellas? Now you can finally buy a Crumb print for the wife." You buy it for whatever reason — the reason we printed it is because we like it, it's Crumb, and it's great.

The signed and limited edition of 100 is printed on archival cream paper 20" x 25." The image is 14" x 18." It's a 21-color serigraph, and each print is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. To read what Crumb wrote for the certificate, visit the Crumb on Crumb feature on our website. 

$325 each

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To be released January 22, 2013.

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Louis Armstrong Etching

In 2010, Crumb drew this portrait of Louis Armstrong for someone in exchange for some 78 rpm records. It's a fantastic portrait, with a lot of cross-hatching, and it didn't take us long to realize it would make one hell of a great etching. We printed 50 of 'em, and they came out beautifully. The detail is exquisite and the black is luxuriously saturated. They're available exclusively for Crumb Newsletter readers first — we'll release them on the site later. Because the edition is only 50, this edition may sell out before being released on the website or sold to the general public (as has happened with previous Crumb etchings.) Each print is signed, numbered and dated by Robert Crumb, and comes with our complete guarantee for your satisfaction or your money back.

Image size: 6.75" x 9.25"

Embossed area: 7.75" x 10.25"

Hahnemühle archival paper size: 12" x 15.5"

Edition 50

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R.Crumb Books & Comix

Remember that in addition to prints, The Official Crumb Site carries books and comics, including Drawn Together; Robert's new collaboration with his wife Aline. 

Hardcover edition, 272 pages

8.9" x 11.6"

$25 each

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Zap Comix No.1 Giclee

If you don't know the entire history of this iconic image, click this Wikipedia link to read about it. 

The cover image was originally printed with three colors (black, process yellow and process blue) in 1968, but a full color serigraph edition was released by Kitchen Sink in 1992. However, Crumb wasn't very happy with the final colors in that print, so he was adamant that his color instructions be closely followed for this new edition. He wanted the top of the image and car to match the original comic cover. I tried talking him into putting a light blue, metallic sheen in the radiator, but he wanted it white, so I followed his instructions. He approved a color rough via the internet in Paris (the first time we've done that) and we're releasing this edition on Friday, September 28th. The unsigned edition is limited to 300 prints.

The paper is, as always, Somerset Velvet 255 gram archival stock. The inks we use are simply the best inks available — Epson Ultrachrome inks. The paper size is 17" x 24". The image size is 14" x 18.5". This, and every Wildwood Serigraph print, is unconditionally guaranteed for your complete satisfaction or your money back.

$80 each

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New Giclee / New Interview

Crumb's Twas Ever Thus was originally created and published in 1969, on the back cover of Changes #3, a hippie magazine published in Oakland, California. Soon after, it became more popular when it was printed as a poster. In 2008 we printed this image, with some color revisions, as a signed serigraph edition. Now, based upon that sold-out serigraph edition, we're releasing a new giclee edition of Crumb's Twas Ever Thus.

The image size is 15" x 18.5". The Somerset enhanced archival white paper is 18" x 24". The giclee prints are shipped in indestructible tubes. Every print from Wildwood Serigraphs comes with our unconditional guarantee for your complete satisfaction or your money back. Unsigned edition limited to 300 prints.  Release date: August 28, 2012.

$80 each

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CRUMB ON OTHERS, Part 4

Please check out the Official Crumb Site for Crumb on Others, the fourth part of a continuing series of discussions between Robert Crumb and Wildwood Serigraph's Alex Wood. In a discussion from August, 2012, Alex asks Robert for his opinions on artists, celebrities, and politicians including Woody Allen, the Marx Brothers, Abraham Lincoln and more. 

Rare Prints Sale

The R.Crumb Site is announcing another one-and-done sale of rare lithographs and etchings from sold-out editions.

Publisher Alex Wood is offering select prints from his personal collection, along with artist proofs from Robert Crumb, at the most reasonable prices available. Their authenticity and quality is guaranteed by Wildwood Serigraphs and the Official R.Crumb Site. 

B.B. King Serigraph .................................... $975

Beloved Music Makers Portfolio ............. $650

Third Eye Serigraph .................................... $600

Zap Comix #0 Serigraph ............................ $800

Twas Ever Thus Serigraph ........................ $790

San Francisco Comics Serigraph ............ $780

Some Cold Rainy Day Serigraph .............. $300

Janis Joplin Etching ..................................... $800

Cheap Thrills Serigraph ............................ $1700

Please see the Special Offers page of the R.Crumb Site for these and other offerings.