This image was taken from the inside cover of the Mr. Natural #2 comic book (1971). It was originally in black and white, but colored by Crumb specifically for a screen print edition released in 2011. This giclée edition is based upon that screen print edition as it's the "official" Crumb color version. The paper used is 100% cotton rag white archival Somerset Velvet 255 gram paper. It's a treated paper that has a very thin coat of a hard finish on top which keeps the ink from being absorbed into the paper. This makes the fine mist of ink sit on top of the paper so it can remain bright and vibrant for a long, long time-it's archival ink. There are 300 prints in this giclée edition. Each print measures 16" x 24". The image size is a little more than 11" x 17". It was designed so it could fit in almost any kitchen. We use Epson archival Ultrachrome inks. Each of the 300 prints is numbered in pencil.
Crumb modified this illustration that he colored for the serigraph edition 11 years ago. He drew the "sunburst" design specifically for this t-shirt, which is a 100% ring spun cotton New Level t-shirt. It's a Light Military Green color with a luxurious soft feel. You know you love it!
This soft-cover book, compiled by Zane Mairowitz and illustrated by R. Crumb, has been published three times. The first time, in 1993, as part of a "Beginners" series of books. But the publisher took off with the profits and R Crumb's original artwork for the book. It was published again in 2005 by iBooks Graphic Novel. The third time is by Fantagraphics, and this is the 7th printing of that edition. It has had three different covers, the first being Crumb's water color portrait of Kafka. There are over 100 illustrations in this book by Crumb. The softcover book has 176 pages and measures 6 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches big.
This box of R. Crumb's Weirdo Card Set is a collection of all of Crumb's Weirdo covers he illustrated between 1981 and 1993, and even some unpublished covers as well. There were a total of 27 issues published, so there are some images which the public has never seen as they were never published. On the back of each card features bios of contributors to the magazine and some odd facts about the inner the magazine. R. Crumb's Weirdo Card Set is identical in format to R. Crumb’s other three boxed card sets: Heroes of the Blues, Early Jazz Greats and Pioneers of Country Music, all from Denis Kitchen Publishing, which we also carry on this site. The Weirdo card sets contain 40 trading cards (+ 3 bonus cards) in a nifty 3” x 4” x 7/8” box.
