- Hardcover
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (5 Mar 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0747553092
- ISBN-13: 978-0747553090
- Product Dimensions: 25.1 x 22.1 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,305,489 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A collection of cartoon strips by Robert Crumb, including previously unpublished strips as well as more of his favourite and most successful ones. All are decorated in colour, and there are photographs, portraits and text by Crumb himself.
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Perversely fascinating, delightfully odd; a must for fans.
‘Very funny … displays Crumb’s work chronologically, from innocuous Valentine cards to the ingenious smut that made his name. There’s a lot of intimate material, some of it quite embarrassing to look at … whoever called Crumb ‘‘the Woody Allen of underground comics’’ got it right. Clinton, Crumb and Allen are men of a certain age, and their work is coloured by knowledge of private peccadilloes. Crumb is the visual documenter of his generation’s sexual dreams and fears … very funny’ GLASGOW HERALD
‘Very funny … displays Crumb’s work chronologically, from innocuous Valentine cards to the ingenious smut that made his name. There’s a lot of intimate material, some of it quite embarrassing to look at … whoever called Crumb ‘‘the Woody Allen of underground comics’’ got it right. Clinton, Crumb and Allen are men of a certain age, and their work is coloured by knowledge of private peccadilloes. Crumb is the visual documenter of his generation’s sexual dreams and fears … very funny’ GLASGOW HERALD
‘Whatever you think of the art and life of Robert Crumb, you would have to admit that he’s really, really good at drawing … despite his ability to nauseate and appal, you can hardly stop yourself from admiring the sheer verve and wicked talent of the man’ LIST
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Those of you who are already fans of Robert Crumb's work as an underground cartoonist will need no prompting to buy this book save that it contains a great deal of material that has not previously been available elsewhere. For those of you who have never heard of Crumb, "Odds and Ends" is the perfect introduction to one of the greatest cartoonists and illustrators in the world.
Here you will find unpublished and rare drawings of some of his famous creations, such as Mr Natural alongside portraits of blues singers, jazzmen as well as more intimate portraits of friends and family. The book also highlights some of Crumb's lesser known interests. For example there are a quite a few of his drawings and illustrations on ecological themes.
The art contained in the book covers most years but particularly focuses on the last decade. The quality of his artwork is stunning and "Odds and Ends" amply shows how much his skill has matured over the years.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Another great collection of Crumb's work
20 July 2001
Format:Hardcover
A must for R. Crumb aficionados, this beautifully designed hardcover collects many of the illustrations done for projects as varied as novels, greeting cards, scripts, and birth announcements, as well as unpublished work. Great stuff! R. Crumb is the master of pen and ink.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
What a neat book!
14 Nov 2002
Format:Hardcover
Don't let the fact that it's a remaindered book keep you away! This is a wonderful hardcover collection (no jacket) of Crumb extras: doodles, sketches, advertisements, and comics. The majority are in black and white, but there is some color. Great drawings of Robert Johnson, the Cheap Suit Serenaders, and Tina Lockwood (wooo!), as well as sketches of various women. A few of his trademark characters are also here, including Devil Girl and the Vulture Women. Some photos are included, as well. It's an absolute bargain!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
A Crumb you probably haven't seen
26 Mar 2008
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Given Crumb's countercultural weirdness and his penchant for big-bummed women, the title Odds & Ends given this collection is perfect--and surely must originate with Crumb himself!
Odds & Ends focuses largely (but not exclusively) on Crumb the "commercial" artist. Arranged more or less chronologicaly, the book reproduces cards he drew when working, in the early days, for American Greeting Cards; buttons for various causes; illustrations for grassroots community newspapers like "Winds of Change"; baby shower, wedding, and anniversary announcements; letter heads, business card illustrations, and book covers; political cartoons defending environmentalism and mocking Maggie Thatcher (she's depicted as a hen laying rotten eggs) and religious intolerance (a gorilla, thumping his chest and hooting, who wears a T-shirt with a Moral Majority logo); "high-end" sketch portraits (e.g., Woody Guthrie, Alan Dershowitz, George Jones) and a cover for the New Yorker; and wonderfully self-deprecating self-portraits, including one featuring Crumb holding forth to a sound-asleep interviewer.
The book's creme de la Crumb is the set of color and line illustrations Crumb drew for the 10th anniversary edition (1987) of Edward Abbey's The Monkey-Wrench Gang (a calendar featuring the drawings was also produced. I'd read about the illustrations in other places, but never had a chance to see them until running across Odds & Ends. They're absolutely wonderful, uncannily capturing Abbey's mad (but also refreshingly sane) gang of eco-heroes.
Crumb is perfectly recognizable in the illustrations collected here, and yet there's a freshness to the pieces that's captivating. Most of his fans, I suspect, will never have seen the majority of this work--at least I certainly hadn't. It's good stuff, well worth looking at and thinking about.
Odds & Ends focuses largely (but not exclusively) on Crumb the "commercial" artist. Arranged more or less chronologicaly, the book reproduces cards he drew when working, in the early days, for American Greeting Cards; buttons for various causes; illustrations for grassroots community newspapers like "Winds of Change"; baby shower, wedding, and anniversary announcements; letter heads, business card illustrations, and book covers; political cartoons defending environmentalism and mocking Maggie Thatcher (she's depicted as a hen laying rotten eggs) and religious intolerance (a gorilla, thumping his chest and hooting, who wears a T-shirt with a Moral Majority logo); "high-end" sketch portraits (e.g., Woody Guthrie, Alan Dershowitz, George Jones) and a cover for the New Yorker; and wonderfully self-deprecating self-portraits, including one featuring Crumb holding forth to a sound-asleep interviewer.
The book's creme de la Crumb is the set of color and line illustrations Crumb drew for the 10th anniversary edition (1987) of Edward Abbey's The Monkey-Wrench Gang (a calendar featuring the drawings was also produced. I'd read about the illustrations in other places, but never had a chance to see them until running across Odds & Ends. They're absolutely wonderful, uncannily capturing Abbey's mad (but also refreshingly sane) gang of eco-heroes.
Crumb is perfectly recognizable in the illustrations collected here, and yet there's a freshness to the pieces that's captivating. Most of his fans, I suspect, will never have seen the majority of this work--at least I certainly hadn't. It's good stuff, well worth looking at and thinking about.
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