CRUMB, ROBERT — Motor City Comics No. 1

Detroit, MI: Rip Off Press, 1969. 4th Printing. Comic book. Illustrated by Robert Crumb. This is a 4th printing - with glossy covers, Rip Off Press logo on the front cover, and the Rip off Press address on the rear cover. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The color on the front cover has some fading, and there is a crease to the bottom spine of the book. The text pages are clean and bright, but there is generalized toning. "Crumb contributed to many of the seminal works of the underground comix movement in the 1960s, including being a founder of the first successful underground comix publication, Zap Comix, contributing to all 16 issues. He was additionally contributing to the East Village Other and many other publications, including a variety of one-off and anthology comics. During this time, inspired by psychedelics and cartoons from the 1920s and 1930s, he introduced a wide variety of characters that became extremely popular, including countercultural icons Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural, and the images from his Keep On Truckin\' strip. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good .