CRUMB, R. , S. CLAY WILSON, RORY HAYES, VICTOR MOSCOSO, AND RICK GRIFFIN — Snatch Comics No. 2

Berkeley, CA: The Print Mint, 1972. 4th Printing. Comic. Illustrated by Robert Crumb, S. Clay Wilson, Rory Hayes, Etc.. This is a fourth printing, with the ink on the front cover only showing two colors around the 50 cent notice on the front cover of the comic book. And NO color illustrations in the text pages. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is a thin strip of toning / discoloration to the bottom edge of the front cover of the book. There is some very beginning bumping / wear to the spine ends and the corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "So the 4th printing is primarily distinguished from the 3rd printing by the solid-black ink outlines, but another tell-tale sign is that the bindings of the 3rd printing are typically much sloppier and skewed, whereas the 4th printings are neatly trimmed. " (from Underground Comix Joint) . "The Family" was the first professional, graphically incestuous cartoon anyone had ever seen and it remains a shocking image even today. Why did Crumb dare to do it? Well, as Robert Williams said about Snatch, "We were seeing just how absurdly improper you can get before the authorities have to hunt you down." Crumb's subject matter had some catching up to do after S. Clay Wilson's incendiary comics in Zap #2 and he rose to the challenge. As well, "The Family" can be viewed as a derisive parody of the heavily promoted slogan, "The Family That Prays Together Stays Together." That oft-quoted catchphrase was coined by an ad agency writer for the 1940s Roman Catholic Family Rosary Crusade led by Father Patrick Peyton. It caught on quickly and was plastered on over 100,000 billboards and endorsed by dozens of Hollywood celebrities. By the '60s, the slogan had been embroidered by countless church ladies and gift manufacturers on millions of pillows and wall hangings. It was exactly the type of fad that made Crumb's blood boil, and if his family didn't display the slogan in his childhood home, he certainly knew families that did. " (from Underground Comix Joint). Very Good+ .