The Complete Crumb Comics #2 (1988) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Series: The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series)
Issue: #2
Issue title: Some More Years of Bitter Struggle
Publication date: May 1988
Key date: May 1988
On-sale date: 1988
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: $14.95; 20.95 CAD
Pages: 152
Barcode: 978093019362190000
ISBN: 0-930193-62-8

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Robert Crumb	cover	1	pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Robert Crumb
1	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0	script: Marty Pahls
2	-	blank page(s)	2
3	The Complete Crumb	credits, title page	1	pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb
4	-	blank page(s)	1
5	The Complete Crumb volume 2: Some More Years of Bitter Struggle	credits, title page	1	pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb
6	-	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
7	Contents	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
8	-	blank page(s)	1
9	-	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	7	script: Marty Pahls; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb
10	-	blank page(s)	1
11	Little Billy Bean	comic story	1	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Little Billy Bean
12	Little Billy Bean	comic story	1	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Little Billy Bean
13	"This is foolish! Ridiculous! Absurd! Why should I be afraid to speak to her!?	comic story	1	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Billy Bean
14	Fun with Jim and Mabel	comic story	6	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Jim; Mabel
15	Jim	comic story	3	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Jim; Mabel Mulligan; Manlove; Lizbeth
16	-	comic story	9	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Fritz the Cat; Fuzzy the Bunny; Miss Della Pussywillow; Ardith; Maish; Gabrielle
17	-	comic story	11	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Fritz the Cat; Gabrielle; Dad; Mother
18	-	comic story	23	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Fritz the Cat; Gabrielle; Beetle Baum; TV Reporter
19	Roberta Smith Office Girl	comic story	0.25	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Roberta Smith
20	Roberta Smith Office Girl	comic story	0.25	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb
21	Roberta Smith Office Girl	comic story	0.25	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Roberta Smith; Roberta's Co-Worker
22	Roberta Smith Office Girl	comic story	0.25	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb
23	Roberta Smith Office Girl	comic story	0.25	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Roberta Smith; Mr. Nathaniel
24	Roberta Smith Office Girl	comic story	0.25	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Roberta Smith
25	Roberta Smith Office Girl	comic story	0.25	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Roberta Smith
26	Roberta Smith Office Girl	comic story	0.25	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Roberta Smith
27	Roberta Smith Office Girl	comic story	0.25	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Roberta Smith; Ron
28	Roberta Smith Office Girl	comic story	0.25	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Roberta Smith; Bus Driver
29	Roberta Smith Office Girl	comic story	0.25	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Roberta Smith
30	Roberta Smith Office Girl	comic story	0.25	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Roberta Smith
31	Roberta Smith Office Girl	comic story	0.25	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Roberta Smith
32	Roberta Smith Office Girl	comic story	0.25	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Roberta Smith
33	Roberta Smith Office Girl	comic story	0.25	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Roberta Smith; Co-Worker
34	Roberta Smith Office Girl	comic story	0.25	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Roberta Smith
35	Roberta Smith Office Girl	comic story	0.32	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Roberta Smith; Ron; Co-Worker #1; Co-Worker #2
36	Roberta Smith illustration	illustration	0.68	pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb	Roberta Smith
37	R. Crumb's Comics and Stories	comic story	10	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Fritz the Cat; Fritz's Mom; Fritz's sister
38	-	illustration	5	pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Robert Crumb; Fritz the Cat; Little Billy Bean
39	-	illustration	5	pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Charles Laughton; John F. Kennedy; Richard Nixon
40	The Ecolian cover	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	John F. Kennedy; Richard Nixon
41	Gookie	illustration	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Gookie; Manager
42	13 cover illustrations	illustration	13	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; colors: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Mike Britt; Robert Crumb; Paul Whiteman
43	Arcade #9 & #26 covers	cover reprint (on interior page)	2	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; colors: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Fritz the Cat; Gabrielle
44	R. Crumb's Comics and Stories	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; colors: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb
45	-	illustration	31	pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Barney Oldfield; Mayor Jimmy Walker; Texas Guinan; Pauline Lord; Milton Wallace; Joseph Cawthorn; Jobya Howland; Eddie Cantor; Mae West; Joe E. Howard; J. Harold Murray; Fiske O'Hara; Della Fox; Laura Hope Crews; Marguerite Clark; Charles Crumb; "Mabel" Taber; Elaine May; Jim; Mabel Mulligan; Barb B
46	-	blank page(s)	3
47	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0	script: Marty Pahls	Robert Crumb (photo)
48	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Marty Pahls; pencils: Aline Kominsky-Crumb; inks: Aline Kominsky-Crumb; colors: Aline Kominsky-Crumb	Robert Crumb

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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