R. Crumb Sketchbook Books in Order

Robert Crumb's sketchbook drawings from 1964 and 1965 record people, city views, and ordinary objects around him. These private studies offer a view of his attention to space, line, and observation before the height of his underground comics career.

Sketchbook selections from mid-1965 to early 1966 combine portraits, landscapes, rough comic strips, and studies for commercial work. The drawings reveal Robert Crumb developing ideas through constant observation, moving between everyday surroundings and the possibilities of cartoon imagery.

Robert Crumb's 1966 sketchbooks combine completed short strips, character studies, parody advertisements, and a preliminary version of Keep on Truckin'. Portraits, still lifes, and urban scenes show how his daily drawing practice fed the development of his comics.

Drawings from late 1966 through mid-1967 fill this volume of Robert Crumb’s personal sketchbooks. The collection presents work from an early period in his career, offering a view of ideas taking shape through his continuing drawing practice.

Drawings from late 1967 and early 1968 capture Robert Crumb's emergence within underground comics. Sketches of flower children and familiar characters appear alongside preliminary versions of published images, revealing how ideas developed before reaching their finished form.

This volume collects Robert Crumb’s personal sketchbook work from mid-1968 through mid-1969. Its drawings form part of a chronological record of his artistic practice, showing the material he developed alongside his work in underground comics.

Robert Crumb’s drawings from mid-1969 to the end of 1970 appear in this sketchbook volume. The collection continues a chronological presentation of his private drawing practice, giving readers access to work beyond his finished published comics.

Sketchbook pages from the early 1970s capture Robert Crumb during a period of growing fame and disillusionment with the counterculture. Presented in facsimile, the drawings offer a more private view of his continuing artistic inquiry and self-examination.

Facsimile sketchbook pages from 1972 through 1975 document Robert Crumb's sustained practice of writing and drawing. Gathered chronologically, they offer a view of an inquisitive period in his life and the private work underlying his public career.

Facsimiles of Crumb's private sketchbooks from June 1975 through February 1977 reveal an introspective period in his work. Drawings and notes follow the development of ideas, exposing the perceptions, craft and personal conflicts behind his finished art.