Complete Crumb Comics Vol 10 Frosty The Snowman
The Underground Comix Era climaxed with Arcade - forerunner of both Weirdo and RAW - and this volume of The Complete Crumb Comics features Robert Crumb's typically brilliant contributions to the magazine's first year:
"Big Ass Topics" (no explanation necessary).
"Let's Talk Sense About This Here Modern America," a vintage Crumb rant, where Bob takes on everything invented after, oh, 1932 or so. Youth culture - ugh. Pop music - ack. Mass media - arrrghh! "That's right kids, I'm just a crabby old kill-joy!" says R.C. But don't worry; Crumb also sticks it to capitalists, urban sophisticates, modern architecture, freeways and aerosol cans. If the modern rat-race gets you down, you've got a soul mate in Complete Crumb Comics.
"That's Life!" covers the very short life of country musician Tommy Grady - he was gunned down in 1931, shortly after his first recording, done in a makeshift studio in a Memphis hotel room. This is one of Crumb's earliest blues musician bios, and also a tribute to old record collectors.
"Frosty the Snowman and His Friends" brings in a little holiday cheer when Crumb has his lovable cartoon characters blow up Nelson Rockefeller's mansion! Fight the Capitalist Oppressor! And... Merry Christmas!
Of course, Volume 10 is rounded out with the usual Complete Crumb Comics odds 'n' ends you can't find anywhere else. Jams with Victor Moscoso and others.