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Complete Crumb Comics Books in Order

Complete Crumb Comics by Robert Crumb contains 17 books, published between 1987 and 2003. The first book is The Complete Crumb Comics, Vol. 1 (1987) and the newest is The Complete Crumb Comics, Vol. 17 (2003). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
17
Published
1987–2003
Pages on record
1,798 in 14 of 17 books
Reading time
30–45 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,798 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 17 titles with a page count on record.

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Complete Crumb Comics collects the comics of Robert Crumb in 17 volumes, issued between 1987 and 2003. Two volumes came out in 1988 and two each in 1991 and 1992, and the set reached its seventeenth volume in 2003. Recorded subjects include underground comic books, erotic comics, caricatures and cartoons, pictorial American wit and humor, and hippies. The catalogue marks the collection as likely complete.

How many Complete Crumb Comics books are there?

Complete Crumb Comics has 17 books, released between 1987 and 2003.

Complete Crumb Comics Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 17 Complete Crumb Comics books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of The Complete Crumb Comics, Vol. 2 by Robert Crumb, book 2 of the Complete Crumb Comics series (1988)
  2. Cover of The Complete Crumb Comics, Vol. 3 by Robert Crumb, book 3 of the Complete Crumb Comics series (1988)
  3. Cover of The Complete Crumb Comics, Vol. 4 by Robert Crumb, book 4 of the Complete Crumb Comics series (1989)
  4. Cover of The Complete Crumb Comics, Vol. 7 by Robert Crumb, book 7 of the Complete Crumb Comics series (1991)
  5. Cover of The Complete Crumb Comics, Vol. 11 by Robert Crumb, book 11 of the Complete Crumb Comics series (1995)
  6. Cover of The Complete Crumb Comics, Vol. 13 by Robert Crumb, book 13 of the Complete Crumb Comics series (1998)
  7. Cover of The Complete Crumb Comics, Vol. 14 by Robert Crumb, book 14 of the Complete Crumb Comics series (2001)
  8. Cover of The Complete Crumb Comics Vol. 16 by Robert Crumb, book 16 of the Complete Crumb Comics series (2002)
  9. Cover of The Complete Crumb Comics, Vol. 17 by Robert Crumb, book 17 of the Complete Crumb Comics series (2003)
  1. 1
    The Complete Crumb Comics, Vol. 11987 · confirmed 1/4
    1987–
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  2. 2
    The Complete Crumb Comics, Vol. 21988 · confirmed 1/4
    1988–
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  3. 3
    The Complete Crumb Comics, Vol. 31988 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988128
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  4. 4
    The Complete Crumb Comics, Vol. 41989 · 126 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989126
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  5. 5
    The Complete Crumb Comics, Vol. 51990 · 131 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1990131
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  6. 6
    The Complete Crumb Comics Vol. 61991 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991144
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  7. 7
    The Complete Crumb Comics, Vol. 71991 · 134 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991134
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  8. 8
    The Complete Crumb Comics, Vol. 81992 · 136 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992136
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  9. 9
    The Complete Crumb Comics, Vol. 91992 · 134 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992134
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  10. 10
    The Complete Crumb Comics, Vol. 101994 · 118 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994118
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  11. 11
    The Complete Crumb Comics, Vol. 111995 · 126 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995126
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  12. 12
    The Complete Crumb Comics, Vol. 121997 · 125 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997125
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  13. 13
    The Complete Crumb Comics, Vol. 131998 · confirmed 1/4
    1998–
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  14. 14
    The Complete Crumb Comics, Vol. 142001 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001128
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  15. 15
    The Complete Crumb Comics, Vol. 152001 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001128
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  16. 16
    The Complete Crumb Comics Vol. 162002 · 120 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002120
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  17. 17
    The Complete Crumb Comics, Vol. 172003 · 120 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003120
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Is there a chronological order for Complete Crumb Comics?

No separate chronological order is on record for Complete Crumb Comics, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Complete Crumb Comics books in order?

You should read the Complete Crumb Comics books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Complete Crumb Comics book also stands alone.

Where to start with Complete Crumb Comics

Start with The Complete Crumb Comics, Vol. 1 (1987), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Complete Crumb Comics book?

The Complete Crumb Comics, Vol. 17 (2003) is the newest Complete Crumb Comics book released so far.

Is there a new Complete Crumb Comics book coming?

No next Complete Crumb Comics book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Complete Crumb Comics at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Complete Crumb Comics title on record dates from 2003, 23 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Complete Crumb Comics books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,798 pages across the 14 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 128 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Complete Crumb Comics books, 9 of 17, were published in the 1990s.

What the Complete Crumb Comics books are about

All 17 Complete Crumb Comics books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: caricatures and cartoons is tagged on 13 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Robert Crumb

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

Other series by Robert Crumb

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.