1. Underground comics legend Richard Corben (member of the Will Eisner
Awards Hall of Fame) Submits cover idea for Death Rattle #1 (1972)
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2. R. Crumb talks records, comics, Richard Corben, Will Eisner, and more (1972)
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3. Crumb Family Jam—1984 Christmas card with self-portraits drawn by R.
Crumb, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, and 4-year-old Sophie Crumb.
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4. Will Eisner (The Spirit, A Contract with God, the eponymous Eisner Awards) responds
to Kitchen’s invitation to draw a cover for one of the undergrounds (1972)
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5. Proof of Eisner’s cover for SNARF #3, with production notes (1972)
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6. Columbia Journalism school student and future comics historian Mark Estren asks for the
skinny on undergrounds (1970)
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10. Letter from cartoonist Jay Lynch (“Bijou Funnies,” worked at Topps with Art Spiegelman on
Wacky Packages and Garbage Pail Kids, wrote Bazooka Joe), 1970
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11. Postcard from Art Spiegelman, with rubber stamp decoration, about work for
Kitchen Sink Press and his own forthcoming publication, RAW (1980)
12. Fan letter from cartoonist Dave Cooper (Suckle), 1996
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13. Harvey Pekar script with his own thumbnails, attached to letter describing earlier work for R. Crumb, Robert
Armstrong, and George DiCaprio (underground cartoonist and Leonardo’s father), 1972
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14. Will Eisner’s color guide for a page in Kitchen Sink Press’ “Spirit” reprint
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15. Cover art by Vaughn Frick for Gay Comix #4, last issue to be edited by pioneering cartoonist Howard Cruse
(1983)
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Proof (?) for cover of Charles Burns’ Planet Xeno, which would evolve into the graphic novel Black Hole (one of
over 1000 pages of Burns material)
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17. A glimpse at just one of the drawers of carefully organized correspondence,
featuring luminaries such as Bernie Wrightson, Wally Wood, Jim Woodring,
Basil Wolverton, S. Clay Wilson, Gahan Wilson, Al Williamson, and more.
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