Robert Crumb
New York: David Zwirner Books, 2016.

Erotic drawings by Robert Crumb. #1 was first published in 1996 by Kitchen Sink Press, with a second volume in 2003 by Fantagraphic. This volume reprinting the first two numbers and publishing for the first time number 3 together in a limited edition of 400 copies, signed and numbered on a bookplate by Crumb, and comes in the original publisher’s shipping box. “Drawings of women in positions ranging from lascivious to modest or mid-sport are accompanied by quotations, many of which are from artists like Leonardo da Vinci and Harvey Kurtzman. Mining his own obsessions and fantasies, Crumb reimagines the history of art, challenging notions of beauty, along with society’s mores and expectations of propriety around the female form.” (publisher’s blurb)

Nicola D’Agostino; Y. El-Droubie
London: Korero Press, 2016.

“This is the fourth title in our bestselling Sex and Horror series, which celebrates the 1960s and 1970s publishing phenomenon known as fumetti sexy–Italian adult comics with a unique take on such genres as horror, crime, fantasy, history and fairy tales. The comics were hugely successful, due in part to their uninhibited mix of twisted humour, gory violence, and up-front eroticism; however, what makes them so sought-after today is their technicolour cover illustrations, rendered by classically trained painters. Here is a further collection of those superb covers–a visual feast of outrageous pulp art.” (publisher’s blurb)