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Sunday, October 26, 2025

A Short History of America - Classic R. Crumb Poster

 



A Short History of America

R. Crumb Poster

Published by Denis Kitchen


Arguably cartoonist Robert Crumb's most popular and most timeless image, this poster shows the gradual metamorphosis of a single plot of land from virgin wilderness to urban decay in 12 panels. It first appeared in black & white in 1979 in the ecological magazine Co-Evolutionary Quarterly and in Snoid Comics. It was rearranged and colored by Peter Poplaski in 1981 and quickly became Kitchen Sink Press' best-selling poster. After the popular but depressing 12-panel poster went out of print, Crumb added three panels to answer the "What next?" question posed in his original final 12th panel. In this 15-panel version Crumb depicts three possible futures:

a.) Lower left shows the "Worst case scenario: ecological disaster;

b.) Center: "The fun future: Techno fix on the march!"

c.) Lower right: "The ecotopian solution."

Measures 22 inches high x 24 inches wide


Ships rolled in a sturdy tube


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