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Author: [Crumb, Robert]
Title: YARROWSTALKS No. 3
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Publisher:Brian Zahn
Date Published: 1967
Description:

VG+ (4.5). Right edge of top front cover toned, small soil spot top top right corner of front cover, more extensive toning to bottom half of front cover beneath the publisher's fold, sun shadow to top edge of pages and back cover. Eight-page black and white tabloid with monochrome (red) logo, 11x16" but with publisher's horizontal fold making this periodical approx. 11x8". GPAnalysis: No reported sales, as CGC does not slab this item due to its unusual format. Heritage has sold several copies, including a VG- (3.5) copy for $1195 in 2/17.

Although young R. Crumb had several published works prior to Yarrowstalks #3, including some features for Harvey Kurtzman's Help! and some cartoons for a few underground newspapers, Yarrowstalks #3 was Crumb's first cover-to-cover solo publication, pre-dating ZAP #1.

Crumb was so pleased with Yarrowstalks' publisher Brian Zahn's efforts that he was inspired to create the first two issues of ZAP. He sent the original art for the first ish to Zahn, who ran off with it (luckily Crumb made photocopies of the artwork). And so, Charles Plymell and Don Donohue published ZAP #1 the following year, making comix history and launching Crumb as a hippie household name.

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