From the publisher:

This GIANT 64 PAGE ISSUE of Mineshaft features 15 PAGES OF R. CRUMB SKETCHBOOK DRAWINGS from June, 2004 to December, 2005 including: "Hugh M. Hefner & Friend", "WAKE UP!!", "Aline", "Russ Myer with Vixens", "GOD'S NOT PLEASED...", "Failure in Sudan", "U.S. Army Private Lynndie England & Prisoner at Abu Ghraib Prison In Iraq", "The Attack Of The Killer Nerds", "Why Is The Infinity of Space BLACK?", "Ol' BELKNAP", & MORE! ALSO: a beautiful centerfold & back cover art by Aline Kominsky-Crumb, "The Adventures of Dirty Diana" & front cover by Frank Stack, "GRIFFY'S TOP 40 ON COMICS AND THEIR CREATION" by Bill Griffith, 3 sketchbook drawings by Spain, "Movie Daze" by Bruce Simon, "SOPHIE IN AMERICA 2004" Sketchbook Drawings by Sophie Crumb, "Inside the Mineshaft" by Gioia Palmieri (with photos of Kim Deitch, Pam Butler, Fay Lovsky, & Dominique Cravic and the Primitifs du Futur), 2 pages of comics by Carol Tyler, letter from Gilbert Shelton with a drawing of Wonder Warthog, 1 page of art by Peter Poplaski (continued next issue), 2 pages of art by Kim Deitch, 1 page of art by Pamela Butler, "The Green Star" by Everett Rand, 1 page of art by Robert Armstrong, plus letters from R. Crumb, Gene Deitch, Frank Stack, Carol Tyler, Robert Armstrong, Justin Green, & more from around the globe! First printing. 64 pages. 1,500 copies printed in May, 2006

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"Recently I've spent time going back and reading old issues of MINESHAFT. Man, it holds up well over time, very high quality content, mercifully free of the usual commercial crap or pretentious arty-farty nonsense that pervades 99.9 percent of all print media. Mineshaft is anti-propaganda, anti-public relations. It is a modest little package speaking honest truths in words and pictures, thanks to you and Gioia's sharp editorial judgement." -Robert Crumb in a letter, January 1, 2014

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