Thirty-six of the most important and influential early American blues musicians and groups are featured in this wondreful card set. HEROES OF THE BLUES consists of color portraits by celebrated artist Robert Crumb, with biographical information by music historian Stephen Calt on the reverse of each card. The set is housed in a sturdy and attractive box for permanent protection. Charley Patton, Memphis Minnie, Roosevelt Sykes, Son House, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Big Bill Broonzy, Barbecue Bob, Blind Willie McTell, Mississippi John Hurt, Cannon's Jug Stompers, and the Memphis Jug Band are among the many featured.

Each portrait is lovingly and accurately rendered. An all-New DKP printing. The shrink-wrapped sets also make perfect gifts for any musician or blues fan. Only $10.95. Two follow-up sets (Early Jazz Greats and Pioneers of Country Music) are coming soon!

A limited number of uncut sheets (suitable for framing) are also available.

One of the most dramatic Spirit "splash pages" ever is now available as a limited edition serigraph (a fine art silkscreen print) from DKP. This dramatic worm's-eye perspective is from the November 30, 1947 story called "River of Crime." As The Spirit is bathed by a trademark street lamp, he shields himself from a pounding Eisenshpritz as the rain water propels his logo into a grated gutter in the foreground. Comic book aficianados regard this as an all-time classic image.

ONLY 150 "River of Crime" silkscreens were produced with co-publisher Bernard Mahé (France) and ONLY 75 of those ARE AVAILABLE for ALL of the Western Hemisphere! Those seventy-five (mostly odd numbers) are available exclusively from this web site while they last. By avoiding distributors DKP can offer this artwork directly to you for an astonishing $100.00 --- considerably less than any earlier prices! (For comparison, Kitchen Sink's two Eisner serigraphs sold for $250.00 over a decade ago and currently bring $750.00.)

This ten-color serigraph was printed in Switzerland on 300 gm Arches 88 paper measuring 16.5 inches wide by 23.5 inches high. Each is SIGNED and NUMBERED in pencil by comics legend Will Eisner.

MR. NATURAL POSTCARD BOOK. Twenty-four images were hand-selected and newly colored by Robert Crumb for this great postcard collection! All are different -- no duplicates like many postcard collections. All feature Crumb's most famous and enduring character! The 4" x 6" postcards are on heavy cardstock (not those cheap-o flimsy cards you hate). As he has done since the 1960s, cartoon mystic Mr. Natural provides pithy insights and observations for various occasions and moods, sometimes joined by devotee Flakey Foont and Devil Girl. $11.95 (less than 50 cents per card!) Perfect gift for hippies or New Age mystics of any age. Individual postcards also available.

Harvey Kurtzman put a distinct Beatnik perspective into his adaptation of the Æsop fable "The Grasshopper and The Ant." The brilliant solo short story, drawn in vibrant watercolor and ink, is one of Kurtzman's finest creations. The story originally appeared in Esquire in 1960 at a greatly reduced size, making the panels difficult to read. It remained a lost classic for over forty years. Till now.

The pages in this DKP edition are reproduced directly from the exquisite original artwork and are published full-size. Each color panel is highlighted by a "spot varnish" on matte opaque paper. In reality the work is truly being seen for the first time. The introduction by Denis Kitchen demonstrates that the story has strong autobiographical elements: MAD-creator Kurtzman's legendary workaholic nature (The Ant) and his flirtation with the '50s Beat Movement (The Grasshopper) parallel the comic-tragic plot of this timeless tale. 80 pages 10-inch square hardcover with dust jacket. Shrink-wrapped. $25.00

This set of seven pinback buttons feature many of the leading characters from Al Capp's famous comic strip: Li'l Abner Yokum himself; his long-suffering girlfriend and eventual wife Daisy Mae; bumbling detective Fearless Fosdick (the Dick Tracy parody who appeared as a strip-within-a-strip); The Shmoo, a lovable and remarkably fecund creature who loved "hoomanity" too much for either's good; The Kigmy, who desired nothing more than a swift kick in the ass; Joe Bfstplk, the eternal jinx with a perpetual cloud over his head; and Sadie Hawkins, the Dogpatch old maid whose desperation to catch a husband spawned a race and national holiday.

Each colorful button is 1.25 inch in diameter. Two are drawn by Frank Frazetta. $17.50 (set of seven). Over 200 other cool buttons available (including other Capp, Crumb, Barks, Aragones & many others) at Steve Krupp's Curio Shoppe.