Dates
- Cover date
- [August] 1970
- Pages
- 28
Editions and covers (4)
Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Original editionSource ↗
- 6th printing
Sixth printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
This edition’s page - 7th printing
Seventh printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
This edition’s page - 4th printing
Fourth printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- Sunny Side Up · 1 pages
Mr. Natural sings the lyrics to the popular standard "Keep Your Sunny Side Up!" (by B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown and Ray Henderson).
- Mr. Natural's 719th Meditation · 3 pages
Mr. Natural meditates while a city rises, collapses and turns to dust.
- Om Sweet Om · 5 pages
Shuman is teased by Mr. Natural to the breaking point while he's meditating on the sidewalk.
- The Origins of Mr. Natural · 3 pages
- On the Bum Again · 9 pages
Mr. Natural, sick of the city, heads out west. While on the train, a lady who asks him to watch her baby never comes back.
- Mr. Natural's Old Man · Li'l Cute · 1 pages
- Little Johnny Fuckerfaster · 1 pages
Little Johnny sexually propositions a woman on the street.
Characters
Reprinted in
Mr. Natural (1983), The Complete Crumb Comics (1987), R. Crumb's Carload o' Comics (1976), The Book of Mr. Natural (1995), R. Crumb's Carload O'Comics (1996), The Book of Mr. Natural (2010), Bible of Filth (2017), Bible of Filth (2017), Nasty Tales (1971), Bible of Filth (1986), R. Crumb Draws the Blues (1992), R. Crumb Draws the Blues (1993), The R. Crumb Handbook (2005)