Home Grown Funnies
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| Home Grown Funnies | |
|---|---|
 The cover of the 12th printing of Home Grown Funnies, art by Robert Crumb. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Kitchen Sink Press |
| Schedule | Sixteen printings |
| Format | One-shot |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | January 1971 |
| No. of issues | 1 |
| Creative team | |
| Written by | Robert Crumb |
| Artist(s) | Robert Crumb |
| Collected editions | |
| The Complete Crumb Comics #8: The Death of Fritz the Cat | ISBN 1-56097-076-6 |
Home Grown Funnies is a single-issue underground comic book written and illustrated by Robert Crumb. Containing stories with staple Crumb characters Whiteman, the Snoid, and Angelfood McSpade, Home Grown Funnies went through sixteen printings by Kitchen Sink Press, selling at least 160,000 copies, and has been referred to as one of Crumb's longest-lived comics.[1]
The comic was originally published in January 1971, and underwent fifteen consecutive printings.
| Printing(s) | Issues |
|---|---|
| 1st | 10,000 |
| 2nd | 20,000 |
| 3rd–8th | 10,000 |
| 9th–11th | 5,000 |
| 12th | 10,000 |
| 13th | 5,000 |
| 14th–16th | est. 5,000 |