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- Artists
- Crumb, Robert
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| Year: | 1994 | | Class: | Other | | Status: | Official | | Technique: | Offset Lithograph | | Paper: | 1/8" card |
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These bars were an instant success when they hit the market in 1994. The bars themselves are long gone and any surviving bars are probably not edible. But Kitchen Sink Press marketed the chocolate bars in a sturdy display box modeled after the heavy-duty cigar boxes of earlier days. This display box is constructed of thick card stock nearly 1/8 inch thick on all 6 sides. Seven sides (including the inside lid) are covered by 4-color Crumb art. The inside lid was to be propped up by retailers to expose the 15 bars that were originally inside. It also revealed the slogan, "It's BAD for you!" ---a rare example of candor in advertising.
On the bottom of the box Crumb hand-lettered "A Word to Wholesalers and Retailers of the Devil Girl Choco-Bar," . It's a hilarious tongue-in-cheek anti-marketing statement. It certainly did nothing to deter sales of the product, which approached a half-million candy bars (not bad for a comic book company's sideline).It was typical of Kitchen Sink Press, and of considerable value to collectors, that print runs on its comics, books and other products were carefully distinguished. The 5th printing was Kitchen Sink's last. Devil Girl, Cheryl Borck appears in many Crumb pieces.
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