Robert Crumb. 1988. "A Short History of America...With Epilogue." Back cover for Whole Earth Review. Winter 1988. No. 61. 20th Anniversary Issue.
Sequel to "A Short History of America" first published in Whole Earth Review's predecessor publication, CoEvolution Quarterly (Fall 1979, #23) and the subject of numerous prints over the years (a print with this epilogue was published by Kitchen Sink Press). The three scenarios: a nightmarish wasteland, a Jetson's funky high-tech or a hippiesh, rural idyll. It looks like he was sort of right on all 3 counts as today's world looks like a mix of the three. Although an extension of Short History of America, the Epilogue also stands on its own. Five years later, Crumb's cover for the Whole Earth Review 25th Anniversary Edition, the pessimistic view seems to have set in. The original "Short History" and "Epilogue" are shown on pages 34-35.
