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The Conundrum Of R. Crumb
The Conundrum Of R. Crumb
The Conundrum Of R. Crumb
Born on August 30th, 1943, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Robert Crumb is one of the most influential and divisive comics artists of all time, with as many followers as detractors. So which Crumb is the real one? The artistic genius or the pervert?
Parting Shot: The Cheesecake Hypocrisy of the Newspaper That Called R. Crumb ‘Smutty’
Parting Shot: The Cheesecake Hypocrisy of the Newspaper That Called R. Crumb ‘Smutty’
Parting Shot: The Cheesecake Hypocrisy of the Newspaper That Called R. Crumb ‘Smutty’
This screenshot from the newspaper that decried Robert Crumb as a "sex pervert" and his art as "smutty" -- prompting the cancellation of his trip to the Graphic Festival in Sydney, Australia -- leaves us wondering when we can expect a similarly outraged, alarmist op-ed from author Jesse Phillips about the smutty, perverted news coverage of The Daily Telegraph...
Robert Crumb Cancels Australia Festival Appearance After Being Branded ‘Sex Pervert’
Robert Crumb Cancels Australia Festival Appearance After Being Branded ‘Sex Pervert’
Robert Crumb Cancels Australia Festival Appearance After Being Branded ‘Sex Pervert’
Whether or not you draw inspiration directly from his work or indirectly from its raw expression of free speech, the influence of 67-year-old underground comix icon and The Book of Genesis adaptor Robert Crumb is impossible to ignore. On July 31 the creator received some decidedly negative attention in advance of a visit to Sydney from Australia's The Daily Telegraph, which called Crumb as a "
‘Comics Stripped’ at the Museum of Sex
‘Comics Stripped’ at the Museum of Sex
‘Comics Stripped’ at the Museum of Sex
While we at ComicsAlliance tend to focus our world-weary minds on the more imaginative, awe-inspiring and perhaps childish material produced in the comics medium, the art form has of course been the conduit through which far more subversive, humorous and tantalizing statements have been made...
Link Ink: The Avengers Toysemble, ‘Green Lantern’ Get G’Hu and R. Crumb Draws Pokemon
Link Ink: The Avengers Toysemble, ‘Green Lantern’ Get G’Hu and R. Crumb Draws Pokemon
Link Ink: The Avengers Toysemble, ‘Green Lantern’ Get G’Hu and R. Crumb Draws Pokemon
Toys: Upcoming Hasbro box art teases "the big three" kicking it Avengers style...in action figure form, at least. Movies: Lost composer Michael Giacchino may be lending his scoring skills to Captain America: The First Avenger. Retail: Better use your huge 33-50 percent off coupons while you can, Borders doesn't seem to be in awesome shape...
Some Christians Afraid to Look at Robert Crumb’s Illustrated ‘Book of Genesis’
Some Christians Afraid to Look at Robert Crumb’s Illustrated ‘Book of Genesis’
Some Christians Afraid to Look at Robert Crumb’s Illustrated ‘Book of Genesis’
Robert Crumb's illustrated version of the "Book of Genesis" is out, and it's incredible, and guess who's upset about it. Christians! The amazing part about this particular controversy is that instead of getting up in arms about comics with gay people in them or Japanese cartoons with comedic nudity, they're actually upset with the Bible, and it is blowing my mind...
Flower Power: The Greatest Hippies in Comics
Flower Power: The Greatest Hippies in Comics
Flower Power: The Greatest Hippies in Comics
Hippies. God bless em, they really think a lot of themselves, don't they? Isn't it great when fuzzy ole Uncle Hippie gathers the brood down to the biodegradable teepee for tall tales of the Sixties? "Pot and acid grew on lampposts!" he preaches. "Flowers stopped bullets! I pleasured Joni Mitchell with an Abba Zabba!" Wow, awesome, Uncle Hippie! You ruined drug enforcement, sex
Harvey Pekar Hits the Web with ‘The Pekar Project’
Harvey Pekar Hits the Web with ‘The Pekar Project’
Harvey Pekar Hits the Web with ‘The Pekar Project’
Harvey Pekar of "American Splendor" fame is not known for his technological savvy, but he's finally making his way to the internet courtesy of SMITH magazine, where a series of webcomics called "The Pekar Project" just launched. The first installment adapts a conversation between Pekar and another indie legend, Robert Crumb, about avant-garde art and the recent libretto that Pe
Link Ink — Philip K. Dick, Fan Movie Posters
Link Ink — Philip K. Dick, Fan Movie Posters
Link Ink — Philip K. Dick, Fan Movie Posters
-- An oldie but goodie: Philip K Dick fans will love this graphic interpretation of a series of events from Dick's life, created by R. Crumb. -- As we've seen with the Green Lantern fan-trailer that blew our minds just a few weeks ago, sometimes the fans have really got it going on ­ this can be further seen on ComicBookMovie.com...