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Crumb at his best/worst. This is certainly not a page that will be to everyone's taste. I think to understand it and appreciate it you really have to know Crumb's work and have an familiarity with the irreverence and ambitions of the underground comic scene circa 1970. I already had a nice Crumb page and so in getting a second, I wanted something different and more challenging. This is it, a page that will not go on my wall but should.
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Spawn2
May 12, 2025, 5:38 PM
Une bien belle planche provocante
deenekingston
Jan 30, 2023, 7:57 PM
It has to be taken in context. This was the late sixties to early seventies. It is juvenile 'toilet humour' yes, but then the underground cartoonists were mostly young hippy teen rebels being deliberately provocative, anti-establishment and seeking to create a sensationalist sense of utter outrage just for the sheer 'crack' of it! Crumbs work matured significantly in later life. Whether you love or loathe him at least you can honestly say that he was one cartoonist who genuinely had 'no sacred cows' whatsoever and I don't think there are that many others that you can say that about which probably accounts for his long lasting appeal. I don't think you should feel embarrassed to hang it if you wish despite the defecation scene. Its an historical artifact from a very incendiary and tumultous time in US history. Simple as that.
Joao
Jun 10, 2019, 1:25 PM
Robert Crumb is one of my all time favourite artists! Congrats!
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About Robert Crumb
Robert Dennis Crumb is an American cartoonist and musician who often signs his work R. Crumb. His work displays a nostalgia for American folk culture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and satire of contemporary American culture. Crumb is a prolific artist and contributed to many of the seminal works of the underground comix movement in the 1960s, including being a founder of the first successful underground comix publication, Zap Comix, contributing to all 16 issues.
