Importing elements of Disney cartoons and newspaper strips into his countercultural comics, Robert Crumb created a ...

Crumb’s work chronicles the pressures of modern life on the groin and nervous system of one highly vibratory man. ... Robert Crumb was born at a fortuitous moment: specifically, Philadelphia, 1943.

Nadel’s latest book, a biography of Robert Crumb, was released on April 15. Crumb is an American artist who often signs his work R. Crumb.

Dan Nadel, author of the new book "Crumb: A Cartoonist’s Life", joined us to share a few stories from his revealing look at Robert Crumb—one of the most profound and influential artists of the ...

How fortunate that my first parasocial relationship, as they’re now called, was with a genius. I encountered Robert Crumb’s work at the age of 8 or 9, when his comics could be found ...

In his biography “Crumb: A Cartoonist’s Life,” Dan Nadel tries to tell the story of the “Mr. Natural” creator without sanding down the rough edges.

Robert Crumb and Art Spiegelman. Funny Aminals was a one-off underground comic anthology created by Robert Crumb and featuring contributions from several emerging artists, including a 24-year-old ...

The cartoonist Robert Crumb is described in a new biography as “misanthropic.” In his own work, he typically characterizes his personality as an unpleasant cocktail of rage, lust, and social ...

Robert Mapplethorpe was partial to bulging muscles wrapped in leather. And then there is the legendary cartoonist R. Crumb—lover of solid legs, worshipper of meaty thighs, champion of the ample ...

Robert Crumb was certainly in that mature-comics vanguard, but for all that, his childhood did much to mould him as an artist and is frequently detailed in his work.

A Troubled and Troubling Artist, Cartoonist Robert Crumb Is Subject of a Literary Biography. This isn’t the first time that his life and work have been the subject of sustained attention: Terry ...

Robert Crumb, the libidinous underground comix pioneer, had one condition before he agreed to participated in Dan Nadel's biography: that the author look closely at his compulsions.