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Grex Comics Item 3: R. Crumb & underground comix
Entered by raven on Sat Sep 2 00:42:07 UTC 1995:

        Did anyone one of you out there see Crumb?  This was a documentry
about R. Crumb who invented underground comics with his Zap comics, Fritz
the Cat, and Mr. Natural.  The documentry was very interesting in showing
the effects his two nearly insane brothers had on his obsession with 
drawing comics as a way of dealing with his personel life and society.
        Crumbs influence continues to be felt today in underground comics
such as Dan Clowes "Hate" comics and in various zines.  This the item
to discuss Crumb and underground comix.

13 responses total.

#1 of 13 by steve on Sun Jan 7 04:23:37 1996:

   I'm sad to see that I'm the first response for this.

   Crumb was/is wonderful in an odd sort of way.  Not quite upbeat,
but very wonderful nevertheless.  That he had brothers who bothered
him makes a lot of sense, looking at this work.

   Does anyone know of a good complete set of Crumb works?  I'd heard
that there was going to be something nearly complete, and then it
felt like the deal died.

   Of all my favorities, I think Mr. Natural is about at the top.
I wonder what Mr. Natual would say about that?

                                           (probably: "It don't mean shit!")

#2 of 13 by carson on Sun Jan 7 04:45:29 1996:

I bought a print of Crumb's history of a small town (I forget the title)
for my dad for Christmas.

I believe Fantagraphics is putting together several collected volumes
of Crumb's work, if they haven't done so already. I'll see what I can
find.

I haven't managed to see _Crumb_ yet, but I have heard that it is 
excellent. The guys at Dave's Comics were talking about it a few
weeks ago, but the only comment I remember is that his wife Aline
draws herself much worse than she actually looks.

#3 of 13 by dbassman on Mon Dec 16 00:35:33 1996:

i know nothing of crumb....what's the basic premise?
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#4 of 13 by bruin on Mon Dec 16 01:09:03 1996:

I do have a collection of R. Crumb's comics from the 1960's.  Even though the
settings were very cynical, I do enjoy his sick and twisted view of the world.

#5 of 13 by buzby on Sun Dec 29 04:50:50 1996:

THiS iS VERY DEAD

#6 of 13 by raven on Mon Jan 27 12:03:00 1997:

re #5 The only dead thing is the hunk of grey matter in your skull.

#7 of 13 by bio on Mon Feb 17 08:13:53 1997:

now behave people

#8 of 13 by pez on Mon Feb 17 21:17:48 1997:

has there been a useful post in this item recently (or ever)?

#9 of 13 by bio on Mon Feb 17 23:31:55 1997:

No, I just was looking back at all of the old items and they were fighting.

#10 of 13 by dbassman on Wed Mar 12 02:36:12 1997:

what is crumb again, dave?
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#11 of 13 by bio on Wed Mar 12 06:07:53 1997:

Go to the video store, rent the movie about this artist and his story... They
you will understand what we're talking about.

#12 of 13 by jimalt on Sun Jul 19 18:08:08 1998:

I saw "Crumb" and I thought it was very good. It surprised me to learn what
little liking he really felt for the whole late 60s hippie counterculture,
considering how much he has come to be associated with it. He was adopted by
it, so to speak, but the feeling was not mutual.

#13 of 13 by lar on Thu Jul 8 22:59:44 2010:

he was ok,i'll admit that

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