Robert crumb art and beauty

One of America’s most celebrated cartoonists, Robert Crumb helped define cartoon and punk subcultures of the s and s with comic strips like Fritz the Cat, Mr. Natural, and Keep on Truckin’.

Jump to ratings and reviews. Want to read. Buy on Amazon. Rate this book. Robert Crumb. The open sexuality of his work, paired with frequent self-deprecation and a free, almost stream-of-consciousness style, have made Crumb into a global voice and a renowned contemporary artist.

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Drawings of women in positions ranging from lascivious to modest or mid-sport are accompanied by quotations, many of which are from artists like Leonardo da Vinci and Harvey Kurtzman. The effect of both volumes is undeniably destabilizing. The images appeal to a purely erotic sensibility, which in turn is undercut by the inclusion of highfalutin and frequently philosophical prose.

This beautiful edition, with a cover specially designed by Crumb for its release, makes the initial two issues available for the first time in over ten years, and presents the new and previously unpublished material from the third. A limited edition of signed copies is published as well. Genres Art Graphic Novels. Loading interface About the author.

Robert Crumb books followers. Robert Dennis Crumb born August 30, — is an American artist, illustrator, and musician recognized for the distinctive style of his drawings and his critical, satirical, subversive view of the American mainstream. Crumb was a founder of the underground comix movement and is regarded as its most prominent figure.