| ...and these are only a handful of the characters
this demented sunovabitch has been creating since the
sixties, which is why he's considered by many to be the
most prolific & famous underground cartoonist of all
time. Most of his shit is x-rated, which makes it even
better. At the beginning, there was ZAP comix, and then
Despair, Motor City, Big Ass Comics, Home Grown Funnies,
Your Hytone comics, etc., etc., all published underground.(WAY underground.)Then the mainstream found out about him and
published Head Comix and FRITZ THE CAT....Remember the
movie? He hated it. Turned down millions rather than see
more of his work debased. Then in the 80's he did the
Weirdo Anthology Magazine & Hup comix. There was an
r. crumb documentary too, in '95, directed by Terry
Zwigoff called Crumb. Helluva sick movie. I loved it a
lot. Remember the Keep on Truckin' poster? That's Crumb.
Plus he did the cover for Cheap Thrills, the Janis & Big Brother album. I hear he doesn't smoke weed anymore,
he lives in France now (not that he can't get it there),
and he's got a new comic now called MYSTIC FUNNIES that
came out in December 1997. I'll give ya a link later on
so you can buy it if ya want. Lemme show ya something
from that comic, along with a cool portrait he did of
himself....C'mon.......
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