R. Crumb, American counterculture comic book artist and social satirist, known for his distinctive artwork and excellent marriage of drawing and narrative and for creating such well-known characters as Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural. In 1994 Crumb was the subject of an award-winning documentary by Terry Zwigoff.
Today is the 80th birthday of Robert Crumb, who revolutionized comics by taking them underground in the late 1960s.5 Crumb-y things:1) He and his brothers Charles and Maxon began making their own comics as children, partly to survive in a deeply dysfunctional family.2) His best-known creations are F
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