This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. LAT REVIEW: R. Crumb and the miracle of his 'Book of Genesis Illustrated' - Los Angeles Times ...

Few Biblical scholars would have made R. Crumb–the counterculture cartoonist famous for creating Fritz the Cat–their top choice for reinterpreting the first book of the Pentateuch. And few ...

Let there be darkness! When the somewhat lurid graphic novel The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb debuted last October, it was an instant sensation. Now fans have a chance to check out all ...

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.

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The underground-comic artist visits the Whitney with his biographer, Dan Nadel, and considers some old friends: his own psychedelic skulls, placemat sketches, and muscly women, Bruce Handy writes.

In a 2008 interview, Barry characterized his appeal, especially to artists, most succinctly: “What R. Crumb gave me was this feeling that you could draw anything,” she said.

R. Crumb created Zap Comix and such characters as Mr. Natural and Fritz the Cat. His comics were a staple of the 1960s counterculture, and came out of his nightmares, fantasies and fetishes. There ...

Dan Nadel’s “Crumb: A Cartoonist’s Life” takes on the good, the bad, the ugly and the weird. Over punk rock vegetarian food, subject and writer compared notes.

BOOK REVIEW R. Crumb helped invent modern comics, but we haven’t known much about his life … until now In Dan Nadel’s thorough new biography, a look behind the man behind the art ...