In his new biography of Robert Crumb, Dan Nadel writes that his subject agreed to participate in the project under one condition: “that I be honest about his faults, look closely at his compulsions, ...

A thrillingly revisionist history of the era at the Whitney Museum uncovers a current of art that sprang from eros and the uncensored minds of R. Crumb, Martha Edelheit and others. By Deborah Solomon ...

For an exhibition consisting primarily of black-and-white line drawings, Aline Kominsky-Crumb & R. Crumb: Drawn Together is surprisingly colorful. Including more than 30 framed works, in addition to ...

Getting to know Crumb also meant delving into correspondences with his family, friends and loved ones — learning that he meant something different to them than he did to the rest of the world. “It ...

It's the first biography written with the cooperation of the artist himself! Dan Nadel, author of the new book "Crumb: A Cartoonist’s Life", joined us to share a few stories from his revealing look at ...

Listen to a scratchy “R. Crumb and His Cheap Suit Serenaders” album, bite into a “Devil Girl Choco-Bar (It's BAD for you!)” or follow the misadventures of Mr. Natural and Fritz the Cat: All roads lead ...

“He grew into an outsider, took lessons in incredulity from the ethnic and racial outsiders he idolized, but was born inside the beast, nurtured on the bloody land, indoctrinated with its foundation ...

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