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Parting Shot: The Cheesecake Hypocrisy of the Newspaper That Called R. Crumb ‘Smutty’

Laura Hudson — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:32:59 +0000

Filed under: WTF, Culture This screenshot from the newspaper that decried Robert Crumb as a "sex pervert" and his art as "smutty" -- prompting the cancellation of his trip to the Graphic Festival in Sydney, Australia -- leaves us wondering when we...

Robert Crumb Cancels Australia Festival Appearance After Being Branded ‘Sex Pervert’

Caleb Goellner — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:05:33 +0000

Filed under: Conventions, Culture Whether or not you draw inspiration directly from his work or indirectly from its raw expression of free speech, the influence of 67-year-old underground comix icon and The Book of Genesis adaptor Robert Crumb is im...

Friday special: Love @ Crumb

The Beat — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 22:27:37 +0000

As a Spring Friday afternoon unspools, no one is thinking about the internet or comic books, but rather the most primary and wonderful thoughts of all, and this Craig's list posting about a missed connection at the R. Crumb exhibit at the Society of Illustrators, says it all. Hit the link for the WHOLE story:

R. Crumb exhibit: When Crabapple met Crumb

The Beat — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:10:24 +0000

Friday night's opening fro the R. Crumb exhibit at the Society of Illustrators in NYC, was -- no surprise -- jammed to the rafters with the who's who of the local scene. The man himself was on the premises but the notoriously shy cartoonist sat with Aline at a back table where only a few came to pay homage.

BOOM! Town announces Heroes of the Blues card set

Stephen Schleicher — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:40:18 +0000

If you really like collecting cards of every type and theme, BOOM! Town has announced a new series featuring the Heroes of the Blues. Featuring legends of early blues history such as Mississippi John Hurt, Son House, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Memphis Minnie, Charley Patton, Jaybird Coleman, Big Bill Broonzy, Barbecue Bob and many others. The [...]

BOOM! announces Mr. Natural Postcard Book

Stephen Schleicher — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:25:45 +0000

Fans of R. Crumb’s Mr. Natural are in for a treat as the white-bearded fellow, an icon of the hippie-era, gets his own book with twenty-four images of Mr. Natural on heavy card stock and ready for mailing to fellow drop-outs around the world. “With his GENESIS book topping best-seller lists and his original art touring [...]

BOOM! Town unveils Devil Girl Hot Kisses

Press Release — Mon, 24 May 2010 17:25:37 +0000

Press Release BOOM! Town, an imprint of BOOM! Studios, announced today R. CRUMB’S DEVIL GIRL™ HOT KISSES are coming to the direct market this July. Here’s something that’s really different! Everyone knows who Robert Crumb is, especially with his Biblical graphic novel Genesis topping best-seller lists. But what other cartoonist has his own candy? What’s really cool [...]

Link Ink: The Avengers Toysemble, ‘Green Lantern’ Get G’Hu and R. Crumb Draws Pokemon

Caleb Goellner — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000

Filed under: Link Ink, Culture

Toys: Upcoming Hasbro box art teases "the big three" kicking it Avengers style...in action figure form, at least. [ComicBookMovie] Movies: Lost composer Michael Giacchino may be lending his scoring skills to Captain America: The First Avenger. ... Read more

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‘Comics Stripped’ at the Museum of Sex

Andy Khouri — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000

Filed under: Art, Culture

While we at ComicsAlliance tend to focus our world-weary minds on the more imaginative, awe-inspiring and perhaps childish material produced in the comics medium, the art form has of course been the conduit through which far more subversive, ... Read more

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