onsdag den 2. januar 2013

ROBERT CRUMB

Robert Dennis Crumb født 30. august. 1943 - kendt som Robert Crumb og R. Crumb - er en amerikansk kunstner, illustrator og musiker, anerkendt for sin særprægede tegnestil og kritiske, satiriske og undergravende fremstilling af den amerikanske mainstream. Crumb var en af grundlæggerne af den underjordiske tegneseriebevægelse og betragtes som den mest fremtrædende skikkelse. Selvom han er en af ​​de mest berømte tegneseriekunstnere, har Crumb's samlede karriere kun udfoldet sig udenfor mainstream tegneserieforlagsbranchen. En af hans mest anerkendte værker er "Keep on Truckin" tegneserien, der blev en udbredt armatur af popkulturen i 1970'erne. Andre er tegneserierne Devil Girl, Fritz the Cat, og Mr. Natural. Han blev optaget i tegneseriebranchens Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame i 1991. 
Robert Dennis Crumb
born August 30. 1943 - known as Robert Crumb and R. Crumb - is an American artist, illustrator, and mucician recognized for the distinctive style of his drawings and his critical, satirical, subversive view of the American mainstream. Crumb was a founder of the underground comic movement and is regarded as its most prominent figure. Though one of the most celebrated of comic book artists, Crumb's entire career has unfolded outside the mainstream comic book publishing industry. One of his most recognized works is the "Keep on Truckin'" comic, which became a widely distributed fixture of pop culture in the 1970s. Others are the characters Devil Girl, Fritz the Cat, and Mr. Natural. He was inducted into the comic book industry's Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1991.

Robert Crumb and his wife Aline Kominsky 1987



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