Crumb family

The Crumb family of artists is an American family, several of whom are notable cartoonists. The family includes:

• Robert Crumb (b. August 30, 1943) – better known as R. Crumb. Creator of such characters as Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural.
• Aline Kominsky-Crumb (August 1, 1948 – November 29, 2022) – Robert’s wife, known for her underground autobiographical comix.
• Sophie Crumb (b. 1981) – daughter of Robert and Aline, whose work at an early age appeared in her parents' comix magazines.
• Maxon Crumb (b. 1945) – another brother of Charles and Robert's. He has achieved a cult following as a street person and artist.
• Charles Vincent Crumb Jr. (March 13, 1942 – February 1992) – Robert's eldest brother whose childhood obsession with making comics Robert credits as the foundation of his own devotion to art. ^{[1] [2]} As he entered adulthood, he began showing signs of mental illness, rarely ventured from the home he shared with his mother, and died by suicide aged 49, reportedly by overdose. ^{[3] [4] [5]} He said that he had "homosexual pedophiliac tendencies" but never succumbed to his urges and remained determined not to. ^[6] His art exhibited repetitive and painstaking concentric lines, filling in otherwise normal Crumbesque drawings, reflecting an obsession with filling every last centimeter of white space.^{[ citation needed ]}

The Crumb family featured in Terry Zwigoff's 1994 American documentary film Crumb

References

1. Pahls, Marty (May 2003) [1996]. "Introduction: Right Up To The Edge". The Early Years of Bitter Struggle. The Complete Crumb Comics. Vol. 1 (third ed.). Fantagraphics Books. pp. vii, x–xi. ISBN   0-930193-42-3.
2. Crumb, Robert (1998). "My earliest memory of comics is the way they smelled!". The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book. Little, Brown. p. 3; 6–18. ISBN   0-316-16333-3.
3. Lovece, Frank (June 2, 1995). "A new documentary focuses on Robert Crumb – Crumb highlights the cartoonist's dysfunctional family". Entertainment Weekly .
4. Crumb, R. "DEALING WITH REALITY: Crumb looks back at his work in 1972–73, his obsession with old music, and performing with the Cheap Suit Serenaders," Crumb on Crumb (June 1992).
5. Crumb, Robert. "Fuzzy the Bunny in 'Nut Factory Blues,'" XYZ Comics (Kitchen Sink Press, June 1972).
6. Robert Crumb, Maxon Crumb (edited by), Crumb Comics: The Whole Family Is Crazy!, Last Gasp, 1998, pp. 29–33