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...work over the years. Though it sounds redundant- everything touched by Crumb's pen, short of his ink stained sleeves, has been published already - this collection has great appeal to both Crumb neophytes and Crumb obsessives. Unlike other collections it is edited and designed, by Crumb's pal Pete Poplaski, as a kind of illustrated autobiography. Crumb provides commentary on his development as a person and an artist in passages interspersed with copious examples of his art and family photos. (A full multi-media package, it also comes with a CD of Crumb's recorded sessions with various amateur string...
...took drugs, but he carried right on working. Hallucinations actually helped to create his distinctive style. In the throes of a "bad trip," he recalled images he used to love - and copy - as a kid and realized cute cartoon animals were actually "grotesque and nightmarish," says Peter Poplaski, longtime friend and co-author of The R. Crumb Handbook (MQ Publications; 442 pages), published last month. Crumb has recently begun to confront his personal history in his work. In the strip Walkin' the Streets (2004), he shows himself strolling at night with his older brother, Charles, locked in intense mental exchange...
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