Crumb

a cartoonist's life

Crumb

a cartoonist's life
Dan Nadel
Book - 2025

"The first biography of Robert Crumb--one of the most profound and influential artists of the 20th century--whose iconic, radically frank and meticulously rendered cartoons and comics inspired generations of readers and cartoonists, from Art Spiegelman to Alison Bechdel"--

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Main Author: Nadel, Dan (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scribner, 2025.
Edition:First Scribner hardcover edition.
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300 |a xviii, 458 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :  |b illustrations (chiefly color) ;  |c 24 cm 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-440) and index. 
505 0 |a Foreword -- Part I: 1914-1962. The All-Americans -- Jugular veins -- A new family -- Part II: 1962-1966. I go to work -- Life on the cusp -- Chicago -- Part III: 1966-1972. Underground calling -- Zap -- Johnny Appleseed -- Hail, hail -- On the run -- Workingman blues -- Big business -- Goldie -- Part IV: 1972-1992. City and country -- On the move again -- Renewal -- Weirdo -- Duality in the suburbs -- Everything old is new again -- Time to go, again -- Part V: 1992-2004.Bonjour, crubs -- Dealing with it -- Genesis -- The old magician -- A note on sources -- Acknowledgments -- Endnotes -- Index. 
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