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

  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