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Robert Crumb

Cartoonist / Journalist / Novelist / Musician / Writer | * 08/30/1943 (80) | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States of America (USA))
Robert Dennis Crumb (born August 30, 1943) is an American cartoonist who often signs his work R. Crumb. His work displays a nostalgia for American folk culture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and satire of contemporary American culture. Crumb contributed to many of the seminal works of the underground comix movement in the 1960s, including being a founder of the first successful underground comix publication, Zap Comix, contributing to all 16 issues. He was additionally contributing to the East Village Other and many other publications, including a variety of one-off and anthology comics. During this time, inspired by psychedelics and cartoons from the 1920s and 1930s, he introduced a wide variety of characters that became extremely popular, including countercultural icons Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural, and the images from his Keep On Truckin' strip. Sexual themes abounded in all these projects, often shading into scatological and pornographic comics. In the mid-1970s, he con... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Comedies | Animation

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Awards & Nominations for Robert Crumb

Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême Inkpot Award Will Eisner Hall of Fame Harvey Award for Best Artist Best Foreign Work Published in Spain
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Movies with Robert Crumb as Actor(8)

as himself2023 Married to Comics
as himself2012 Sex in the Comix
as himself2008 Chelsea on the Rocks
as himself1995 Crumb
as Don Proctor1962 Wild Guitar

Movies with Robert Crumb as Crew(5)

Crew/Thanks2001 Ghost World
Writing/Characters1978 Up in Flames
Writing/Comic Book1974 The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
Writing/Characters1972 Fritz the Cat

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Full Name: Robert Crumb
Born: Monday, 08/30 1943 (August) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 80 years + 212 days)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN)
Employer: American Greetings
Represented by: David Zwirner Gallery
Spouses (current/former): Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Children: Sophie Crumb
Siblings: Maxon Crumb, Charles Crumb
Other names for Robert Crumb (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"R. Crumb"
"Robert Dennis Crumb"
"Crumb, Robert" (Pseudonym)
Robert Crumb frequently works together with these people:
Terry Zwigoff (5x, Crew)
Ron Mann (4x, Crew)
Abel Ferrara (3x, Crew)
Arch Hall Sr. (3x, Actor)
Ralph Bakshi (3x, Crew)
Aline Kominsky (3x, Actress)
Ed Bogas (2x, Crew)
Skip Hinnant (2x, Actor)
Gilbert Shelton (2x, Cast)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:20638, Added: 05/07/2018, Last updated: 03/13/2024