R. Crumb: Existential Comics: Selected Stories 1979-2004

R. Crumb: Existential Comics: Selected Stories 1979-2004 - Hardcover

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R. Crumb: Existential Comics: Selected Stories 1979-2004 - Hardcover

R. Crumb: Existential Comics: Selected Stories 1979-2004 - Hardcover

by R. Crumb
$45.00
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Book Overview

This volume brings together twenty-five of R. Crumb's most ambitious, acclaimed, and profound comics.

One of the most influential and iconic cartoonists of our time, R. Crumb is celebrated for pushing the boundaries of representation, mass consumerism, and polite society. The comics in this volume exemplify Crumb's creative output over twenty-five years following his early experimentation in the 1960s and 1970s.

The comics collected here depict characters searching for an understanding of the world around and within themselves. Through adaptation, autobiography, biography, and short fiction, Crumb--much like his subjects--demands we pay attention to our darkest desires, compulsions, fears, and obsessions. Existential Comics also features a new, introductory comic strip by Crumb, reflecting on his practice in the context of this volume.

Editor Dan Nadel's essay further weaves together Crumb's life, career, and influences, delving into the creative environment that informed some of the artist's most outstanding comics.
ISBN9781644231531
Author R. Crumb
PublisherDavid Zwirner Books
GenreArts and History
FormatHardcover
PublishedMay 2025
LanguageENG- English
Pages208
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Instrumental in the formation of the underground comics scene in the 1960s and 1970s, R. Crumb (b. 1943) has helped challenge and expand the boundaries of the graphic arts and redefined comics and cartoons as countercultural art forms. Widely circulated and celebrated, Crumb's published imagery, such as his comic strips Fritz the Cat, Mr. Natural, and Keep on Truckin', offers a mordant satirical critique of modern society.

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