Robert Crumb (b. 1943)

Biography:

Robert Crumb is an American comic artist. 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 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.

Following the decline of the underground, he moved towards biographical and autobiographical subjects while refining his drawing style, a heavily crosshatched pen-and-ink style inspired by late 19th- and early 20th-century cartooning. In 2009 Crumb produced The Book of Genesis, an unabridged illustrated graphic novel version of the biblical Book of Genesis.

In 1994 the Terry Zwigoff film Crumb explored his artistic career and personal life.

Name:

  • Robert Crumb
  • Type: Common Alternative Name
    Given name: Robert Family name: Crumb

Other Names:

  1. Crumb Type: Common Alternative Name
  2. R. Crumb Type: Common Alternative Name
    Given name: R. Family name: Crumb
  3. Robert Dennis Crumb Type: Name at Birth
    Given name: Robert Dennis Family name: Crumb
  4. Arzy Crumbz
  5. Robert Kramb
  6. Роберт Крамб
  7. Робърт Кръмб
  8. R・クラム Type: Common Alternative Name
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Signatures:

  1. Arzy Crumbz [generic]
  2. Arzy Crumbzy [generic]
  3. Bob "He's the King" Crumb [generic]
  4. Bob Crumb [generic]
  5. Bob Scumb [generic]
  6. Bobby Crumb [generic]
  7. Crum the Bum [generic]
  8. Crumanums [generic]
  9. Crumb [generic]
  10. Crumbob [generic]
  11. Crumbs [generic]
  12. El Crummo [generic]
  13. From that ol' Male-Chauvinist Pig, R. CRUMB Himself!!
  14. Krumb [generic]
  15. Little Bobby Scumbag [generic]
  16. R (Make More Room for Me) Crumb [generic]
  17. R. "EXCUSE ME FOR LIVING" CRUMB
  18. R. "Excuse Me For Living" Crumb [generic]
  19. R. "Gimpy" Crumb [generic]
  20. R. "Give 'Em Hell" Crumb [generic]
  21. R. "Hack It Out" Crumb [generic]
  22. R. "Hot Rod" Crumb [generic]
  23. R. "Mr. Keep On Truckin'" Crumb [generic]
  24. R. "Neat Guy" Crumb [generic]
  25. R. "Noodles" Crumb [generic]
  26. R. "Ol' Grumpy Gramps" Crumb [generic]
  27. R. "Old Moneybags" Crumb [generic]
  28. R. "RUBBER BOOT" CRUMB
  29. R. "Rubber Boot" Crumb [generic]
  30. R. "Slim" Crumb [generic]
  31. R. "Southpaw" Crumb [generic]
  32. R. "The Choir Boy" Crumb [generic]
  33. R. "THE CHOIR BOY"CRUMB
  34. R. "The Philadelphia Pretzel" Crumb [generic]
  35. R. "The Queer" Crumb [generic]
  36. R. "The Victim" Crumb [generic]
  37. R. "Thuch a Thilly Boy" Crumb [generic]
  38. R. "THUCH A THILLY BOY" CRUMB
  39. R. "Whadaya Want from Me" Crumb [generic]
  40. R. "WHAT-DOES-IT-ALL-MEAN?" CRUMB
  41. R. "What-Does-It-All-Mean?' Crumb [generic]
  42. R. "Wise-Ass" Crumb [generic]
  43. R. BIGNOSE CRUMB
  44. R. C. [generic]
  45. R. Crud [generic]
  46. R. Crumb [generic]
  47. R. Crumb Productions [generic]
  48. R. Crumb studios [generic]
  49. R. CRUMB [serif letters]
  50. R. Crumbola [generic]
  51. R. Crumbski [generic]
  52. R. Crumbsle [generic]
  53. R. Crumbum [generic]
  54. R. Crunk [generic]
  55. R. Crustt [generic]
  56. R. Cum [generic]
  57. R. Grub [generic]
  58. R. Grubb [generic]
  59. R. Heronymus Crumb [generic]
  60. R. Kramb [generic]
  61. R. Krumb [generic]
  62. R. Krumwitz
  63. R. Krumwitz [generic]
  64. R. Scrum [generic]
  65. R. Scum [generic]
  66. R. “He’ll never grow up” Crumb [generic]
  67. R.CRUMB
  68. R.Crumb
  69. R.CRUMB [inside white frame]
  70. RC [generic]
  71. Robt Crumb [generic]
  72. Robt. Crumb [generic]
  73. Steve Ditcum [generic]
  74. THAT OLD WORKING STIFF, R. CRUMB
  75. The famous Bob Crumb [generic]
  76. The Old Lefthander [generic]
  77. THE OLD LEFTHANDER

Awards:

  1. 1970: Adamson Awards - Best International Comic-Strip [or Comic Book] Cartoonist
  2. 1989: Inkpot Award - [no name]
  3. 1991: Eisner Award - Hall of Fame
  4. 1998: Max-und-Moritz-Preis - Sonderpreis für ein herausragendes Lebenswerk
  5. 1999: Angoulême International Comics Festival - Grand Prix de la Ville d’Angoulême
  6. 2010: Harvey Award - Best Artist
  7. 2010: Premios Haxtur (Haxtur Awards) - Mejor Dibujo (Best Drawing)

Awards for Issues:

  1. 1996: Eisner Award - Best Archival Collection
    The Complete Crumb Comics (1987 series) #11 - Mr. Natural Committed to a Mental Institution!
  2. 1998: Eisner Award - Best Comics-Related Book
    The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book (1997 series)

Relations:

  1. Parent of - Jesse Crumb (b. 1968)
  2. Parent of - Sophie Crumb (b. 1981)
  3. Sibling - Charles Crumb (b. 1942)
  4. Sibling - Max Crumb (b. 1945)
  5. Spouse - Aline Kominsky-Crumb (b. 1948)
    Notes: Married 11 January 1978, after having lived together for several years.

Art Influences:

Influences by Robert Crumb (b. 1943) were stated by:
  1. Craig Anderson (b. ????)
  2. Eleanor Barnes (b. 1958)
  3. Jacques Boivin (b. 1952)
  4. Terry Boyce (b. 1950)
  5. Lyn Chevli (b. 1931)
  6. Bruce Chrislip (b. 1954)
  7. Clark Dissmeyer (b. 1963)
  8. Myke Feinman (b. 1956)
  9. Bill Fitts (b. 1963)
  10. Mike Kazaleh (b. 1962)
  11. Jay Kennedy (b. 1956)
  12. Sam Kieth (b. 1963)
  13. Roger Langridge (b. 1967)
  14. Mark Martin (b. 1956)
  15. Susan Mills (b. 1962)
  16. Cliff Neal (b. 1947)
  17. Jeff Nicholson (b. 1962)
  18. Tom Orzechowski (b. 1953)
  19. Jim Ottaviani (b. 1963)
  20. Michiel van de Pol (b. 1965)
  21. R. David Price (b. 1961)
  22. Peter Sandmark (b. 1959)
  23. Eric Schreurs (b. 1958)
  24. Seth (b. 1962)
  25. Don Simpson (b. 1961)
  26. Bob Supina (b. 1962)
  27. Bryan Talbot (b. 1952)
  28. Devlin Thompson (b. 1968)
  29. Jim Valentino (b. 1952)
  30. Reed Waller (b. 1949)
  31. Link Yaco (b. 1955)
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