History Creator / RobertCrumb

* SurrealHumor/SurrealHorror: Most of what he drew early on made very little sense, with extremely vulgar content and confusing imagery and plots.

Some of this work earned him a lot of criticism from other underground cartoonists and social commentators. Works depicting {{Blackface}}-inspired imagery and [[NWordPrivileges use of the word "nigger"]] earned Crumb false accusations of racism, even though the comics were actually a ''satire'' of racism, not racist work in of itself. Harder to deny, however, was Crumb's [[HeManWomanHater rampant misogyny]]: his comics frequently featured women being beaten up and raped, and even enjoying being sexually assaulted. Crumb commentators have associated this viewpoint with Crumb's then-unhappy marriage, noting that after remarrying and having a daughter, Crumb has drawn significantly more feminist-themed material since the 1980s.

Some of this work earned him a lot of criticism from other underground cartoonists and social commentators. Works depicting {{Blackface}}-inspired imagery and [[NWordPrivileges use of the N-Word]] earned Crumb false accusations of racism, even though the comics were actually a ''satire'' of racism, not racist work in of itself. Harder to deny, however, was Crumb's [[HeManWomanHater rampant misogyny]]: his comics frequently featured women being beaten up and raped, and even enjoying being sexually assaulted. Crumb commentators have associated this viewpoint with Crumb's then-unhappy marriage, noting that after remarrying and having a daughter, Crumb has drawn significantly more feminist-themed material since the 1980s.

* ''Literature/TheBible'': Adapted and drew ''The Book of Genesis Illustrated''. Played straight throughout. Initially, Crumb planned to parody it but found the original text far stranger, weirder and more brilliantly written than he expected so he decided to ''illustrate'' it using the exact same words in the text, without alteration for narrative convenience.

* AllMenArePerverts and AllWomenAreLustful: In Crumb's comics, anyway.
* AmazonianBeauty/BigBeatifulWoman: One of his many specific fetishes

* FanService and FanDisservice: Readers may rejoice, because Crumb draws a lot of pornographic scenes. The bad news is: he does it mostly to please himself, so many scenes will feature huge women with heavy thighs and thick legs and/or furry cartoon characters (Though your mileage may vary on the first). Some scenes are examples of RapeAsComedy, IncestIsRelative and even Necrophilia, all done more to shock his audience than anything else. It's a wonder whether anyone except himself ever got aroused reading this {{Squick}} stuff.
** He's openly admitted to illustrating it mainly because he had incredibly disturbing desires that he was afraid to discuss with other people.

* AmazonianBeauty: One of his many specific fetishes

* FanService and FanDisservice: Readers may rejoice, because Crumb draws a lot of pornographic scenes. The bad news is: he does it mostly to please himself, so many scenes will feature huge women with heavy thighs and thick legs and/or furry cartoon characters. Some scenes are examples of RapeAsComedy, IncestIsRelative and even Necrophilia, all done more to shock his audience than anything else. It's a wonder whether anyone except himself ever got aroused reading this {{Squick}} stuff?

* LoveableSexManiac

* CreatorThumbprint: Among his non-sexual interests include classic cartoons and comics, blues and jazz music. He has an express dislike for modern-sounding music, recounting that he "fell asleep" at Music/TheGratefulDead and Music/JimiHendrix concerts, and thought that certain modern blues musicians would be more appealing to him if they played ''acoustic'' guitars, finding the sound of the electric guitar to be intolerable. Crumb also founded a retro-based band, the Cheap Suit Serenaders, which plays 1920s jazz, blues, country, Hawaiian and pop songs, although he hasn't played with them since the late 70s. (Another known member of the band, Creator/TerryZwigoff, later directed the documentary ''Crumb'', and some mainstream films like ''ComicBook/GhostWorld'', ''ComicBook/ArtSchoolConfidential'', and ''Film/BadSanta''.)

* CreatorThumbprint: Among his non-sexual interests include classic cartoons and comics, blues and jazz music. He has an express dislike for modern-sounding music, recounting that he "fell asleep" at Music/TheGratefulDead and Music/JimiHendrix concerts, and thought that certain modern blues musicians would be more appealing to him if they played ''acoustic'' guitars, finding the sound of the electric guitar to be intolerable. Crumb also founded a retro-based band, the Cheap Suit Serenaders, which plays 1920s jazz, blues, country, Hawaiian and pop songs, although he hasn't played with them since the late 70s. (Another known member of the band, Terry Zwigoff, later directed the documentary ''Crumb'', and some mainstream films like ''ComicBook/GhostWorld'', ''ComicBook/ArtSchoolConfidential'', and ''Film/BadSanta''.)
* DarkerAndEdgier: His work in the late 50's and early 60's certainly wasn't family friendly, but it wasn't nearly as confessional, pervese, unsettling and graphic as what he drew into the late 60's and 70's.

* AmazonianBeauty/BigBeatifulWomen: One of his incredibly specific fetishes.

* IconicOutfit: If Crumb as a person shows up in another cartoonist's work, he is usually depicted as wearing a straw hat carrying around a banjo.

Robert Dennis Crumb (born August 30, 1943) is an UndergroundComics creator best known for ''Zap Comix'', "Keep on Truckin'", ''ComicBook/FritzTheCat'', ''Mr. Natural'' and the album cover for Big Brother and the Holding Company's ''Music/CheapThrills (1968)''. He began his career working for Topps and the American Greetings corporation; there, he drew several of the earliest ''Fritz the Cat'' comics and the graphic novel ''Oggie and the Beanstalk''. He had some work published by Harvey Kurtzman in ''Help!'' magazine, but [[EverybodyMustGetStoned experiences with LSD]] led him to create some of his best-known comics, which he either published himself or submitted to other underground publications.

* BornInTheWrongCentury: Crumb is very fond of the 1920s and 1930s and generally hates almost any aspect of modern life after the 1940s. It's a theme that can be found in his work as well. [[{{Irony}} And yet he makes comics that probably would have gotten him arrested back then].

* AuthorAppeal:
** Crumb explains his ideal female body type [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fu0OW5tLy0 here.]]

* BornInTheWrongCentury: Crumb is very fond of the 1920s and 1930s and generally hates almost any aspect of modern life after the 1940s. It's a theme that can be found in his work as well. [[{{Irony}} And yet he makes comics that probably would have gotten him arrested back then].
* ButtMonkey:
** [[UpToEleven Flakey Foont]]

** And let's not forget Crumb himself.

* {{Parody}}:
** Often, due to the ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'' influence.

* AuthorAppeal:
** Crumb explains his ideal female body type [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fu0OW5tLy0 here.]]

* BornInTheWrongCentury: Crumb is very fond of the 1920s and 1930s and generally hates almost any aspect of modern life after the 1940s. It's a theme that can be found in his work as well. [[{{Irony}} And yet he makes comics that probably would have gotten him arrested back then].
* ButtMonkey:
** [[UpToEleven Flakey Foont]]

** And let's not forget Crumb himself.

* {{Parody}}:
** Often, due to the ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'' influence.

* AuthorAppeal:
** Crumb explains his ideal female body type [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fu0OW5tLy0 here.]]

* BornInTheWrongCentury: Crumb is very fond of the 1920s and 1930s and generally hates almost any aspect of modern life after the 1940s. It's a theme that can be found in his work as well. [[{{Irony}} And yet he makes comics that probably would have gotten him arrested back then].
* ButtMonkey:
** [[UpToEleven Flakey Foont]]

** And let's not forget Crumb himself.

* {{Parody}}:
** Often, due to the ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'' influence.

* AuthorAppeal:
** Crumb explains his ideal female body type [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fu0OW5tLy0 here.]]

* BornInTheWrongCentury: Crumb is very fond of the 1920s and 1930s and generally hates almost any aspect of modern life after the 1940s. It's a theme that can be found in his work as well. [[{{Irony}} And yet he makes comics that probably would have gotten him arrested back then].
* ButtMonkey:
** [[UpToEleven Flakey Foont]]

** And let's not forget Crumb himself.

* {{Parody}}:
** Often, due to the ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'' influence.

* AuthorAppeal:
** Crumb explains his ideal female body type [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fu0OW5tLy0 here.]]

* BornInTheWrongCentury: Crumb is very fond of the 1920s and 1930s and generally hates almost any aspect of modern life after the 1940s. It's a theme that can be found in his work as well. [[{{Irony}} And yet he makes comics that probably would have gotten him arrested back then].
* ButtMonkey:
** [[UpToEleven Flakey Foont]]

** And let's not forget Crumb himself.

* {{Parody}}:
** Often, due to the ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'' influence.

* AuthorAppeal: Crumb explains his ideal female body type [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fu0OW5tLy0 here.]]

* BornInTheWrongCentury: Crumb is very fond of the 1920s and 1930s and generally hates almost any aspect of modern life after the 1940s. It's a theme that can be found in his work as well.
** {{Irony}}: And yet he makes comics that probably would have gotten him arrested back then.
* ButtMonkey: [[UpToEleven Flakey Foont]]

*** And let's not forget Crumb himself.

* {{Parody}}: Often, due to the ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'' influence.