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Largo
Sport climber
The Big Wide Open Face
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 10, 2010 - 09:28pm PT
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Cartoonist R. Crumb brought us Flake Foont, Mr. Natural, Zap Comix, Fritz the Cat, Keep on Truckin', and a gazillion odd ball other things. He was always interesting and outrageous. Lately he played it straight with an illustrated Bible, of all things. Very curious guy . . .
JL
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Sep 10, 2010 - 09:30pm PT
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Did you see the profile film?
Equally weird.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Hagerman, ID
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Sep 10, 2010 - 09:40pm PT
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Ah! Yes & Yes to Largo and Piton Ron!
The movie was an incredible portrait of some of the most bizare stuff I had ever seen.
R. Crumb is one "sick dude."
Love a lot of his work!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Sep 10, 2010 - 09:40pm PT
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Brilliant artist and certainly the cartoonist of the sixties!
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goatboy smellz
climber
Nederland
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Sep 10, 2010 - 09:41pm PT
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one of America's best illustrators
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richross
Trad climber
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Sep 10, 2010 - 09:48pm PT
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mrtropy
Trad climber
Nor Cal
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Sep 10, 2010 - 09:50pm PT
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After doing the Genesis he was approached to do the Koran, he said he was considering it- than would be an interesting twist.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Sep 10, 2010 - 10:12pm PT
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I really liked his work in the illustrated Kafka bio!
Ricky, he was / is a contenporary of Gilbert Shelton (freak bros,Wonder Warthog), Bill Grifith (Zippy the pinhead), S Clay Wilson (checker demon, cap'n pissgum, etc) and cohort as well.
He worked with Ralph Bakshi (new adventures of mighty mouse) on the Fritz the cat movies ( among other things, the first x rated toons) though I think he distanced himself from that project.
"Remember what Tommy Toilet sez, "don't forget to wipe your Ass!""
-show of hands, how many tacoids had, that, poster in the 70's?
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TwistedCrank
climber
Ideeho-dee-do-dah-day boom-chicka-boom-chicka-boom
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Sep 10, 2010 - 10:18pm PT
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Weird is good.
We all know that.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Sep 10, 2010 - 10:18pm PT
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In the spirit of this thread Tami, I hope you're playing it safe with that "seminal in the annals" stuff.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Sep 10, 2010 - 10:20pm PT
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Hey Piton Ron - what was the name of the movie? I saw it years ago and it made quite the impression. Not sure why, but the name of the movie didn't stick.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Sep 10, 2010 - 10:38pm PT
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"Crumb" was the name of the film. weren't his brothers a trip?
Right around the same time (slightly before?) was the documentary, "comic book confidential" which had interviews with Shelton, Griffith, maybe even Jack Kirby, and Stan Lee, as well.
When I saw it, in Bezerkly 20 odd years ago,it was preceded by a 'no smoking in the theatre' psa (remember those?) that featured film maker John Waters...
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Phantom X
Trad climber
Honeycomb Hideout
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Sep 10, 2010 - 10:41pm PT
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Let us never forget his musical accomplishments with the Cheap Suit Serenaders.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Sep 10, 2010 - 11:00pm PT
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Hmmm, tech difficulties with iPhone, maybe when I get to electricity and a computer.....
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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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Sep 10, 2010 - 11:09pm PT
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I checked out a couple of R. Crumbs books from the library of all places- The librarian gave me some pretty funny looks as she was checking them out to me. I was thinking that they would be funny but it was not hardly- what it was, was really dark and depressing
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DanaB
climber
Philadelphia
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Sep 11, 2010 - 12:06am PT
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PR it took me a few minnits to put that Seminal In The Annals note together.
Well, yeah, as you get older it does take a bit longer.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Hagerman, ID
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Sep 11, 2010 - 12:14am PT
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Yes!
R. Crumb humor and cartoons mostly reflected his "dark side."
Strange, that so many of us find those images "interesting."
What is wrong with us??
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