Catalogue Previews CRUMB A CARTOONISTS LIFE HC (MR)

(W) Dan Nadel (A) R. Crumb (CA) R. Crumb

Robert Crumb is often credited with single-handedly transforming the comics medium into a place for adult expression, in the process pioneering the underground comic book industry, and transforming the vernacular language of 20th-century America into an instantly recognizable and popular aesthetic, as iconic as Walt Disney or Charles Schulz. Dan Nadel shares how this complicated artist survived childhood abuse, fame in his twenties, more fame, and came out the other side intact.Crumbis the story of a richly complex life at the forefront of both the underground and popular cultures of post-war America. Including forty-five stunning black-and-white images throughout and a sixteen-page color insert featuring images both iconic and obscure,Crumbspans the pressures of 1950s suburban America and Crumb's highly dysfunctional early family life; the history of comics and graphic satire; 20th century popular music; the world of the counterculture; the birth of underground comic books in 1960s San Francisco with Crumb'sZapComix; the economic challenges and dissolution of the hippie dream; and the path Robert Crumb blazed through it all.

Date de livraison estimée : 16/04/2025

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