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R. Crumb created Zap Comix and such characters as Mr. Natural and Fritz the Cat. His comics were a staple of the 1960s counterculture, and came out of his nightmares, fantasies and fetishes. There was a time when he wanted to censor that part of himself — but then he took LSD. He told Terry Gross about that experience in a 2005 interview. We'll also hear from his wife Aline Kominsky Crumb, who is also a cartoonist. Film critic Justin Chang reviews the new Marvel film, Thunderbolts*.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Legendary cartoonist Bill Griffith returns to celebrate his fantastic new book, THREE ROCKS: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller, The Man Who Created NANCY (Abrams ComicArts). We get into his lifelong history with NANCY, how that strip was like a lesson in what comics are, the time he brought his Zippy The Pinhead into Bushmillerland, why Bushmiller and Crumb are the only two cartoonists whose work gives him 100% pleasure (and don't inspire criticism or jealousy), how the idea for Three Rocks percolated for a few decades until he read Paul Karasik & Mark Newgarden's book HOW TO READ NANCY, and why he decided not to draw Bushmiller's characters in his book (he collages existing Nancy, Sluggo, & Fritzi art instead). We also discuss how many of his cartooning students have never read NANCY but still wear T-shirts with her face (& trademark spiky hair), the problems younger cartoonists have with continuity in storytelling, and what he's learned from teaching. And then we talk about the death of Bill's wife, the great underground cartoonist Diane Noomin, and how he's gotten by in the year since. We get into the new comic Bill made about (& with) Diane, The Buildings Are Barking (Fantagraphics/FU), how he still hears her voice, what it's like to work on a new book without the person who read every panel of his for 49 years, keeping Zippy going while grieving, how having a daily strip all this time seems to have immunized him from anniversaries, the ferry ride he & Diane used to share, how the death of Aline Kominsky-Crumb two months after Diane's brought him and Robert Crumb closer, and more. Sign up for Bill's daily Zippy e-mail, and listen to our 2015 and 2019 conversations • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal and via our Substack
Aline Kominsky-Crumb døde 29 november sidste år i en alder af 74. Hun var en nøglefigur i den amerikanske underground, gudmor til den selvbiografiske og autofiktive praksis, som i dag er blevet en af de dominerende genrer indenfor tegneserier og en ledestjerne for ikke mindst kvindelige tegneserieskabere de sidste godt 30 år. Hendes arv har beåndet alt fra halvfemsernes normbrydende, konfessionelle tegneserier til nutidens SoMe-bårne dagbogstegninger og hun har med eftertrykt vist, at det kan være en kunstnerisk fordel at tegne grimt. Radio Rackhams Frederik Storm og Matthias Wivel har inviteret de uforlignelige tegneserieskabere Mårdøn Smet (Stig og Martha) og Rikke Villadsen (Tatovøren og klitoris) i studiet for at diskutere, vurdere og værdsætte Kominsky-Crumbs værk. Vi diskuterer hendes hudløst direkte, vitalt hæslige grafik, hendes filterløse selvudlevering og -fiksering, samt naturligvis elefanten i rummet: hendes berømte mand Robert og den betydning, de tos forhold har haft for begges kunst. Vi kommer omkring barndommen i en samspilsramt jødisk familie på Long Island, underground-tegneseriens fremkomst i tresserne, hendes bidrag til og problemer med tidens feministiske tegneserier og hendes betydning og voksende anerkendelse som historisk figur i dag.
Katie and Sally pay respects to three artists who passed in 2022: Margaret Keane (1927–2022), Diane Noomin (1947–2022), and Aline Kominsky-Crumb (1948–2022). Read Diane Noomin's TCJ memoriam: tcj.com/diane-noomin-1947-2022 Read Peter Bagge's 1990 interview with Aline Kominsky-Crumb: tcj.com/the-aline-kominsky-crumb-interview Support the show and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod.
Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Katie and Sally are joined by Bubbles Zine editor Brian Baynes to discuss the first (and penultimate) issue of Panels magazine (1979). Topics discussed include: Geneviève Castrée, Bill Griffith, Art Spiegelman, CF, Billy Childish, Jules Feiffer, Rube Rooky, Will Eisner, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, the Mets, and lots more. Order issues of Bubbles at bubbleszine.com, visit the forum at bubbleszine.proboards.com, and follow Brian on Instagram @bubbles_zine. Thank you to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible!
Welcome to the Multiverse Report, a weekly recap of your news across all the fandoms with Mike Gibson and Steve Haller! Check us out at https://www.themultiversereport.com/ Also check out Heroes of the Disney Galaxy and our friends at Funky Town Comics and Vinyl TMR Rundown: RIP: Tim Kennedy artist for Archie Comics passed away this week. Kennedy began working on Archie in 1989. Aline Kominsky-Crumb - underground comics artist, known for her raw autobiographical comics passed away from pancreatic cancer. DC WBD close to a deal with Amazon for streaming animated DC content Teaser Poster for Blue Beetle STAR WARS Daisey Ridley was at Lucasfilm HQ this past week Mandalorian S3 official release date announced MISC Full Trailer for HBO's The Last Of Us - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLtkt... THIS WEEK Avenger 63 Batman 130 Blood Stained Teeth 7 Captain marvel 44 Daredevil 6 Dark Web 1 FF 2 Gargoyles 1 Godzilla Monsters and Protectors 3 Immortal Xmen 9 Know Your Station 1 Magic The Gathering 21 Miles Morales Spiderman 1 Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur 1 Poison Ivy 7 (new arc) Spider-Man 3 SW Hidden Empire 2 Thor 29 Tiger Division 2 X Force 35 X Treme Xmen 1 ONE SHOTS: Sony makes a deal with Legendary Entertainment Cool image of what we would have seen in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 4 Subscribe: Apple Podcasts, Spotify or search The Multiverse Report on your podcast app of choice! ### #TMR, #MCU, #DCEU, #StarWars, #Fandom, #LOTR
Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Katie and Sally discuss the second issue of comics periodical Panels from 1981, including a lengthy interview with Carl Barks aka The Good Duck Artist. Also discussed: Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Jesse Marsh, Alex Toth, The Comics Journal, getting mad, Tarzan, Trina Robbins, Bill Griffith, Bugs Bunny, and lots more. Thank you to our patrons for making this episode possible! Catch Katie at the Permanent Damage show in Los Angeles on Sunday, December 4: roadhouse.permanentrecordsla.com
Alex Grand and Jim Thompson interview comic cubist queen Mary Fleener from her early days as a teenager reading Zap Comix, her first comics in college, joining Weirdo Magazine under editors Peter Bagge, Robert Crumb and Aline Kominsky-Crumb, creating for Slutburger, Drawn and Quarterly, and her graphic novels including Billie The Bee. Edited & Produced by Alex Grand. Images used in artwork ©Their Respective Copyright holders, CBH Podcast ©Comic Book Historians. Thumbnail Artwork ©Comic Book HistoriansSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/comicbookhistorians)
By listener request! Katie and Sally discuss “Glitz-2-Go” (2011) by Diane Noomin. Topics discussed include Wimmen's Comix, Basil Wolverton, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Bill Griffith, romance comics, press-on nails, onion dip, Chess the musical, and more. Send us your questions and requests for our 20th episode to thicklinespod@gmail.com, and follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod.
Radio Rackham stiller skarpt på den måske største nulevende tegneseriekunstner, amerikanske Robert Crumb (f. 1943) -- manden der måske mere end nogen anden i tresserne konsoliderede tegneserien som personlig udtryksform. Karrieren er lang og varieret, manden har været hædret og forkætret og hans tegneserier konsekvent delt vandene. Dette ikke mindst i dag, hvor identitetspolitiske strømninger på især venstrefløjen har bragt hans ofte grænseoverskridende arbejde op til fornyet diskussion, samtidig med at en ny generation af tegnere i stigende grad sætter spørgsmåltegn ved hans fremtrædende status som pioner og forbillede. Med andre ord et godt tidspunkt at stille skarpt på manden og hans kunst: hvad er det Crumb kan? Hvorfor er han betydningsfuld? Hvordan kan man forholde sig til hans misantropiske, racistiske og misogyne værker? Er han satiriker eller pornograf? Hvad er det, der gør ham til så enestående en tegner? Den konkrete anledning til afsnittet er bogen I Can't Do Pretty af Christian Monggaard, filmredaktør ved dagbladet Information. Bogen, der udkom før jul, indeholder to interviews med Crumb, foretaget under forrige års Louisiana Literature-festival, som Crumb gæstede sammen med sin kone, den fantastiske tegneseriekunstner Aline Kominsky-Crumb. Monggaard ledsager interviews'ne med en personligt-biografisk tekst om Crumb og et introducerende essay ved Rackhams egen Matthias Wivel. Den kan erhverves fra Monggaards Barbar Bøger eller i enhver velassorteret boghandel. Moggaard gæster derfor Radio Rackhams corona-virtuelle studie. Oplev ham i samtale med Frederik Storm, visuel redaktør på DR, tegner Thomas Thorhauge og førnævnte Wivel.
Deman shares his journey with comics, visual semiotics, Orientalism, and margins of alternative comics. Along the way, Deman discusses Scott McCloud, comics in the 1990s and its seeking of legitimacy, pornography and sexuality in comics, Sam Kieth's Maxx, Aline Kominsky Crumb's It Ain't Me Babe, Chris Claremont, Harley Quinn Vol. 3, #8--as well as the Canadian Society for the Study of Comics, his blog, and his "The Claremont Run" big data research lab. "The big 3 (Maus, Persepolis, Fun Home) grows from a contextual history of insecurity in comics studies as a field."
Jag pratar med seriekännaren Johan Andreasson om tecknade serier i Sverige, men även om utländska serier som inspirerat svenska serieskapare. Detta är tredje delen och tanken är att Johan ska komma tillbaks ungefär var tionde vecka och fortsätta prata om detta ämne tills det är helt uttömt. Denna vecka fokuserar vi på självbiografiska serier, mest på 90-talet. Vi pratar om Mats Jonsson, Daniel Ahlgren, Åsa Grennvall, David Liljemark, Art Spiegelman, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Robert Crumb, Harvey Pekar och mycket annat.Man kan donera pengar till podden på www.patreon.com/arkivsamtalSwish: 0760724728Twitter: @gardenfors#arkivsamtalInstagram: @gardenforsFacebook: Arkiv Samtal - eftersnackgruppen See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Undergrundstegneren Robert Crumb og hans dysfunktionelle opvækst med brødrene Charles og Mason - og to anonyme søstre, skildres i en rasende god dokumentar.Crumb (1995) er instrueret af Terry Zwigoff med Robert Crumb og brødrene Charles og Mason i hovedrollerne som sig selv. Det er film nummer 65 på Thomas og Mortens liste over de 100 bedste film.Lyt med til en samtale i Det Gule Værelse, hvor Thomas og Morten tager en snak om tegneserier som kunst, sex og porno, og om deres møde med Robert Crumb og hans kone Aline Kominsky-Crumb på Louisiana Litteraturfestival 2019.
Neste segundo episódio do triunfal retorno do podcast do PN, o PIPOCA NAS INFINITAS TERRAS, trazemos para vocês a incrível história do encontro de Camilo e Aldo Solano com o ROBERT CRUMB! Esses dois jovens irmãos de São Manuel, interior de São Paulo, conseguiram ficar amigos do quadrinista que revolucionou o mundo das HQs ao capitanear o movimento underground norte-americano na década de 60. Depois de dez anos se correspondendo por cartas, este ano eles foram para o sul da França passar um inusitado fim de semana na casa da lenda viva e sua esposa, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, também uma quadrinista excelente e extremamente importante para o mundo da Nona Arte. Curioso, não? Pois é, então clique agora mesmo aí no player e acompanhe esse caso amalucado e extremamente fascinante e inspirador.
The author of The Book of Weirdo chats with the sublime cartoonist and wife of R. Crumb, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, about her years as WEIRDO editor and living in Winters, California -- and about the joys of being a grandmother today!
Acclaimed cartoonist and graphic biographer PETER BAGGE shares about the Seattle alt comics scene, his tenure as editor of Weirdo, and appreciation of his fellow editors, R. Crumb and Aline Kominsky-Crumb.
Komiker Jonatan Unge i ett samtal om Stålmannen, Woody Allen, Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld, Shuki Levy, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Art Spiegelman, Harvey Pekar, Isaac Grünewald, Shel Silverstein, Zucker, Abrahams och Zucker m.fl.Man kan donera pengar till podden på www.patreon.com/arkivsamtalTwitter: @gardenfors#arkivsamtalInstagram: @gardenforsSnapchat: gardenforsFacebook: Arkiv Samtal - eftersnackgruppen See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Kurt Andersen talks with comic artist Aline Kominsky-Crumb about her trailblazing work. In 1965, Wilson Pickett went to Stax Records in Memphis to record “In the Midnight Hour” — and nothing was the same after. And “Luke Cage” showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker breaks down how his love of hip-hop and other music shapes his show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kurt Andersen talks with comic artist Aline Kominsky-Crumb about her trailblazing work. In 1965, Wilson Pickett went to Stax Records in Memphis to record “In the Midnight Hour” — and nothing was the same after. And “Luke Cage” showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker breaks down how his love of hip-hop and other music shapes his show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
“We hear, in the media and in comments by politicians, a lot of very glib statements that oversimplify China, that suggest all of China is one thing or one way,” says Michael Szonyi, a professor of Chinese history and director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University. China, of course, is as complicated as — if not more complicated than — any other country, and misunderstandings about it among Americans are both common and consequential. The relationship with China is “arguably — in anyone’s estimation — the most important bilateral relationship that the U.S. has,” says Jennifer Rudolph, a professor of modern Chinese political history at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Jennifer and Michael edited a book to address 36 questions that ordinary people, especially Americans, ask about China. The book is titled The China Questions: Critical Insights Into a Rising Power, and it draws on the expertise of the Fairbank Center and prompts these accomplished academics to write 2,000-word essays for a general audience that they typically never aim to reach. View the entire list of questions on the Harvard University Press website. A sampling: “Is the Chinese Communist Regime Legitimate?” (by Elizabeth J. Perry) “Is There Environmental Awareness in China?” (by Karen Thornber) “Will China Lead Asia?” (by Odd Arne Westad) “What Does the Rise of China Mean for the United States?” (by Robert S. Ross) “Can China and Japan Ever Get Along?” (by Ezra F. Vogel) “Will Urbanization Save the Chinese Economy or Destroy It?” (by Meg Rithmire) “Why Does the End of the One-Child Policy Matter?” (by Susan Greenhalgh) “Why Do Classic Chinese Novels Matter?” (by Wai-yee Li) Recommendations: Jeremy: Drawn Together: The Collected Works of R. and A. Crumb, by Robert Crumb and Aline Kominsky-Crumb. The husband-and-wife pair became known for their funny, vulgar comics in the late 1970s, though Robert’s zany work goes back a decade earlier. Jennifer: Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity, by Katherine Boo. A work of creative nonfiction about a young boy and his family, and how the system is stacked against them. Michael: The Fairbank Center website, which features a blog and a podcast. Also, Michael’s new book, titled The Art of Being Governed: Everyday Politics in Late Imperial China. And The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World, by Greg Grandin. Kaiser: The North Water: A Novel, by Ian McGuire. A dramatic tale that includes whaling, murder, and brutality, and whose overall flavor Kaiser describes as Joseph Conrad meets Cormac McCarthy meets Herman Melville meets Jack London.
It’s the Comic Con Wrap-Up Special and Chris gets dives into all the collected edition and reprint Eisner Award Winners: Best U.S. Edition of International Material Winner: Moebius Library: The World of Edena, by Jean “Moebius” Giraud et al. (Dark Horse)Best Archival Collection/Project--Strips (at least 20 years old) Winner: Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy, Colorful Cases of the 1930s, edited by Peter Maresca (Sunday Press)Best Archival Collection/Project--Comic Books (at least 20 years old) Winner: The Complete Wimmen’s Comix, edited by Trina Robbins, Gary Groth, and J. Michael Catron (Fantagraphics)Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism Winner: The A.V. Club comics coverage, including Comics Panel, Back Issues, and Big Issues, by Oliver Sava et al., www.avclub.comBest Comics-Related Book Winner: Krazy: George Herriman, A Life in Black and White, by Michael Tisserand (Harper) ...and even more news and announcements from San Diego including the new Berger Books imprint and The Originals Expanded Edition by Dave Gibbons at Dark Horse, Star Wars Adventure (IDW), more Bone books from Jeff Smith, Kevin Eastman is Kickstarting a semi-autobiographical comic, Drawn & Quarterly announced at Comic-Con this week plans to publish new editions of comics by Aline Kominsky-Crumb and Julie Doucet, Marc Guggenheim Attached to Swords of the Swashbucklers, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark Returning to Comics, The Shadow/Batman Volume 2 and DC’s new GN format, Superman by Frank Miller and John Romita jr., Moore, O’Neill to conclude ‘League of Extraordinary Gentlemen’ with The Tempest, Both Avery Hill Publishing and Breakdown Press, two respected UK publishers, have announced upcoming graphic novels and comics for the Fall, and the classic pulp Amazing Stories in digital format.
Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) take you through the post-Underground years of Underground Comix, when things got even weirder! We follow the trajectories of Aline Kominsky-Crumb and Harvey Pekar, with some brief detours for Peter Bagge, Wendy and Richard Pini, and others! After some philosophizing about what "Underground Comix" means, our weird historians dive into some seminal black & white comic books, including a particular one about anthropomorphic turtles that changed the comics industry forever. All this...and David Letterman? chrisandreggie.podbean.com weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com BREAK CLIP:Harvey Pekar on Late Night with David Letterman 7/31/87https://youtu.be/D0akXKxbflM SOURCES:The Aline Kominsky-Crumb Interview, The Comics Journal #139 (December 1990)http://www.tcj.com/the-aline-kominsky-crumb-interview/ "I Felt Like I Didn't Have a Baby But at Least I'd Have a Book": A Diane Noomin Interview, The Comics Journalhttp://www.tcj.com/i-felt-like-i-didn%E2%80%99t-have-a-baby-but-at-least-i%E2%80%99d-have-a-book-a-diane-noomin-interview/ Harvey Pekar: Conversations, edited by Michael G. Rhode, University Press of Mississippi, 2008 And lots of autobiographical comics TAGS: Comic books, comics history, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Robert Crumb, Harvey Pekar, Peter Bagge, Dave Sim, Wendy and Richard Pini, Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, comics speculation, underground comix
Paco and George are thrilled to have the comedy legend Wayne Federman over to talk about his favorite documentary CRUMB. Crumb is Terry Zwigoff's (Ghost World) first documentary about godfather of underground comics Robert Crumb. This 1994 doc soon expands its scope to the Crumb Brothers (Maxon and Charles) and ends up going many unexpected directions. Zwigoff and Crumb played in the Cheap Suit Serenaders. Wayne Federman is an American comedian, actor, author, comedy writer, and musician. He is noted for numerous stand-up comedy appearances in clubs, theaters, and on television; a biography of "Pistol" Pete Maravich; and supporting comedic acting roles in The X-Files, The Larry Sanders Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Community, Legally Blonde, 50 First Dates, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, and Step Brothers. He was the head monologue writer for NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in its first season. Crumb is about the experiences and characters of Robert Crumb and his family, particularly his brothers, as well as Robert’s wife Aline Kominsky-Crumb and his children. Jeffery M. Anderson (later critic for the San Francisco Examiner) called Crumb “the greatest documentary ever made.” The movie chronicles Crumb’s career, highlighting his creations “Keep On Truckin’” and Fritz the Cat, and his pioneering role in the genesis of underground comix. Interviews with his family members and ex-girlfriends (such as Kathy Goodell), and commentary from critics like Robert Hughes and Trina Robbins, as well as selections from Crumb’s vast artist output, shed light on Crumb’s psychology and darkly cynical perspective on life. Closing song - "True Blue Lou" performed by R. Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders. Bonus Patreon talk with Wayne - https://www.patreon.com/posts/8931644 - we talk about Reagan, John Carpenter, soda tasting, Kurt Russell, Tickled, physical media, and much more!Follow us on:Twitter: @supdocpodcastInstagram: @supdocpodcastFacebook: @supdocpodcastsign up for our mailing listAnd you can show your support to Sup Doc by donating on Patreon.
R. Crumb’s Record Room Pt. 23 John’s Old Time Radio Show w/ Robert Crumb. “EARLY ARMENIAN MUSIC”. Special Guest Robert Crumb plays 78 rpm records from his legendary record collection from the South of France with special guests Aline Kominsky-Crumb … Continue reading →
In the 1970s, Aline Kominsky-Crumb pioneered a let-it-all-hang-out style of autobiographical comics. Her influence continues to this day, in the work of graphic novelists like Allison Bechdel or, perhaps more aptly, filmmaker Lena Dunham, creator and star of the much-discussed HBO series Girls. Kominsky-Crumb’s other claim to fame is her husband, R. Crumb, the macher of underground comics. The Crumbs have been living in a village in France for the past two decades, collaborating and pursuing their own independent projects. Now Kominsky-Crumb has a show opening at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art in New York. The exhibit documents, with drawings and video, a trip she and fellow artist Dominique Sapel took to Miami—not as tourists, but as participant-observers of the local culture. More specifically... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.