Crumb : a cartoonist's life / Dan Nadel.
2025
Non-Fiction
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Author
Title
Crumb : a cartoonist's life / Dan Nadel.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Imprint
New York : Scribner, 2025.
Description
xviii, 458 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Foreword
Part I: 1914-1962. The All-Americans
Jugular veins
A new family
Part II: 1962-1966. I go to work
Life on the cusp
Chicago
Part III: 1966-1972. Underground calling
Zap
Johnny Appleseed
Hail, hail
On the run
Workingman blues
Big business
Goldie
Part IV: 1972-1992. City and country
On the move again
Renewal
Weirdo
Duality in the suburbs
Everything old is new again
Time to go, again
Part V: 1992-2004. Bonjour, Crumbs
Dealing with it
Genesis
The old magician
A note on sources
Acknowledgments
Endnotes
Index.
Part I: 1914-1962. The All-Americans
Jugular veins
A new family
Part II: 1962-1966. I go to work
Life on the cusp
Chicago
Part III: 1966-1972. Underground calling
Zap
Johnny Appleseed
Hail, hail
On the run
Workingman blues
Big business
Goldie
Part IV: 1972-1992. City and country
On the move again
Renewal
Weirdo
Duality in the suburbs
Everything old is new again
Time to go, again
Part V: 1992-2004. Bonjour, Crumbs
Dealing with it
Genesis
The old magician
A note on sources
Acknowledgments
Endnotes
Index.
Summary
"Crumb" by Dan Nadel explores the life of Robert Crumb, a pioneering artist who transformed the comics medium into a space for adult expression and helped shape 20th-century American culture. Known for creating the underground comic book industry and iconic works like Fritz the Cat and Zap Comix, Crumb's life story is marked by childhood abuse, early fame, and his unique role in both underground and mainstream cultures. The book delves into Crumb's complex family life, the rise of underground comics in the 1960s, the counterculture, and the challenges of the hippie dream. With forty-five black-and-white images and a sixteen-page color insert, the biography traces seven decades of Crumb's work, revealing the essence of his extraordinary artistic journey.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-440) and index.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Nadel, Dan. Crumb First Scribner hardcover edition. New York : Scribner, 2025
Call Number
Non-Fiction
Language
English
ISBN
9781982144005 (hardback) :
1982144009 (hardback) :
9781982144029 (electronic book)
9781982144012 (trade paperback)
1982144017
1982144009 (hardback) :
9781982144029 (electronic book)
9781982144012 (trade paperback)
1982144017
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