Robert Crumb
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"Robert Dennis Crumb", known as "Robert Crumb" and "R. Crumb", is an American cartoonist and musician. His work displays a nostalgia for American folk culture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and satire of contemporary American culture. His work has attracted controversy, especially for his depiction of women and non-white races.

Crumb first rose to prominence after the 1968 debut of Zap Comix, which was the first successful publication of the underground comix era. Counterculture of the 1960s/Countercultural characters such as Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural (comics)/Mr. Natural, and the images from his "Keep on Truckin' (comics)/Keep on Truckin'" strip, were among his popular creations. Following the decline of the underground, he moved towards biographical and autobiographical subjects, while refining his drawing style, a heavily Hatching/crosshatched pen-and-ink style inspired by late 19th- and early 20th-century cartooning. Much of his work appeared in a magazine he founded, Weirdo (magazine)/Weirdo (1981–1993), which was one of the most prominent publications of the alternative comics era. He is married to cartoonist Aline Kominsky-Crumb, with whom he has frequently collaborated.

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I have always had an abiding interest in that type of female anatomy.

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The only burning passion I'm sure I have, is the passion for sex.

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When I come up against the real world, I just vacillate.

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I moved further and further away from mass entertainment. The sexual element became increasingly sinister and bizarre. Don't blame me! The bastards drove me to it! They all backed off after that!

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If I didn't draw comics I was a worthless human being. It was tedious labor, so I worked fast to get it over with.

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I guess I didn't enjoy drawing very much. It was like homework.

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When people say 'What are underground comics?' I think the best way you can define them is just the absolute freedom involved... we didn't have anyone standing over us.

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I felt so painfully isolated that I vowed I would get revenge on the world by becoming a famous cartoonist.

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Oh, yes. I knew I was weird by the time I was four. I knew I wasn't like other boys. I knew I was more fearful. I didn't like the rough and tumble most boys were into. I knew I was a sissy.

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