The Sweeter Side of R. Crumb

Crumb, Robert

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ISBN 10: 1846011140 ISBN 13: 9781846011146

Published by MQ Publications Limited, London, 2006

Language: English

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The illustrated boards have bumping to the top corners but are otherwise unmarked. There is a small stain to the top edges of the pages next to the spine but the pages are otherwise unmarked. The jacket has some light surface wear and a little surface discolouration only. First printing.

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Title: The Sweeter Side of R. Crumb
Publisher: MQ Publications Limited, London
Publication Date: 2006
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1846011140
ISBN 13: 9781846011146
Binding: Original Illustrated Boards
Illustrator: Crumb, Robert
Edition: First Edition
Printing: 1st Printing
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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This exclusive collection of haunting images of people and places reveals the tender side of R. Crumb, a 1960s counter culture artist who broke into the fine art world with great acclaim.

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As Crumb admits in his introduction, sweet isn't what his work seems to be. Furthermore, he opines in so many words, sweetness is for gals. So, is this album of one-panel and one-page comics and many freestanding drawings somehow "Crumb for the ladies"? Well, none of Crumb's trademark raunch is on view; the closest he comes is a reminiscence of his then-preschooler daughter's curiosity about "poop." But Crumb remains in love with carnality. What he draws has weight, and what he admires he draws even heavier. Surely the girl-jock high-school classmates he lovingly recalls didn't have legs quite that massive; they were teenagers, after all. Such drawing doesn't have much of the delicacy considered especially appealing to women. It does have particularity (does this guy know shading or what?), which gives each portrait of an old or (seldom) new entertainer, each view of a favorite forest pathway, each rendering of a fantastic bit of French medieval architecture, visual tangibility. And it has affection, which is sweet, no? But not just for ladies. Ray Olson
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