Tag Archive | "Robert Crumb"

Crumb, Swarte and some other bloke……

Saturday, February 27, 2010

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From the Fantagraphics Blog: Joost Swarte’s cartoon of meeting Robert Crumb to look through Genesis with some other bloke in a long white beard. Fantagraphics think the limited edition print is produced by Griffioen Grafiek and can be ordered online from Pinceel of Belgium

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Mr Natural – the tree decoration, the hardback ….

Saturday, December 12, 2009

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Go on, someone create a Robert Crumb themed Christmas tree using these Mr Natural papercraft toys from the Toy-A-Day blog. The timing is perfect, since Fantagraphics have just announced that the first ever hardback edition of The Book Of Mr Natural will be available in March 2010. (via Fantagraphics blog) And whilst on the Toy-A-Day [...]

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Rare glimpse of Bakshi making Fritz the Cat

Monday, November 30, 2009

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Jerry at Cartoon Brew points us towards a YouTube presentation (in three parts) from a German documentary on Robert Crumb from the 70s with rare footage from behind the scenes in the studio where Bakshi and his team were making the animated film version of Fritz the Cat (yes, its German language for the voice [...]

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Robert Crumb sneakers

Monday, November 16, 2009

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Boing Boing reports that Vans, manufacturer of cool footwear, have Robert Crumb themed sneakers. I look forward to a UK manufacturer now making a pair of giant Judge Dredd boots based on Mick McMahon’s art…

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Crumb’s Genesis previewed ….

Saturday, September 19, 2009

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Boing Boing have unveiled their exclusive preview to Robert Crumb’s adaptation of The Book Of Genesis, expected mid October. It looks as fantastic as you’d expect. Boing Boing’s Crumb preview.

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Underground Classics – Getting from comics to comix and doing it with style.

Friday, September 4, 2009

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Underground Classics – The Transformation Of Comics Into Comix by James Danky and Denis Kitchen Abrams ComicArts After reading a few of these comic related reference books recently I’m beginning to think they’re doing it wrong. After all, you don’t walk into an art gallery and sit down for an hour to read the brochure before looking at [...]

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