R. Crumb

The underground artists of the 1960s, such as R. Crumb, had a romanticized ideal of what had been lost, and pushed their comics further in both subject and graphics.

The War Against Comics 2008

Ron Cobb's underground comics (that influenced artists such as R. Crumb) started in the paper.

The Valley Advocate: News 2008

Some canvases are reminiscent of the bright and sardonic R. Crumb to stenciled figures of nude female bodies with the heads of wolves, elephants, rams, and tigers.

A. Moret: "The Story Foreshadows..." Forges a New Story for LA Artists 2010

Spurred by good friend and fellow jazz enthusiast R. Crumb, Pekar put his compellingly quirky and poignantly honest stories to paper.

Remembering Harvey Pekar, legendary bard of the cult comic book 2010

As R. Crumb famously said back in the '60s, keep on trucking.

David Isenberg: Keep on Trucking 2010

Pekar never drew himself but depended on collaborations with artists, most notably his friend R. Crumb, who helped illustrate the first issue of the ironically titled "American Splendor," published in 1976.

Harvey Pekar Dead: 'American Splendor' Comic Book Author Dies At 70 2010

Initially, Mr. Pekar approached cartoonist R. Crumb who he knew through their mutual record collector's love of jazz, to illustrate his self-published work.

Harvey Pekar, Graphic Novelist, Dies 2010

By the time Saturday programming rolls around, geekdom at San Diego Comic-Con 2010 will reach a fever pitch of camping out and costumes and more lines than an R. Crumb crosshatch.

COMIC-CON: Saturday's schedule is here -- and so, too, our early picks 2010

As R. Crumb famously said back in the '60s, keep on trucking.

David Isenberg: Keep on Trucking 2010

Jazz cemented a friendship with illustrator R. Crumb, and Pekar's fame might never have traveled beyond northern Ohio had his early stories not been inked by this 1960s cartoon superstar of the counterculture.

His Life Was Some Serious Books 2010