Pieces Of Crumb
I get this question asked all the time about the designs that we produce here at Pretty Ugly. Do I draw anything? No. I have never really been able to draw as well as I’ve always wanted to but there was a time in my life where I would put in some patience to doodle (and by doodle, I mean draw as well as I can) and see what I got out of the illustration or if my hand caught flow of the pencil attached to the paper.
Even though I haven’t been the illustrator I had dreamt of being, I’ve always had a knack for the culture. I’m always looking for that style that makes me zone out into what they are displaying. For the past couple of months, Robert Crumb has been the king of the mountain at the top of my list with his cartoonic realism type of style. Though Crumb has been doing his thing for many years before my time, I had acknowledged his art during my trip to Portland’s ‘Last Thursday’ celebration when I noticed a Fritz The Cat vinyl record in what turned into a snatch & grub competition with a customer of whoever was going to buy it before I even locked eyes with it.
From that point on, I was completely on a curiosity hunt on who did those types of illustrations and what that comic was all about. I had come later to find out that Fritz The Cat had come out to be this pornographic cartoon about this humanized cat who roamed the streets, searching for a job and causing all sorts of chaos throughout his journey of looking for employment. I can’t lie, everything that Fritz The Cat is about is really what I’m into. Very rebellious expression involving politics, interactions between humans in all aspects, and the law. Bold and in your face type of attitude. This is cartoon was Crumb’s claim to fame and got him into a broader audience in which led to more projects.
As my frisking got more in depth, I got to know more about Robert Crumb, searching youtube links and typing the most accurate things in search engines, hoping it’d give me the complete 411. I found a couple of videos that have him explaining his journey throughout his life as an illustrator along with the things that gave him inspiration to create the characters he did in his time. Here is one of them:
In the midst of all his sexual deviations and drug experiences, I myself hold Robert Crumb to be without a doubt one the best illustrators/cartoonist I have seen within the 20 & 21st century. As Robert continues to make noise with his collaborations with companies of this modern age in the likes of Vans and Supreme, he still holds up his dedication to being just an underground comic artist, producing comics still to this day.
CRUMB FOR PRESIDENT
God loves ya,
Be well.
Even though I haven’t been the illustrator I had dreamt of being, I’ve always had a knack for the culture. I’m always looking for that style that makes me zone out into what they are displaying. For the past couple of months, Robert Crumb has been the king of the mountain at the top of my list with his cartoonic realism type of style. Though Crumb has been doing his thing for many years before my time, I had acknowledged his art during my trip to Portland’s ‘Last Thursday’ celebration when I noticed a Fritz The Cat vinyl record in what turned into a snatch & grub competition with a customer of whoever was going to buy it before I even locked eyes with it.
From that point on, I was completely on a curiosity hunt on who did those types of illustrations and what that comic was all about. I had come later to find out that Fritz The Cat had come out to be this pornographic cartoon about this humanized cat who roamed the streets, searching for a job and causing all sorts of chaos throughout his journey of looking for employment. I can’t lie, everything that Fritz The Cat is about is really what I’m into. Very rebellious expression involving politics, interactions between humans in all aspects, and the law. Bold and in your face type of attitude. This is cartoon was Crumb’s claim to fame and got him into a broader audience in which led to more projects.
As my frisking got more in depth, I got to know more about Robert Crumb, searching youtube links and typing the most accurate things in search engines, hoping it’d give me the complete 411. I found a couple of videos that have him explaining his journey throughout his life as an illustrator along with the things that gave him inspiration to create the characters he did in his time. Here is one of them:
In the midst of all his sexual deviations and drug experiences, I myself hold Robert Crumb to be without a doubt one the best illustrators/cartoonist I have seen within the 20 & 21st century. As Robert continues to make noise with his collaborations with companies of this modern age in the likes of Vans and Supreme, he still holds up his dedication to being just an underground comic artist, producing comics still to this day.
Be well.
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