![]() ![]() ![]() This collection is arranged from early to later, from rough sketch to more developed, from innocent to offensive, including some of the most insanely profane images discussed in the documentary film Crumb. Natural is one of Crumb's central comic strip characters, though there were many. For longtime Crumb fans, it's kind of interesting see all the linked works presented chronologically as they are here. Natural won't be everybody's cup of tea, and if you're looking for a place to jump into his work it's probably best to start with a more career-spanning collection. There may be some laffs along the way, but the kicks are in the drawing, and the taboo-shattering elements.Ĭrumb though is one of the all-time masters, and his work as a whole is much more nuanced and varied than that found in this one volume. More often than not they start up, meander a bit, and then end inconclusively. The more I read of the undergrounds, the more I see them as a maybe necessary but ultimately limited movement. There are a lot of unpleasant questions raised by work in this book. Some of the strips are great, and the drawing becomes top notch fast (in fact it's kind of interesting to see Crumb's imprecise and splotty linework in the very early installments) but let's face it, these are (some of) the stories that got him and continue to get him in hot water with feminist readers. Natural strips don't hold up too well as the years go by, at least to me. Many of Crumb's early through mid-career Mr. The collection constitutes a sheer delight for those who have followed the Natch's exploits over the years, yet it is completely accessible to nonaficionados-at least those undaunted by the raunchiness that is another thing that hasn't changed since the sage's early days An ever-serene-but-horny philosopher-for-hire, dispensing enlightenment to an undeserving world-is he a wise, grizzled mystic or a cynical charlatan? A teller of timeless truths or a sixties anachronism? Wherever he appears, so do his most loyal acolyte, Flakey Foont, and his obsession, the lusty Devil Girl. Natural hasn't changed much since his 1967 debut. The bearded, robed, curmudgeonly guru Mr. Libraries wanting some representative Crumb in the wake of the movie may be better served by this single volume featuring one of his most famous creations than by the multivolume reprinting of all of his work that Fantagraphics has about half-completed. Seminal underground comics artist Crumb has gained wider recognition, thanks to an acclaimed documentary about him. ![]()
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