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A Troubled and Troubling Artist, Cartoonist Robert Crumb Is Subject of a Literary Biography

This isn’t the first time that his life and work have been the subject of sustained attention: Terry Zwigoff’s 1994 documentary ‘Crumb’ is among the finest cinematic portraits of an artist.

Via the artist R. Crumb
Robert Crumb circa 1968. Via the artist R. Crumb
MARIO NAVES
MARIO NAVES

‘Crumb; A Cartoonist’s Life’
By Dan Nadel
Scribner, 480 Pages

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MARIO NAVES
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​Mr. Naves is an artist, teacher, and critic based in New York City. His writing has appeared in City Arts, the New Criterion,the New York Observer, Slate, the Spectator World, the Wall Street Journal, and other publications.

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