Creator

Robert Crumb

Biography

American cartoonist born in 1943 and a founding figure of the underground comix movement. He published Zap Comix in 1968 and created countercultural characters including Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural. Known for his densely crosshatched pen-and-ink style, he was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1991.

Creator Details

Name

Robert Crumb

Issues

1,184

Series

208

Awards

Premios Haxtur (Haxtur Awards) - Mejor Dibujo (Best Drawing) (2010), Harvey Award - Best Artist (2010), Angoulême International Comics Festival - Grand Prix de la Ville d’Angoulême (1999), Max-und-Moritz-Preis - Sonderpreis für ein herausragendes Lebenswerk (1998), Eisner Awards - Hall of Fame (1991), Inkpot Award (1989), Adamson Awards - Best International Comic-Strip [or Comic Book] Cartoonist (1970)

Also Known As

R Crumb, R. Crumb, Robert Dennis Crumb

Gender

Male

Birth Date

August 30, 1943

Birth Place

Cleveland, OH

Country

United States

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Series

Tales of Paranoia

Tales of Paranoia (2025)

Fantagraphics

One-Shot

Métal Hurlant: Le Futur c'est déjà demain

Métal Hurlant: Le Futur c'est déjà demain (2021)

Les Humanoïdes Associés

5 issues

Comic Book Creator

Comic Book Creator (2013)

TwoMorrows Publishing

41 issues

Robert Crumb: Sketchbook

Robert Crumb: Sketchbook (2016)

Taschen

6 issues

Slow Death Zero: The Comix Anthology of Ecological Horror

Slow Death Zero: The Comix Anthology of Ecological Horror (2021)

Last Gasp

1 issue

The Comics of R. Crumb: Underground in the Art Museum

The Comics of R. Crumb: Underground in the Art Museum (2021)

University Press of Mississippi

1 issue

Crumb's World

Crumb's World (2021)

David Zwirner Books

1 issue

R. Crumb: Literature, Autobiography, and the Quest for Self

R. Crumb: Literature, Autobiography, and the Quest for Self (2021)

University Press of Mississippi

1 issue

Kramers Ergot

Kramers Ergot (2000)

Fantagraphics

10 issues

The Book of Weirdo: A Retrospective of R. Crumb's Legendary Humor Comics Anthology

The Book of Weirdo: A Retrospective of R. Crumb's Legendary Humor Comics Anthology (2019)

Last Gasp

1 issue

Issues

Issue #1

#1

Issue #1

Tales of Paranoia (2025)

Nov 05, 2025

Issue #2

#2

Issue #2

Métal Hurlant: Le Futur c'est déjà demain (2021)

Feb 11, 2022

Terry Dodson

#26

Terry Dodson

Comic Book Creator (2013)

Oct 20, 2021

Voumel. 6:. Feb. 1998 – March 2011

#6

Voumel. 6:. Feb. 1998 – March 2011

Robert Crumb: Sketchbook (2016)

Aug 18, 2021

Issue #1

#1

Issue #1

The Comics of R. Crumb: Underground in the Art Museum (2021)

Apr 21, 2021

Issue #1

#1

Issue #1

Slow Death Zero: The Comix Anthology of Ecological Horror (2021)

Apr 01, 2021

Issue #1

#1

Issue #1

Crumb's World (2021)

Mar 23, 2021

Issue #1

#1

Issue #1

R. Crumb: Literature, Autobiography, and the Quest for Self (2021)

Feb 03, 2021

Volume 5: Dec. 1989-Jan. 1998

#5

Volume 5: Dec. 1989-Jan. 1998

Robert Crumb: Sketchbook (2016)

Jun 24, 2020

Volume 10

#10

Volume 10

Kramers Ergot (2000)

Jul 03, 2019

Issue #1

#1

Issue #1

The Book of Weirdo: A Retrospective of R. Crumb's Legendary Humor Comics Anthology (2019)

May 08, 2019

Issue #1

#1

Issue #1

Ink & Anguish: A Jay Lynch Anthology (2019)

Jan 02, 2019

Frequent collaborators

Gilbert Shelton

Gilbert Shelton

Peter Bagge

Peter Bagge

Spain Rodriguez

Spain Rodriguez

S. Clay Wilson

S. Clay Wilson

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Fernando Fernández

Fernando Fernández

Art Spiegelman

Art Spiegelman

Bill Griffith

Bill Griffith

Ralf König

Ralf König

Kim Deitch

Kim Deitch

Justin Green

Justin Green

Harvey Pekar

Harvey Pekar

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