Comments on: R. Crumb and Bigfoot http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/r-crumb-bf/ for Bigfoot, Loch Ness, and More Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:06:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: peterbernard http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/r-crumb-bf/#comment-12546 peterbernard Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:58:28 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/r-crumb-bf/#comment-12546 The name of the cartoon drawing style that Crumb copies is called the "bigfoot" style. It was popular in the 1930s, an era which he obsesses over, when racism was still cool, etc. Don't ask me, it's what he's into. Anyway, this would explain why he was asked to draw bigfoot. The name of the cartoon drawing style that Crumb copies is called the “bigfoot” style. It was popular in the 1930s, an era which he obsesses over, when racism was still cool, etc. Don’t ask me, it’s what he’s into. Anyway, this would explain why he was asked to draw bigfoot.

]]> By: Mnynames http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/r-crumb-bf/#comment-12545 Mnynames Sun, 28 Jan 2007 16:41:35 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/r-crumb-bf/#comment-12545 As the child of Hippies (My middle name is, in fact, Woodstock), I can recall finding a few stashes of his comics in the various places (Friend's houses, communes, etc.) that we stayed in when I was quite little. I dare say they were decidely NOT age appropriate, which probably made them all the more interesting. Didn't he do a comic called the Freak Brothers, about 3 sideshow freak-like Hippie brothers? It was either him or a good imitator. Wow. A likely crypto-influence I would never have considered. As the child of Hippies (My middle name is, in fact, Woodstock), I can recall finding a few stashes of his comics in the various places (Friend’s houses, communes, etc.) that we stayed in when I was quite little. I dare say they were decidely NOT age appropriate, which probably made them all the more interesting. Didn’t he do a comic called the Freak Brothers, about 3 sideshow freak-like Hippie brothers? It was either him or a good imitator.

Wow. A likely crypto-influence I would never have considered.

]]> By: sausage1 http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/r-crumb-bf/#comment-12544 sausage1 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 22:04:19 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/r-crumb-bf/#comment-12544 Yep! HippIE it is. I know because I was the only 8 year old in junior school in London's East End wearing a purple wool-crochet waistcoat and tie-dye T shirt at the age of 8. No bigfoot there, though. Yep! HippIE it is. I know because I was the only 8 year old in junior school in London’s East End wearing a purple wool-crochet waistcoat and tie-dye T shirt at the age of 8.

No bigfoot there, though.

]]> By: SpaghettiYeti http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/r-crumb-bf/#comment-12543 SpaghettiYeti Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:22:02 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/r-crumb-bf/#comment-12543 In The R. Crumb Handbook, there's a bit about the live stage adaptation of Whiteman Meets Bigfoot including artwork and a photo from the production. Apparently, before the Crumb documentary came about, director Terry Zwigoff and Crumb produced a script for a feature film version called "Sassy"- again, with some great artwork for that too. I'd never seen those covers before, they're surprisingly recent too! In The R. Crumb Handbook, there’s a bit about the live stage adaptation of Whiteman Meets Bigfoot including artwork and a photo from the production. Apparently, before the Crumb documentary came about, director Terry Zwigoff and Crumb produced a script for a feature film version called “Sassy”- again, with some great artwork for that too.

I’d never seen those covers before, they’re surprisingly recent too!

]]> By: dbard http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/r-crumb-bf/#comment-12542 dbard Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:37:58 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/r-crumb-bf/#comment-12542 Nice find Loren! Nice find Loren!

]]> By: fuzzy http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/r-crumb-bf/#comment-12541 fuzzy Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:16:06 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/r-crumb-bf/#comment-12541 Re: R. Crumb's old art ~ why not ask <a rel="nofollow" href="http://img.timeinc.net/time/daily/2005/0504/crumb_page10429.jpg" rel="nofollow">R. Crumb</a>. Hippie Re: R. Crumb’s old art ~ why not ask R. Crumb.

Hippie

]]> By: Ceroill http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/r-crumb-bf/#comment-12540 Ceroill Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:14:18 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/r-crumb-bf/#comment-12540 Loren, thanks a lot for sharing these with us! Great stuff, but then it's R. Crumb, so of course it's great! It's not often we get to see his less cartoonish side, as in the second example. Here's hoping he accepts your invitation! Loren, thanks a lot for sharing these with us! Great stuff, but then it’s R. Crumb, so of course it’s great! It’s not often we get to see his less cartoonish side, as in the second example. Here’s hoping he accepts your invitation!

]]> By: kittenz http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/r-crumb-bf/#comment-12539 kittenz Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:17:12 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/r-crumb-bf/#comment-12539 Oh yeah I agree: it's "hippie" not "hippy". "Hippie" is a laid-back Child of Nature. "Hippy" means you need to hit the gym. Oh yeah I agree: it’s “hippie” not “hippy”. “Hippie” is a laid-back Child of Nature. “Hippy” means you need to hit the gym.

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