Comments on: R. Crumb's Short History (and future) of America http://boingboing.net/2009/08/07/r-crumbs-short-histo.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 18:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2009/08/07/r-crumbs-short-histo.html#comment-561437 Stefan Jones Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-561437 The "Ecological Disaster" link goes to the Ecotopian scene. The “Ecological Disaster” link goes to the Ecotopian scene.

]]> By: Tdawwg http://boingboing.net/2009/08/07/r-crumbs-short-histo.html#comment-561445 Tdawwg Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-561445 Which is maybe a good thing in a way. I like the African American woman waving to the Jesusbearded hippie in white with the red wagon at the picture's bottom left: eloquent refutation of all that "Crumb's a racist" nonsense from a month or so back.... Which is maybe a good thing in a way.

I like the African American woman waving to the Jesusbearded hippie in white with the red wagon at the picture’s bottom left: eloquent refutation of all that “Crumb’s a racist” nonsense from a month or so back….

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/08/07/r-crumbs-short-histo.html#comment-561466 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-561466 That Disaster one - isn't that Detroit? That Disaster one – isn’t that Detroit?

]]> By: Raines Cohen http://boingboing.net/2009/08/07/r-crumbs-short-histo.html#comment-561736 Raines Cohen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-561736 I somehow found "Short History" deeply inspirational when I first saw it a decade ago at a friend's house... I enjoy studying "then and now" historical photo-comparisons, and all the small details of change portrayed in Crumb's sequence, from the focus to the pace, from the growth to the decay, inspired hours of pondering how and why the changes happened, what they represented, how they were perceived at the time, and what we're embracing now that we'll regret in the future. I somehow found “Short History” deeply inspirational when I first saw it a decade ago at a friend’s house… I enjoy studying “then and now” historical photo-comparisons, and all the small details of change portrayed in Crumb’s sequence, from the focus to the pace, from the growth to the decay, inspired hours of pondering how and why the changes happened, what they represented, how they were perceived at the time, and what we’re embracing now that we’ll regret in the future.

]]> By: teufelsdroch http://boingboing.net/2009/08/07/r-crumbs-short-histo.html#comment-561758 teufelsdroch Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-561758 I've had this poster: http://tinyurl.com/bujwlb in my toilet for years. Everybody should have a crumb hanging in their toilet! I’ve had this poster:

http://tinyurl.com/bujwlb

in my toilet for years. Everybody should have a crumb hanging in their toilet!

]]> By: nehpetsE http://boingboing.net/2009/08/07/r-crumbs-short-histo.html#comment-561792 nehpetsE Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-561792 my eyes just got all tearyed up. happens every time i look at that sequence. my eyes just got all tearyed up.

happens every time i look at that sequence.

]]> By: eti http://boingboing.net/2009/08/07/r-crumbs-short-histo.html#comment-562333 eti Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-562333 @#3, no, the disaster New Orleans. How mean of you! But if it was Detroit, we should want to help out Detroit, being the nations only major industrial city and all. Or would we rather let the US economy, collapse and see teh world's economy collapse in turn. Yes, I have lots of issues today. This painfully cliched cartoon being one of them @#3, no, the disaster New Orleans. How mean of you!

But if it was Detroit, we should want to help out Detroit, being the nations only major industrial city and all.

Or would we rather let the US economy, collapse and see teh world’s economy collapse in turn.

Yes, I have lots of issues today. This painfully cliched cartoon being one of them

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/08/07/r-crumbs-short-histo.html#comment-562341 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-562341 not Hogarth? not Hogarth?

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/08/07/r-crumbs-short-histo.html#comment-562342 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-562342 http://www.math.bas.bg/~vlsot/hogarth.jpg http://www.math.bas.bg/~vlsot/hogarth.jpg

]]> By: jaytkay http://boingboing.net/2009/08/07/r-crumbs-short-histo.html#comment-561852 jaytkay Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-561852 Crumb is like Bosch, but smarter. Like Brueghel, but better. Crumb is like Bosch, but smarter. Like Brueghel, but better.

]]> By: Mark Frauenfelder http://boingboing.net/2009/08/07/r-crumbs-short-histo.html#comment-561598 Mark Frauenfelder Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-561598 I first saw this around 30 years ago and it continues to intrigue me. In my opinion, Crumb is the greatest living artist in the US (or France, if you must). I first saw this around 30 years ago and it continues to intrigue me. In my opinion, Crumb is the greatest living artist in the US (or France, if you must).

]]> By: Dave Faris http://boingboing.net/2009/08/07/r-crumbs-short-histo.html#comment-561652 Dave Faris Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-561652 Whether he's the greatest is debatable, but the fact that he's not in the US anymore is probably a more telling thing than just about anything else you could think of. Whether he’s the greatest is debatable, but the fact that he’s not in the US anymore is probably a more telling thing than just about anything else you could think of.

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