Comments on: Video of paging through R. Crumb's illustrated Book of Genesis http://boingboing.net/2009/09/01/video-of-paging-thro.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/01/video-of-paging-thro.html#comment-578597 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-578597 Cannot wait! Cannot wait!

]]> By: MarkM http://boingboing.net/2009/09/01/video-of-paging-thro.html#comment-579369 MarkM Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-579369 Did my comment about being able to buy this book cheaper on buy.com really get deleted? Did my comment about being able to buy this book cheaper on buy.com really get deleted?

]]> By: demophon http://boingboing.net/2009/09/01/video-of-paging-thro.html#comment-578606 demophon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-578606 This is going to be amazing. This is going to be amazing.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/09/01/video-of-paging-thro.html#comment-578609 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-578609 page slower, thee! Else I smite thee! page slower, thee! Else I smite thee!

]]> By: Quothz http://boingboing.net/2009/09/01/video-of-paging-thro.html#comment-579643 Quothz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-579643 Interesting. For all the praise, not a single person will defend him or try to explain his appeal. I note a similar trend when I Google around (which I did before my post): Lots of "he's a genius" with little-to-no analysis. Is Crumb the Paris Hilton of comix? Famous because he's famous? Interesting. For all the praise, not a single person will defend him or try to explain his appeal. I note a similar trend when I Google around (which I did before my post): Lots of “he’s a genius” with little-to-no analysis. Is Crumb the Paris Hilton of comix? Famous because he’s famous?

]]> By: DemiGuru http://boingboing.net/2009/09/01/video-of-paging-thro.html#comment-578623 DemiGuru Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-578623 Great, another book to worship. ;-) Great, another book to worship. ;-)

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/09/01/video-of-paging-thro.html#comment-578635 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-578635 yeah, but since it's Crumb it's OK to do it with a box of kleenex at hand - so to speak. yeah, but since it’s Crumb it’s OK to do it with a box of kleenex at hand – so to speak.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/01/video-of-paging-thro.html#comment-578647 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-578647 That does indeed look awesome - but what did this guy do, strap the camera to his face? That does indeed look awesome – but what did this guy do, strap the camera to his face?

]]> By: alistermag123 http://boingboing.net/2009/09/01/video-of-paging-thro.html#comment-579160 alistermag123 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-579160 Genesis really deserved Todd McFarlane. Genesis really deserved Todd McFarlane.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/09/01/video-of-paging-thro.html#comment-579426 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-579426 You do realize that we get a tiny bit of income from Amazon links? You do realize that we get a tiny bit of income from Amazon links?

]]> By: Quothz http://boingboing.net/2009/09/01/video-of-paging-thro.html#comment-578918 Quothz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-578918 I have t'confess that I don't really <i>get</i> Crumb. I mean, he's a fine illustrator, he has a distinctive style, and sometimes he's kind of funny. I've seen that his style's influenced a lotta folks. But I don't get it: He's pretty good, but I've seen better, more evocative illustrators with distinctive styles, much funnier cartoonists, and artists who delve into much more complex and enduring topics. He seems to me to lack any subtlety; reading his comics is like having a mediocre comedian scream in my face. So what's the appeal? Is it because he was daring enough to 'toon about sex, drugs, and rock n' roll in the days when those were not mainstream topics? Is it just a matter of taste? Or am I mildly art-impaired? I have t’confess that I don’t really get Crumb. I mean, he’s a fine illustrator, he has a distinctive style, and sometimes he’s kind of funny. I’ve seen that his style’s influenced a lotta folks.

But I don’t get it: He’s pretty good, but I’ve seen better, more evocative illustrators with distinctive styles, much funnier cartoonists, and artists who delve into much more complex and enduring topics. He seems to me to lack any subtlety; reading his comics is like having a mediocre comedian scream in my face.

So what’s the appeal? Is it because he was daring enough to ‘toon about sex, drugs, and rock n’ roll in the days when those were not mainstream topics? Is it just a matter of taste? Or am I mildly art-impaired?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/01/video-of-paging-thro.html#comment-589160 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-589160 @QUOTHZ Some of us appreciate Crumb as a trend setter and yes, he did break through the wall of censorship that went up after the Congressional comic book hearings in the '50s. For some of us it's nostalgia—I was a horny, teen-age hippie when I first discovered undergrounds back in the '60s. That being said, if you study his body of work you start to understand the point of view he brings to even the simplest illustration. Crumb is a self-aware, sexually immature, cynic who has few heroes (blues musicians, etc.). Sure, there are better illustrators but none that would deliver the Bible from his POV. I think of Crumb as the cartoonist's Ivan Albright. He could draw/paint the loveliest subject and still make you wonder if there wasn't something rotten just out of view. @QUOTHZ Some of us appreciate Crumb as a trend setter and yes, he did break through the wall of censorship that went up after the Congressional comic book hearings in the ’50s. For some of us it’s nostalgia—I was a horny, teen-age hippie when I first discovered undergrounds back in the ’60s. That being said, if you study his body of work you start to understand the point of view he brings to even the simplest illustration. Crumb is a self-aware, sexually immature, cynic who has few heroes (blues musicians, etc.). Sure, there are better illustrators but none that would deliver the Bible from his POV. I think of Crumb as the cartoonist’s Ivan Albright. He could draw/paint the loveliest subject and still make you wonder if there wasn’t something rotten just out of view.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/01/video-of-paging-thro.html#comment-578666 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-578666 I believe the first chapter was published in the New Yorker a few weeks ago. It takes the genius of someone like Crumb to do justice to the book of Genesis, but judging from the sample in The New Yorker, this will be a classic... I believe the first chapter was published in the New Yorker a few weeks ago. It takes the genius of someone like Crumb to do justice to the book of Genesis, but judging from the sample in The New Yorker, this will be a classic…

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2009/09/01/video-of-paging-thro.html#comment-578698 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-578698 Did he keep all the dirty bits? Did he keep all the dirty bits?

]]> By: eti http://boingboing.net/2009/09/01/video-of-paging-thro.html#comment-579218 eti Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-579218 BORING! If this was done by anyone else it would be laughed off as yet another piece of crap comic book bible. BORING! If this was done by anyone else it would be laughed off as yet another piece of crap comic book bible.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/09/01/video-of-paging-thro.html#comment-578710 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-578710 one can only pray. one can only pray.

]]> By: DWittSF http://boingboing.net/2009/09/01/video-of-paging-thro.html#comment-578741 DWittSF Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-578741 R. Crumb is the William Blake of our time. R. Crumb is the William Blake of our time.

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