Drawn Together: The Collected Works of R. and A. Crumb [Hardcover]

Who could have imagined that in 1972, when Aline Kominsky, a Long Island escapee and bodaciously talented artist, broke her foot one rainy fall day, it would result in the most unique collaboration in comics history? Laid up in her house, she was persuaded by R. Crumb, her nerdy, neurotic boyfriend, to pass the time drawing together a two-man comic. The result is a jaw-dropping yet tender account, not only of the joys and challenges of a legendary marriage but also of the obstacles faced by struggling female artists. InRumored for years, Since the 1970s, pioneering underground comics creators R. Crumb and Aline Crumb (nee Kominsky) have been drawing comics together, their distinct art styles sharing the same panels&. The thematic cohesion, despite the two very different styles, is an achievement, one further enhanced by guest illustrations from daughter Sophie and cameos from Art Spiegelman and Charles Burns. A must for Crumb fans. The collection documents the changes in their lives as theyve grown older, had a daughter (now a published cartoonist herself), moved to the south of France, and received more attention than theyd wanted through a couple of films (a documentary on the Crumb family and the adaptation of Starred review. If his drawing is wonderfully detailed, volumetric, and fluidthe justly most famous and admired comics style of our timehers is flat, messy, childishly exuberant, an avatar of the [One] of the 50 sublime coffee table books for the true sophisticate.