Subject Matter
Character(s):
Robert Crumb
First Line:
My high school art teacher didn't like me. He said 'If you keep doing those cartoons, you'll wind up selling pencils on the street!
Synopsis:
Crumb talks about meeting Chester Gould and his great affection for Harvey Kurtzman.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
18
Notes:
A full page of text includes a small mid-1970s sketchbook detail titled "Be an Artist! A Glamour Occupation." Followed by a series of full-page illustrations, mostly in black & white: "Improve Your Drawing Ability" (1975 sketchbook page); "Still Life Exercise - Feb. 24th, '83;" "Woodpile - Dec. 1st, '78;" "Chicken House October 1982;" "The "View" (November 16th '82);" "A Nice Quite Evening at Home Alone... (Optical Truths)" (sketchbook page, early '90s); "Place at Doyen Gachon" (from Vues de Sauve portfolio); "Path in the "Mer des Rochers" Above Sauve" (Sept. 30th, 1996); "Getting Away from People... Must be Back by Aperitif Time..." (Oct. 11th '96); "Mutate Now" (sketchbook page, early '80s); "Oy Oy Oydle-Oil Painting #1, Blue Man-Green Man" (Color, oil on canvas, 1980); "I'm havin' a fit" (Sept. 8th, 1980); "Problems in Composition - It's too Tight!" (Early 1980s sketchbook page); An untitled oil on canvas, 1980 (color); "The Green Aline" (oil on canvas, 1980 (color)); "Jewish Girl" (1973 illustration); "I can't take another minute of this.. I'm gonna lose my mind or kill myself!!" (Early 1990s sketchbook page)