![]() Returns: Allowed within 14 days for any reason whatsoever as long as returned in 100% original condition. Career Colorist American Greetings Corporation, 1963-1967. Please check the calculator for additional eBay charges. was born on Augin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Crumbs greeting card for the American Greetings company. International shipments: Ships internationally using eBay's Global Shipping. Crumb ink drawing- recent acquisition of the Rubber Diamond Gallery. For a time, Robert designed greeting cards at Cleveland-based American Greetings. He was born in Philadelphia on August 30, 1943, the third child of Charles and Beatrice Crumb. ![]() Payment: Via PayPal please, within 3 days of my notification to you of winning bid. Robert Crumb, one of the founders of the underground comix movement, lived in Ames as a youngster from 1950 to 1952. Excellent condition with original envelope. Rare indeed, I was not able to locate this in Google Images. However it was subsequently confirmed to me personally via a Crumb relative in France that Robert Crumb did indeed do the artwork on this card. which was drawing novelty greeting cards for American Greetings in Cleveland. The imaginary woman of Crumb is a mix of amazon and cliched province girl with massive legs, buttocks, and breasts, which Marijn mentioned speaking of Nam. This card has no artistic attribution and - regardless of my personal suspicions - a previous offering of this item listed it as "Unknown Artist - R. 1943) is a prominent representative of the underground comix movement of the 1960s. In addition to a number of more well-known cards that Crumb did for American Greetings in the 60s, he did artwork for their ZONK line in the early 70s. Here is a rare American Greetings ZONK Card from 1972 with art by Robert Crumb. In his later years, Crumb lived quietly in France with his wife, fellow cartoonist Aline Kominsky-Crumb, and their daughter Sophie Crumb.Here is a rare American Greetings "ZONK" Card from 1972 with art by Robert Crumb. In the '90s, director Terry Zwigoff worked with Crumb and his family to create a documentary called "Crumb" (1994), which was released to critical acclaim and heightened a new generation's interest in his work. After Zap and his film experience, Crumb went on to create Weirdo, a quarterly comic anthology series that was filled with a mixture of weird and off-beat material. Shortly after, Crumb ditched the character, primarily because of how mainstream the cat had become. The comic also helped popularize Crumb and led to the Ralph Bakshi animated film "Fritz the Cat" (1972), which became a huge success in addition to being the first X-rated animated film. Shortly after, he helped create Zap Comix, an underground comic magazine that featured Crumb's work, notably his racist caricature Angelfood McSpade. At nineteen Crumb's art skills landed him a job designing cards at the American Greetings company in Cleveland, Ohio, where he met Harvey Pekar and other artists who inspired him to get out there and try to get paid for his comics. all babies are cute and cuddly and sweet. In 1965, at the age of 22, Crumb's drug-fueled work produced Fritz the Cat, a counterculture cat who went on wild adventures that were often risqué. congratulations on your new baby boy but baby boys have that. His use of the drug led to an insane, psychedelic creative process that produced most of his notable work. It was around this time that Crumb, married with a young child, started heavily using drugs, mostly LSD. American Greetings After graduating from high school in 1962, nineteen-year old Robert Crumb moved to Cleveland, Ohio. He wasn't happy, though, and he lived in squalor. He followed that love when he graduated high school, and honed his artwork skills drawing cards for American Greetings. Crumb was drawn to the world of comics and animation, specifically the works of Walt Kelly and the Fleischer Brothers. Scarce original birthday card produced by American Greetings in 1964 as part of their Hi Brows line.
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