--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" <willy...@...> wrote: > > > > Like most people in the world, you don't know > > > Robert Crumb at all. He's the straightest arrow > > > on Earth...doesn't drink, doesn't smoke, doesn't > > > do drugs. And the shyest person you've ever met. > > > > Judy wrote: > > Of course, this is entirely irrelevant to Shemp's > > comment, which was referring to Crumb's *work*, > > not Crumb as a person... > > > I met Crumb when he lived in San Francisco; he was > working on an album cover for Big Brother. Crumb was, > and probably still is, a 'redneck', and a self-admitted > misogynist. But it's just amazing how many people > think murder and rape are funny. > > Crumb thought the 'Peace Movement' was a liberal > conspiracy. He was, by all accounts, a very > disagreeable person to be around. He couldn't > stand Rock Music like the Dead or the Airplane, > and never attended any concerts at the Avalon or > Winterland. > > According to some of the artists who lived in the > Haight Ashbury, R. Crumb was one of the least > talented, compared to people like Rick Griffin, > Gilbert Shelton, and Ralph Bakshi. None of these > artists could stand to be around Crumb, since he > was so racist and bigoted. Crumb hated hippies. >
He appears to have a lot of "hate" around him according to your account, WillyTex. Now I understand why him and Barry are such good friends. Hey, Barry, do you and "Robert" have ex-pat Thanksgiving together every year?
