r. crumb lives
S and I were lucky enough to view up close many original drawings and prints by R. Crumb, underground comix illustrator and more. I’m happy to report that he is still going strong! He even has a website: www.rcrumb.com where you can buy his books and stuff.
I discovered his work via Zap Comix in the early 1970s, spending countless hours engrossed over their mind-blowing pages. It was quite inspirational to me and my housemates at the time (Jeff & Dina & Bob & Janet & David: the Electric Flamingo gang).
Seeing his stuff again after so many years, the originals lifesize at the Frye museum, almost made me cry. He is a master illustrator and observer, and has no fear. He is my hero. He is weird and offensive and hilarious and shallow and deep. He has drawn/painted some true classics, for instance “A Short History of America”: 
February 16th, 2008 at 11:23 am
Another Crumb site that was discovered is http://www.robertcrumbcartoons.com you might like
February 24th, 2008 at 11:41 am
RCrumb - influenced a whole generation and basically distorted the mundane drudgeries of workin folks. Love his work. Wish your thumbnails were bigger.
February 24th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
ASHOA first appeared in Co Evolution Quarterly No. 23 (fall 1979, black-and-white), of which I was an enthusiastic subscriber for many years. I loved it at first sight. Do I still have that issue in a box in the basement or was it thrown out in one of the magazine purges to “get rid of all that old junk”? I DO still have all my old original Zap and Arcade comix squirreled away in a secret location…