Xah Lee, 2006,2007.
Robert Crumb↗ (b1943) is a satirical cartoonist, misogynist, misanthrope. Weirdo. Nerd ne plus ultra. A superb cartoonist, who knows emotion and expression, and know how to mock them. Dig the human thingy.
above: Left, one of Crumb's artwork. Right: Fritz the Cat↗ .
above: Left, one of Crumb's work depicting getting stones as “HELP BUILD A BETTER AMERICA”. Right: “GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS”.
above: Human nature gone berserk. Full Size. The cover of “The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book” (1997). (amazon.com↗)
above: Horny Harriet and Joe Blow.
There's also a biographical movie Crumb (film)↗ (1994) (amazon.com↗)
In the biographical movie Crumb (1994), there's a song sung by a black women in perhaps early 1900s with the following lyrics. I'm trying to identify this song. Please let me know if you do know.
the leg kind of great, i get my ttt, love , i hear my dady saying i went to the diphole, i lookep up at the song, cry ttt train don't come, be the moby young my mom once told me, just people die, long ... i don't you be so quite when you see me coming, look closer with my feel, and bottle i'll bring you flower, i'll bring your fortitude. what to do to me babe, it never gets out of me, i'll clean out... after closer deep
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