There are a lot of unpleasant questions raised by work in this book. Some of the strips are great, and the drawing becomes top notch fast (in fact it's kind of interesting to see Crumb's imprecise and splotty linework in the very early installments) but let's face it, these are (some of) the stories that got him and continue to get him in hot water with feminist readers. Natural strips don't hold up too well as the years go by, at least to me. Many of Crumb's early through mid-career Mr. The collection constitutes a sheer delight for those who have followed the Natch's exploits over the years, yet it is completely accessible to nonaficionados-at least those undaunted by the raunchiness that is another thing that hasn't changed since the sage's early days An ever-serene-but-horny philosopher-for-hire, dispensing enlightenment to an undeserving world-is he a wise, grizzled mystic or a cynical charlatan? A teller of timeless truths or a sixties anachronism? Wherever he appears, so do his most loyal acolyte, Flakey Foont, and his obsession, the lusty Devil Girl. Natural hasn't changed much since his 1967 debut. The bearded, robed, curmudgeonly guru Mr. Libraries wanting some representative Crumb in the wake of the movie may be better served by this single volume featuring one of his most famous creations than by the multivolume reprinting of all of his work that Fantagraphics has about half-completed. Seminal underground comics artist Crumb has gained wider recognition, thanks to an acclaimed documentary about him.
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