“Cartoonist R. Crumb’s new work has a message” by Julia Paskin
October 2025
The cartoonist R. Crumb has captivated, titillated and agitated audiences since the 1960s, first as the creator of Zap Comix, which included counterculture strips like “Fritz the Cat” and “Keep on Truckin’,” then during his rise through the small press “underground comix” movement of the '60s to become a pioneer of counterculture comic book art.
