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‘Crumb’ Review: The King of Underground Comics Importing elements of Disney cartoons and newspaper strips into his countercultural comics, Robert Crumb created a transgressive, influential style.
A new documentary about underground comics pioneer Denis Kitchen has raised over $26,000 on Kickstarter - more than five times its original goal - with just 9 hours remaining in the crowdfunding ...
Amid the generous sampling of photos and art included in “Crumb,” we don’t get the whole “Joe Blow” picture either, but some may find it reassuring that many of Mr. Crumb’s ...
Prairie Comics Festival is an artist-run nonprofit putting on their own annual festival, workshops, seminars, panels, and ...
The film critic and cultural historian J. Hoberman’s new book, “Everything Is Now: The 1960s New York Avant-Garde—Primal Happenings, Underground Movies, Radical Pop,” is as jubilantly ...
In The Sandman, Desire is the sibling who rolls their eyes at cosmic drama, slides into your dreams uninvited, and leaves a ...
COVER STORYSome people are gifted in the art of scrapbooking. Their spreads are beautifully intricate; filled to the brim ...
Protest music meets theatrical firepower this summer as Falkirk band, Beldon Haigh, re-releases their acclaimed single “Dumpster Fire” ...
There are lots of celebrations on the horizon in Chicago — openings, closings, anniversaries, festivals — but’s it’s only a ...
July Fourth crab feasts, rooftop parties and a hot-dog-eating contest are on the agenda, along with outdoor movies, concerts ...
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art has riveted the public with its futuristic architecture. But the lasting impact of George ...
Riot Games' League of Legends was primarily known as a wildly successful battle arena game. But the characters created for that game became even more popular after Netflix debuted the first season of ...