Libération

Cover for Libération. 28 January 2010.

A Crumb drawing used for the cover of an issue of the French newspaper Libération. The entire issue uses cartoons instead of photos, in honor of the annual Angoulême comics festival. This is the second Crumb drawing for a Libération cover.

FESTIVAL M.A.D. IN SAUVE

Robert Crumb. 2009. Festival M.A.D. In Sauve. Poster. 17 x 12 inches. Signed "R. Crumb '09" lower right. © Robert Crumb.

A poster Crumb made for a music, art and dance festival in a French village. Just love the cartoon characters, the arrangement, the color and the lettering.

Sauvons Sauve!

Dave DeMoney. 2007. "Robert Crumb - Sauvons Sauve!" Pétanque & Pastis. January 27.

A blog entry about protests against a mega supermarket planned for the French village Crumb lives in. He did a series of posters for protestors against the supermarket headlined Sauvons Sauve! ("Save Sauve"). One of the posters depicts the lovely medieval village in the background dwarfed by a giant supermarket and parking place. I've been trying to obtain one of the posters for awhile; if anyone knows how I can get one please let me know! [Finally obtained a signed flyer! 4/2010]

Robert Crumb. 1991. "Place du Doyen Gachon" in Vues de Sauve. Portfolio of 8 black & white drawings. 8 1/2 x 11 3/4". Folder title signed "R. Crumb" and "71" (out of 200).

In 1991 Crumb issued a portfolio of eight drawings of different scenes of the French village he moved to. Devoid of people, the illustrations show the extraordinary details of architectural elements such as doors, shutters, gutters, windows, etc.

Qui a Peur de Robert Crumb?

Robert Crumb. 1999. Qui a Peur de Robert Crumb? Poster. 23 1/2 by 16 inches.

Crumb did the poster for the annual French comic convention. He was also president and received the festival's Grand Prix the year before.
There is a video by French TV (in French):
http://www.ina.fr/art-et-culture/litterature/video/CAB00004532/bande-dessinee-a-la-recherche-de-robert-crumb-president-du-festival.fr.html


Mercier, Jean-Pierre. 2000. Qui a peur de Robert Crumb? CNBDI. ISBN: 2907848224

Book released on the occasion of the Crumb exhibit. 2000 copies printed.