Keep on Czechin'...

Big Ben Bookshop, Prague, Czech Republic

R. Crumb, Aline Kominsky Crumb, Gilbert Shelton's hand and me at the Big Ben Bookshop in Prague for a book signing during the Prague Writers' Festival.

After the signing, Gilbert Shelton popped into "Fat Boy's Bar" next door and signed the postcard of the Fabulous Freak Brothers (the Aussie owner of the bar is on the right).

Gilbert Shelton. Cartoon used for a "The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers" postcard. 10 1/2 x 5 13/16 inches. Signed "FOR MICHAEL-Gilbert Shelton PRAGUE 2009" lower right. © & ™ Gilbert Shelton.

The back of the postcard listed a web site-www.grassrootsthemove.com. I checked it out and found out that some British filmmakers are making an animated movie about Shelton's Freak Brothers. A pilot clip is below.




A black T-shirt with a spin on the famous "Keep on Truckin'..." motif was created for the Prague Writers' Festival ("Keep on Czechin'...") and I was kindly given one by the Big Ben staff :)

Mr. and Mrs. Crumb gave a talk on Thursday, 11 June 2009 at the Laterna Magika Theater. A clip is below.

A Short History of America

Robert Crumb. 2009. Print. A Short History of America. Giclee color print. 24 x 20 inches (paper size) 22 x 15 inches (image size). Limited edition. Signed "59/500" in lower right.

Crumb's iconic drawing of the transformation of America. A fair number of reproductions have been made over the years. It has also been transformed into a YouTube video to the music of Joni Mitchell (whose portrait was done by artist Mary Fleener).

☜Robert Crumb. "A Short History of America." CoEvolution Quarterly. Fall 1979. # 23. pp 21-24.

The original came out as a four page black & white spread in the CoEvolution Quarterly. The answer to "WHAT NEXT?!!" in the last panel is answered almost a decade later in a back cover for an issue of The Whole Earth Review.

There's a black and white YouTube version set to piano music.

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.