Interesting reading, thanks.



1968

Neat image. Is that ye olde corporate style?  I seem to recall a lot of oldie cartoons had this similar style. They have the disproportionate bodies we're seeing again today,  but they still have a lot of detail work. I wonder if there are any more simpler examples from back then.

I had to look up corporate style after Hannafate mentioned that. I'm not an illustrator as such and not up on trends and styles. But I really enjoy reading a forum where people talk about something besides what we see repeated here more recently.

R. Crumb interesting guy. His Keep on Truckin' was adopted by the Hippies. I didn't know until I looked him up, because of this thread, that he hated that. I always liked his work and his forward thinking.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Crumb

And "I became acutely self-conscious about what I was doing. Was I now a "spokesman" for the hippies or what? I had no idea how to handle my new position in society! . . . Take Keep on Truckin... for example. Keep on Truckin'... is the curse of my life. This stupid little cartoon caught on hugely."

Heck I didn't know he was still around:  https://www.crumbproducts.com/

So thanks for the interesting and informative thread that's not "that other stuff"    and

Whoa, that biography. 

"In Crumb's own words, it was a lengthy drug trip on LSD that "left him fuzzy for two months" and led to him adopting the surrealistic, psychedelic style for which he has become known"

That certainly explains some things, lol.

Good old fashion, hippie days, drug induced, permanent damage.    I hadn't caught that part.

Reminds me of a true story. I'm sitting at a bar and some local dizzy person, maybe acid drug burn out, comes in and splashes a pile of nickels, dimes and pennies on the bar and says, "What can I get for this" and the bartender says "Maybe a knuckle sandwich?" He did give the kid a beer, but it was pretty funny.

There was a local, Hippie Dave, he even had posters of himself and ran for office. He'd hide his stash every night, somewhere secret in the park, when no one was following him, because if the police broke in, they couldn't bust him for having marijuana. Paranoia wasn't uncommon during the days of Free Love.

I still think R. Crumb was an interesting creative with his own style and ideas, which I always admire. Mr. Natural, now I remember that one. Fritz The Cat! WOW, takes me back. Hi Brows greeting cards:  https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=ox%2B6I7k0&id=A1E763BF1D63E9EF27C4ADFC8EBE393AE6D9194B&thid=OIP.ox-6I7k0AUEMtmO7lCG60gHaIk&mediaurl=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.catawiki.nl%2Fassets%2F2014%2F8%2F21%2Fa%2Fe%2F0%2Fae0b8cc0-2962-11e4-8061-d544494ba147.jpg&exph=700&expw=605&q=american+greeting+cards+r.+crumb&simid=608010981512511488&ck=486C0DBF4BFE41DA309EE2323F3136A8&selectedindex=3&qpvt=american+greeting+cards+r.+crumb&form=IRPRST&ajaxhist=0&vt=0&sim=11



OK sorry for the hijack, corporate art, interesting.