Installation view, R. Crumb: Tales of Paranoia, David Zwirner, Los Angeles, 2025

R. Crumb in LAist

“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.

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