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Robert Crumb facts for kids
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| Born | Robert Dennis Crumb August 30, 1943 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
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| Pseudonym(s) | R. Crumb |
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| Children | Sophie Crumb Jesse Crumb (deceased) |
| Relatives | Charles Crumb, Jr. (brother) Maxon Crumb (brother) Carol DeGennaro (sister) Sandra Colorado (sister) Charles Crumb (father) Beatrice Crumb (mother) |
Robert Crumb (born August 30, 1943) is a famous American cartoonist and musician. He founded the underground comics movement in the 1960s and early 1970s. He is most famous for the album cover for Big Brother and the Holding Company's Cheap Thrills, the catchphrase "Keep on Truckin'" and Fritz the Cat, which was made into a movie without his approval. He also collects 78 rpm phonograph records and plays the mandolin. He was the subject of an award-winning documentary movie made in 1994 called Crumb.
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Front cover of Fritz the Cat.
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Crumb cover artwork for the 1968 Big Brother and the Holding Company album Cheap Thrills.