Crumb uses a lot of cross hatching for shading in his work. The story is very quick and can be read fast which makes the line work simple to flow through and read. The comics are illustrated child-like and cartoon-like but with adult themes.
This week i read one of his comics and it was rather strange. The comic was called white man and its about him camping and finding a yeti woman and loving her. I think it could be imagery for racism loneliness. Seeing as underground comics do not hold back on offensive material and it is the goal to offend the audience i suppose it could work. I personally did not think it was interesting or as if i got anything out of it other than the fact in knowing that the comic was intentionally offensive. These are definitely exclusive to adults and only adults should read them.
Most of the comics i've read this week, also fat freddys cat. Seem to mainly be adult themed and not geared to children. I think it is sensible to keep these comics underground and out of the reach of the obvious regular crowd being mainly children.
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