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The Week In Art

Posted 07.07.2012 | Arts
Read More: Roaring 1920s, James Bond, Robert Crumb, Week in Art, Art Roundup. Arts, Comics, Project Twins, Language Nerd, Unusual Words, Fabian Oefner, Arts News

This week at HuffPost Arts we lusted after the 1920s, watched Robert Crumb lust after Amazonian cartoon women and learned some strange new words (e.g....

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Robert Crumb's Comic Nightmare

Posted 07.03.2012 | Arts
Read More: Paris Exhibitions, Video, Robert Crumb, Looney Toons, Sexist, Counter Culture, Underground Comix, r.crumb, Musee D'art Moderne, Paris Art, Comic Book, UK Arts, Slidepollajax, Arts News

Robert Crumb's adult cartoons give a similar feeling to being insulted by a kindergardener. The kid is presumptuous, offensive and totally out of line...

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PHOTOS: 9 Great Graphic Novel Adaptations

Andrew Losowsky | Posted 10.27.2011 | Books
Read More: Paul Auster, Comics, Robert Crumb, The Book of Genesis, Graphic Novel, Fahrenheit 451, Slidepollajax, Skottie Young, Graphic Novels, Allen Ginsberg, Adaptations, Kite Runner, Seymour Chwast, Books News
Andrew Losowsky

Books are turned into movies all the time, but increasingly, they are also getting the graphic novel treatment.

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How Comics Became Literature for Adults

Douglas Wolk | Posted 08.27.2011 | Books
Read More: Book Publishing, John Carter of Mars, John Carter, Comic Books, Graphic Novels, V for Vendetta, Watchmen, Censorship, Literature, American Literature, Censor, Comics Code Authority, Robert Crumb, Harvey Pekar, Persepolis, American Splendor, Crime Does Not Pay, Will Eisner, Books News
Douglas Wolk

Thanks to accidents of economics, flashes of artistic inspiration, and flukes of both government and culture, comics have really "grown up."

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Riot Fests & Bloody Wars: Conversations with Less Than Jake and Christopher King, Plus KT Tunstall's Video Exclusive Pt. 2

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Less Than Jake, Wilhelm Scream, Robert Crumb, A Loss for Words, Fueled by Ramen, The Ramones, Blacklist Royals, Christopher King, The Beach Boys, The Dopamines, Fiddlin' John Carson, The Beatles, AT&T, The Have Nots, Coley Jones, The Beastie Boys, Panic! At the Disco, Paper and Plastick, Social Distortion, Cingular, Jimmy Eat World, Slayer, Paramore, Metallica, Tom Petty, Facebook, Tom Whalley, Bad Religion, Hellmouth, The Red Fox Chasers, Verizon, Fall Out Boy, Make Do and Mend, Frank Sinatra, All Quiet on the Western Front, New Found Glory, American Idol, Bruce Springsteen, Yellowcard, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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From No Chocolate Cake to a Reckoning: Conversations with Gin Blossoms, Luke Doucet, and Tony Lunn

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: No Chocolate Cake: Conversations With Gin Blossoms, Robert Crumb, High School Reunion, A&M Records, Sarah McLachlan, And Tony Lunn Tony Lunn, Sarah Palin, South by Southwest, Hot Hot Heat, Marc Cohn, Big Brother & the Holding Company, Sloan, Judy Collins, Crowded House, The Odds, Marshall Crenshaw, McCabe's Guitar Shop, Capitol Records, Hurricane Katrina, Cheap Trick, President Clinton, Rick Parker, All We Are Saying, Cubbie Bear, Switchfoot, Columbia Records, Pat Pattison, Eddie Money, David Anderle, Tom Petty, Rosanna Arquette, Tom DeSavia, Merle Travis, Christine O'donnell, Darrell Scott, Grammy Award, The Rembrandts, Styx, Peter Case, Scott Johnson, Benny & Joon, Paul Simon, David Collier, Danny Wilde, John Hiatt, Janis Joplin, Andrew Scott, Gas Giants, Luke Doucet, Kelly Ryan, Chris Murphy, Chet Atkins, Control, Ian Curtis, Joy Division, Steve Seskin, Bill Leen, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Elektra Records, Jethro Tull, Harvey Pekar, Simon & Garfunkel, Robin Wilson, The Shoes, Arif Mardin, Geffen Records, Kruu-Fm, The Jerk, Train, Craig Northey, Virgin Records, Gin Blossoms, Anton Corbijn, Badfinger, Jess Valenzuela, Shubas, Anberlin, Grammy Awards, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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2010 Harvey Award Winners: 'Asterios Polyp' Grabs Three

comicsbeat.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Book Awards, Literary Awards, Illustration, Book Prize, Rocketeer, David Mazzucchelli, Robert Crumb, Comics, Darwyn Cooke, Asterios Polyp, Robert Kirkman, Graphic Novels, Harvey Awards, Books News

From Baltimore last night, the winners -- Asterios Polyp and David Mazzucchelli took home three, The Rocketeer, Chew and The Walking Dead two each in ...

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The Bible As Porn?

Kristin M. Swenson, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Wsaul, Robert Crumb, Bible, Ezekiel, University of Texas, Song of Solomon, Bibles, Genesis, Bibles for Porn, The-Crucifixion-of-Jesus-Christ, Religion, Jesus Christ, Jesus, Athiest, Religion News
Kristin M. Swenson, Ph.D.

Recently, atheist students at a Texas university offered porn in exchange for Bibles arguing, "same diff." Inflammatory, to be sure, but are they right?

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