Robert Crumb, beloved illustrator of images deemed by many as racist and sexist, returns. This time with a musical indulgence of one of his fetishes. Follow the link for more photos and a playlist.
https://eastriverstringband.com/radioshow/index.php/2022/03/01/otrs-127-r-crumbs-record-room-part-56-i-like-big-butts/
I grabbed this photo from a Facebook group.
Hayao Miyazaki’s first directorial work, the outstanding Future Boy Conan from 1978, is finally available in the U.S. Conan is no barbarian, but he’s one tough kid. We’re not quite all the way through the series, but I can’t imagine the conclusion being a disappointment.
Been too busy to switch mental gears back to my now fully up-to-date WordPress installation, but here’s something I can post quickly, that I know will interest at least one of you. It’s a documentary about master comic book artist and designer Alex Toth. Almost as much time is spent discussing his difficult personality as his art.
Ten days ago I spoke here about Maus. It’s been revealed that one week before then, on January 10, Maus was banned from a school district in Tennessee.
Jonathan Pierce, the board member who initiated the vote to remove Maus from the eighth-grade curriculum, said during the meeting that the Holocaust should be taught in schools, but this was not the book to do it.
https://www.npr.org/2022/01/27/1076180329/tennessee-school-district-ban-holocaust-graphic-novel-maus
Today happens to be Holocaust Remembrance Day. So now the question is, what Holocaust books does the McMinn County School Board allow in its schools? Being Tennessee, gotta wonder if they’re teaching “Intelligent Design” as scientific fact.
Peter Robbins, the best-known voice of Charlie Brown, has taken his own life. It’s being said that Robbins was the first voice of Charlie Brown, but I am not certain of that.
