Kids' Art Haus Cinema - Crumb: A Cartoonist's Life

April 08, 2026

Kids' Art Haus Cinema - Crumb: A Cartoonist's Life

Angus reviews in the screening room Robert Crumb and Dan Nadel with Naomi Fry — Crumb: A Cartoonist’s Life ! Over the course of 70 years, Robert Crumb almost single-handedly transformed comics from a pulp children’s pastime into high art for adults. Now with the help of Crumb himself — and his never-before-seen letters and archives — award-winning comics scholar and biographer Dan Nadel is ready to tell his story.

Robert Crumb and Dan Nadel with Naomi Fry — Crumb: A Cartoonist’s Life

⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-tM8GC67LA⁠

In an unforgettable conversation moderated by New Yorker staff writer Naomi Fry, hear Crumb and Nadel on the making of Crumb’s iconic oeuvre — including Zap Comix, Fritz the Cat, Weirdo, his final book-length comic of The Book of Genesis, and more. Find out how Crumb transformed the pressures of 1950s suburban America and his own dysfunctional family into a distinctive style that captures the essence of Crumb’s life, his unruly imagination, and the radical transformations of 20th century culture.