Robert Dennis Crumb, known professionally as R. Crumb, is an American comic book artist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 30 August 1943. His work displays a nostalgia for American folk culture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and satirizes contemporary American culture. He contributed to many of the seminal works of the underground comix movement in the 1960s, including being a founder of the first successful underground comix publication, Zap Comix, and contributing to all 16 issues of it.
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=== Awards and honors === Crumb has received several accolades for his work, including the Inkpot Award in 1989, a nomination for the Harvey Special Award for Humor in 1990 and the Angoulême Grand Prix in 1999.
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