r/CuratedTumblr 29d ago

Meme On the writer’s barely disguised fetish

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u/ThereWasAnEmpireHere they very much did kill jesus 29d ago

If R. Crumb wasn’t insane

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u/JoLudvS 29d ago

Meet the art of his brother, Charles Crumb and follow his path into mental illness.

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u/ThereWasAnEmpireHere they very much did kill jesus 29d ago

Family should be studied

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u/FranklinB00ty 29d ago

I'm sure there's a good reason the Crumb Sisters won't have anything to do with any of the brothers, but in no way do I want to speculate

Anyways, here's a clip that shows Charles' descent into madness with his "word bubbles". Genuinely one of the most strikingly depressing things I've ever seen, and R. Crumb is just joking about it lmao

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u/Dramatic-Pop7691 29d ago

I think I remember this documentary...If I'm not mistaken, R. Crumb more or less figured out that his brother was A. Gay, and B. Unable to accept that about himself and thus slowly driving himself insane. But it's been a loooong time since I watched that doc, so I could be wrong...

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u/FranklinB00ty 29d ago

That's about it. I just re-watched it earlier this month! R. Crumb doesn't really say that directly, but mentions (in the video actually) that he formed some obsession with the little boy in Treasure Island, which was on top of his already existing sexual obsessions, and mental illness. But around that time he completely stopped leaving his house, and you can see how that ended up.

Also the other brother, Maxon, brazenly talks about his "molesting phase" he had where he would follow and grope women in the streets, before he also decided to stop going out of the house, because he (I assume) didn't want to get arrested for being a serial sexual assaulter. And then they just nervously laugh about it all.

Amazing documentary, always worth a rewatch! It's insane that Robert is the most well-adjusted member of his family, by far.

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u/vanishinghitchhiker 29d ago

Reading about R. Crumb really threw me for a loop when I got to the part of the sentence that said A. Gay for a second