R. Crumb

It was changed vastly.

Well, before that, I was trying to be, you know, in order to get work as an artist and a cartoonist, I was trying to be contemporary and with it, and I looked at the work of people like Jules Feiffer, and the LSD just blew all that away completely, and I was always drawing in my sketchbooks all the time, and I was just drawing these images that were coming from my brain all the time in that two months uncontrollably just,

Well, before that, I was trying to be, you know, in order to get work as an artist and a cartoonist, I was trying to be contemporary and with it, and I looked at the work of people like Jules Feiffer, and the LSD just blew all that away completely, and I was always drawing in my sketchbooks all the time, and I was just drawing these images that were coming from my brain all the time in that two months uncontrollably just,

Well, before that, I was trying to be, you know, in order to get work as an artist and a cartoonist, I was trying to be contemporary and with it, and I looked at the work of people like Jules Feiffer, and the LSD just blew all that away completely, and I was always drawing in my sketchbooks all the time, and I was just drawing these images that were coming from my brain all the time in that two months uncontrollably just,

completely changed my whole approach to what I was doing, to cartooning, and took on this older 30s, 40s kind of... And I started looking more closely at these kind of brand X, third-rate comics from the 40s that were drawn in that style by these artists that never achieved, you know, renown even among comics people.

completely changed my whole approach to what I was doing, to cartooning, and took on this older 30s, 40s kind of... And I started looking more closely at these kind of brand X, third-rate comics from the 40s that were drawn in that style by these artists that never achieved, you know, renown even among comics people.

completely changed my whole approach to what I was doing, to cartooning, and took on this older 30s, 40s kind of... And I started looking more closely at these kind of brand X, third-rate comics from the 40s that were drawn in that style by these artists that never achieved, you know, renown even among comics people.

They were a third-rate artist, but they had this working-class, proletarian, funky... crude, vulgar. These comics were very vulgar, violent.

They were a third-rate artist, but they had this working-class, proletarian, funky... crude, vulgar. These comics were very vulgar, violent.

They were a third-rate artist, but they had this working-class, proletarian, funky... crude, vulgar. These comics were very vulgar, violent.

That was my first two-month period when my ego was completely fragmented by that bad LSD. I drew Mr. Natural, Flaky Funt, Angel Food McSpade, the Snoids, the Vulture Goddesses, Vulture Demonesses, whatever you want to call them. I know lots of characters. The old Pooperoo.

That was my first two-month period when my ego was completely fragmented by that bad LSD. I drew Mr. Natural, Flaky Funt, Angel Food McSpade, the Snoids, the Vulture Goddesses, Vulture Demonesses, whatever you want to call them. I know lots of characters. The old Pooperoo.

That was my first two-month period when my ego was completely fragmented by that bad LSD. I drew Mr. Natural, Flaky Funt, Angel Food McSpade, the Snoids, the Vulture Goddesses, Vulture Demonesses, whatever you want to call them. I know lots of characters. The old Pooperoo.

It was actually more or less a combination of the mysticism of LSD experiences combined with this old cartoon stereotype of the little old man with the long beard. There's several of these kind of like standard cartoon figure and old comic strips going back to the 20s, even earlier probably, that little old funny little old man with the long beard. I didn't invent anything out of whole cloth.

It was actually more or less a combination of the mysticism of LSD experiences combined with this old cartoon stereotype of the little old man with the long beard. There's several of these kind of like standard cartoon figure and old comic strips going back to the 20s, even earlier probably, that little old funny little old man with the long beard. I didn't invent anything out of whole cloth.

It was actually more or less a combination of the mysticism of LSD experiences combined with this old cartoon stereotype of the little old man with the long beard. There's several of these kind of like standard cartoon figure and old comic strips going back to the 20s, even earlier probably, that little old funny little old man with the long beard. I didn't invent anything out of whole cloth.

It all has antecedents in the popular culture, all of it.

It all has antecedents in the popular culture, all of it.

It all has antecedents in the popular culture, all of it.

Yeah, exactly. Precisely.