R. Crumb
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Podcast Appearances
Yes, I drew hundreds and hundreds of greeting cards.
Yes, I drew hundreds and hundreds of greeting cards.
They're pretty bland. They're bland. I didn't write them. I just did the drawings. They had a staff of writers. And you went to work. It was a 9 to 5 job. You punched a time clock. It was in Cleveland. I got up at 6 o'clock in the morning and took the rapid transit to work every day. I went to the bar after work and drank with the guys and then went home and asked myself, is this my life?
They're pretty bland. They're bland. I didn't write them. I just did the drawings. They had a staff of writers. And you went to work. It was a 9 to 5 job. You punched a time clock. It was in Cleveland. I got up at 6 o'clock in the morning and took the rapid transit to work every day. I went to the bar after work and drank with the guys and then went home and asked myself, is this my life?
They're pretty bland. They're bland. I didn't write them. I just did the drawings. They had a staff of writers. And you went to work. It was a 9 to 5 job. You punched a time clock. It was in Cleveland. I got up at 6 o'clock in the morning and took the rapid transit to work every day. I went to the bar after work and drank with the guys and then went home and asked myself, is this my life?
Is this what my life is going to be from now on?
Is this what my life is going to be from now on?
Is this what my life is going to be from now on?
No, they had this department that, in the late 50s, they started making these kind of more hip-looking greeting cards. They were tall and thin, you know?
No, they had this department that, in the late 50s, they started making these kind of more hip-looking greeting cards. They were tall and thin, you know?
No, they had this department that, in the late 50s, they started making these kind of more hip-looking greeting cards. They were tall and thin, you know?
I was in that department.
I was in that department.
I was in that department.
They were funny. Yeah, they were funny. And some of them actually were funny. They had a couple of writers who actually were gifted comedy writers who just got stuck in Cleveland because they were alcoholics or whatever. But they wrote very funny cards.
They were funny. Yeah, they were funny. And some of them actually were funny. They had a couple of writers who actually were gifted comedy writers who just got stuck in Cleveland because they were alcoholics or whatever. But they wrote very funny cards.
They were funny. Yeah, they were funny. And some of them actually were funny. They had a couple of writers who actually were gifted comedy writers who just got stuck in Cleveland because they were alcoholics or whatever. But they wrote very funny cards.