Speaking of Hippies
 

Did somebody say something about Hippies?
Well, here is a question left over from the 60's.

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They always made me do this:
http://www.worldwideposters.com/gl/3916.jpg
:D

http://randman.8m.net/images/dude.jpg

Stop it Doc. You're like really freakin' me out man. ;)

(I love R Crumb.)

http://ffspirits.finalfantasy.gamigo...ez/smz/516.gif
(long live R Crumb)

http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Cafe/7958/fritzcolor.gif
Randman like wow, your'e
such a cool cat man.

Gah! Vomitrous!

I suppose someone is going to post a Peter Max poster next... the more gaudy, the better...

Is that a request? Perhaps his multicolored Mona Lisa? ;)

http://library.thinkquest.org/13681/data/nyc/smona.jpg

I trust this is to your liking Xerxes?

CRUMB RULEZ!
 

Yeah, R. Crumb rules!
I collect his stuff, have since the hippie dippie days.
Here's a cover you might enjoy.
by the way, it's good to see what a lovely bunch-o-art lovers we have here!
Somebody asked in another thread about doing brain surgery with a spoon and good intentions....

We've gotten a report of brain surgery being performed with a spoon...
So we've put our best detective on the case...
Dirty Dog will be sniffing around for clues.
http://members.tripod.de/crumbcomics/char_dirtydog.jpg

Oh my....
Did somebody say DETECTIVE??????????????
Looks like the party's breakin up early!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i can now honestly say that i'm freaked out

some of those look like drawings out of old issues of mad
or am i just insane?

HOW ZIPPY DODGED THE DRAFT
 

I think I figured out how Zippy dodged the draft.


"some of those look like drawings out of old issues of mad "
Hahaha!!!
Not from mad my friend.
These were from ZAP and other "Underground" comiX sold back in the 60's, Mad was great too though.

The history of Zap Comix
and issue #0

Like Armandos Stiletto!
 

ZAP DELIVERS!

Hi Papadoc!
The link you sent instantly exceeded it's allocated bandwidth.
Guess there are still a lot uf us Crumb snatchers out here!
I put the link in my favorites, so when it's bandwidth allocation gets recharged I'll go see it.
Pity about Roberts brother.

As the party breaks up and everyone ran,
the lonely hippie girl looked out her window,
hoping someone she knew would run by...
http://members.tripod.de/crumbcomics/char_girl.jpg

Friendly Reminder!
 

"As the party breaks up and everyone ran,
the lonely hippie girl looked out her window,
hoping someone she knew would run by... "

Switching her wieght back and forth between her legs....
Hahahahahaha!!!!!
I remember that un!
got it here sumwheres.
Here's a friendly reminder that didn't see wide publication!

I think mention needs to be made of the excellent documentary film called "Crumb". Anyone familiar (or even those who aren't) with Robert Crumb's work should see it. It gives great insight into one of the more creative minds of modern time. Crumb was more than a cartoonist. His other work has largely (and sadly) been overlooked by his skill as a cartoonist.

Anyway, rent "Crumb" if it's still around. I promise you if you think your family has problems, you are in for a jolt of reality. And in Robert Crumb's case, reality was bizzare to say the least.

LAST OF THE SUPER HEROES
 

"
I think mention needs to be made of the excellent documentary film called "Crumb"."
Eggs Ackley.
Wonder what he's doin now-a-days?
R. Crumb might fit very well into the "tortured souls" catagory of artist....well, if he didn't have so damn much fun he might.

I wonder what he's up to as well. At the end of the documentary, he was moving to France, if I recall correctly. I found this image dated November 2000 (as you can see).


http://randman.8m.net/images/bigfoot.jpg

It was on this site, one of many "tribute" pages to Crumb.

R. CRUMB SPEAKS!
 

DAYUM!
And I don't usualy even like hairy women.
That was a great improvement.

Here you have it from the horses mouth so to speak.
Without futher ado I give you:
R. CRUMB......

I just checked that link to the history of Zap Comix.
It's back up, better hurry before it gets filled with hits again.

I wonder if we're scaring all those young anime fans? :D

I don't know, but its sure a good lesson
on the history of underground comix,
which is where it all started anyway.
And it's just too dang fun.
:D

ugh. Yet another reason I hate the sixties...

You like the mind altering drug though. Look at that abomination of an avatar :D

[edit]Damn you! You nazi you! You changed it![/edit]

I am just toooo slick for the likes of you ;)

Xerxes, I really value your opinions.
I enjoy your posts.
So please tell me why you hate the sixties.
I'm interested.
:D

What a long, strange trip it's been...
 

Pic has nothing or everything to do with the heading.

Xerxes has no real reason to hate the sixties. (Hell, he wasn't even there.) ;) If anything, he should love the sixties. It IS the decade Tricky Dick finally made it to the White House. :D

R Crumb - master of the telephone pole.

UJ

He was, wasn't he? I suppose you know why he included all those ugly images of telephone/electrical poles and lines in so many of his drawings? If not, I'll tell you. They were his chosen symbol of the raping and destruction of our landscape. Genius.

Yes, I'm a tree-hugging hippy. Deal with it!!! Oh BTW, peace man, here's a flower. ;)

Why do I hate the sixties? Because they killed the fifties- widely considered to be Americas golden age. Well, I should go into more detail...

The twenties were the decade that experienced the largest sexual revolution in US history, what with the sexual theories of Freud, Darwin's charge to propogate the human race, and the invention of the condom. At this time, with the invention of recordable music, people enjoyed having sex to music for the first time, which is quite a big thing, if you think about it. And there was of course opium feuling it all as well. What i'm trying to say is... its not the "sexual revolution" part of the sixties I so vehemently hate.

But it was the mid to late sixties that really overthrew everything in terms of design and art. The colors of clothes and house decoration became absolutely godawful. (I mean even look at the colors of these Crumb illustrations) Fine Art became at this point the most politcal it has ever been. Sex and recreational drugs just got out of control... there has always been sex and drugs, but there has never been such cultural emphasis on sex and drugs which is corrosive to society. Like the Roman Empires' failing years. Music at this point... which had slowly been becoming more and more rock like completely took a nosedive into electric guitar, my most hated of instruments. Compare musical tastes to just a decade ago, where Liberace's TV show where all he did was play a piano for a half an hour was a top rated TV show its entire run...

I could go on and on itemizing everything... but to keep it succinctly, the profound change of aesthetic and moral tastes that took place from the 50's to the 60's is just... revolting, and I despise the 60's for the reason that world has never recovered from these changes. IMHO

And then of course, the 60's set the stage for the 70s :rolleyes:

[edit] Nixon was the only thing in the decade I like because he was the 50's lone holdout against raging hippie hordes [edit]

Conerning morality in the fifties; The fifties were a decade of repressed thoughts, feelings, and emotions. It was more acceptable to beat your spouse and abuse your children. It was more acceptable to be a raging alchoholic. The fifties were not "Leave It To Beaver" and "Ozzie And Harriet".

(Come to the dark side young Xerxes.) ;)

I know the 50's were not a perfectly "swell" ozzie and harriet situation, but there was still much more integrity than anything other decade after it. The fact that "swell" is a funny word today even is a testament to that. I believe the modern equivalent to swell is... what? "Fucking great" I guess. -_-

Dark Side? Do I put up Rich Milhous again to remind everyone which side i'm on? ;)

The Dadaist Marcel Duchamp did the same thing in 1923 by drawing a mustache on a B/W Mona Lisa. Its on the EQ of my Dada-amp if anyone noticed :)

Sigh....... I guess you had to be there. I guess you had to see young men in Vietnam dying on the news every night. I guess you had to have been there when news that John Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Malcom X, Robert Kennedy, etc. had been assassinated. I guess you had to be there when the news was broadcast that 4 college students had been shot to death by the National Guard, simply for taking a strong stand against what they saw as wrong. I guess you had to be there to feel the hope when the lads from Liverpool stepped off the plane, or when Neil Armstrong stepped off the lunar module onto the moon. Is it any wonder that our young people called out for peace and love?

I think of the sixties as the "puberty" of our nation. Lots of changes, but changes that had to come if we were to grow. We learned a lot about ourselves as a nation. We lost our innocence and we grew more cynical. I think history has already shown that the sixties changed us. I like to think it was mainly for the best.

And BTW, "swell" was "groovy", not "fucking great". (We were hippies, not thugz.) ;)

Dick Nixon
 

I've noticed some good humored barbs thrown at Xerxes about Richard Nixon.
Why?
Richard M. Nixon was a fine man, and a great president.
Richard Nixon said what he would do and he did it.
He was an absolute genius at running the country.
Richard M. Nixon resigned over the Watergate affair for the good of the country.
Mr. Nixon was a statesman, and he resigned in a way which saved our country much embarrassment, much at the expense of his own.
At least one recent president could have learned a lot not only about being a statesman, but also about being a man if he'd studied Mr. Nixons example.
No, I am not a republican, nor am I a democrat, as far as I am concerned both parties are just tools of the "ruling class" infested with persons better hanged than respected.
As you may have guessed I'm a libertarian.
Why do I love Richard Nixon so?
He got me the hell out of Vietnam, just like he said he would.
And one thing is for sure; You don't have Dick Nixon to kick around anymore.
I think Kent State was more the governor of Ohio's deal, but I could be wrong. One thing for certain, whoever ordered those troops to fire on students should have been publicly executed.
Just my 2 cents worth.

Hmm.

I guess your nations puberty is my nations senility. :(

The answer is found in the first line of your question Jon. It's all done in good humor. We love little Alex. :D We really, really do.

And actually, I think Nixon was forced by popular opinion to get us out of Vietnam. Had we been a nation of people afraid to speak out, I don't think the Vietnam "conflict" would have ended as soon as it did. Who knows?

Xerxes, I love ya. You know that I hope. The great thing about OUR nation is we can have different perspectives and opinions and still co-exist.