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R. Crumb at the Frye

Museums = culture*, right? Whenever I am feeling under-cultured, I try to find my way to a museum, preferably art*. On a recent visit to Seattle, in an effort to pass the time and up my lagging culture, I visited the Frye Art Museum. It was my first visit, but the great experience insured that it won't be my last.

The exhibition we went to see was about R. Crumb, a name that I have heard many times but never could quite place. After seeing some of his pieces, I realized that I was quite familiar with his work. The reason that I didn't make the connection is because I didn't think comics would ever make it to the walls of a museum. There were great examples of his work from one panel posters to 4 page comic book stories and much in between. Not only was it great to see a more accessible form of art in a museum, it was great to see some of the process of a famous comic artist (what with me spending an increasing amount of time thinking about my comic series).

Anyway, if you are look for a fun time that can also be cultural, check out the Frye Art Museum in Seattle. Oh, and I almost forgot, it's free!

Sunday February 3 2008

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on Sun 03rd Feb, 2008 01:01 pm PST Joe Wilbur said:
free is good....that does look really familiar
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on Sun 03rd Feb, 2008 01:06 pm PST Jule said:
they made a documentary about him, called Crumb. His life and family are probably a little different than say Charles Schulz or Jim Davis. Nice post! and Keep on Truckin' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:KeepOnTruckin'.jpg)
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on Mon 04th Feb, 2008 12:03 pm PST Saxtor said:
That documentary is THE one that can be credited with my thus-far lifelong obsession with the genre. Such a strange movie, but oh so great.
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on Mon 04th Feb, 2008 08:34 pm PST jule said:
If I could hyperlink, I woulda done that. oh! my boring text!
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