Charles Crumb

Charles Crumb was a mid to late 20th century American comic writer and artist As the older brother of legendary underground artist Robert Crumb he pressured his year and a half younger sibling to illustrate comics based on his stories Later he also introduced him to more intellectual philosophical and mystic literature It has often been argued even by Robert Crumb himself that without Charles he might have never become a professional comic artist Charles also drew comics on his own but his mental problems kept him from ever publishing them He lived under heavy medication at his mothers home fighting his repressed pedophiliac neuroses At age 49 he committed suicide The awarded documentary Crumb 1994 has brought posthumous interest to Charles previously unpublished comics