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The Book Of Mr. Natural Author: R. Crumb

ISBN: 9781606993521 Format: Hardcover Number Of Pages: 112 Published: 1 May 2010 Country of Publication: US Dimensions (cm): 27.5 x 21.0 x 1.7 Description: Mr Natural is a 1960s guru, though is not particularly wise or helpful; in fact, he's a lecherous, grumbling old geezer. True to the collection's name and R Crumb's reputation, the stories are sometimes sexually graphic and a bit violent. Still, there's an innocent, upbeat quality to this comic reflection of America's most notoriously freewheeling decade.

Review

Seminal underground comics artist Crumb has lately gained wider recognition, thanks to an acclaimed documentary about him. Libraries wanting some representative Crumb in the wake of the movie may be better served by this single volume featuring one of his most famous creations than by the multivolume reprinting of all of his work that Fantagraphics has about half-completed. The bearded, robed, curmudgeonly guru Mr. Natural hasn't changed much since his 1967 debut. An ever-serene-but-horny philosopher-for-hire, dispensing enlightenment to an undeserving world--is he a wise, grizzled mystic or a cynical charlatan? A teller of timeless truths or a sixties anachronism? Wherever he appears, so do his most loyal acolyte, Flakey Foont, and his obsession, the l...

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