R.I.P. Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Pioneering Underground Cartoonist and Wife Of R. Crumb

Aline was 74 years old. Rest well.

Pioneering Underground Cartoonist Aline Kominsky-Crumb Dies At 74

 

Shocking, sad news to read - but I was equally shocked to realize she was 74. She'll always be the fiery gal in the Crumb doc to me - ageless.

 

The comics she did with Crumb, wherein they both draw themselves were pretty good. On the whole, I wasn’t a fan of her solo work. She lived an interesting life.

 

At least she had a compatriot to share her love of the artform with.

 

R.I.P.Damn! I love their work...this is a very special book to me.

 

I’ll miss her—she could be a hoot.

When I do quote her, it’s always “Gawgeous, gawgeous!” In her mom’s voice.

 

R.I.P.

 

I'll miss Aline. I'm a fan of her work.

"I think I'm slightly possessed!"

 

R.I.P.

 

Sad news, very talented lady.

Her relationship with Robert is one of the all-time great and unique love stories.

 

Terrible news. Poor Robert and Sophie.

 

R.I.P.

 

Condolences to all of her loved ones.
The Crumb movie is a treasure of intimate private moments. Some a bit sensational. But one tender scene that has always stuck in my mind is the one showing the family preparing and having a dinner at home of buttered noodles.
Aline was not counterculture, she is culture.

 

You'll be missed and mourned Aline.

 

And Robert Crumb is still alive. Not so familiar with Aline, his muse? Or just mucho sympatico.

Will pay more attention next time I watch the DVD.

 

That's just terrible news!

I'm a huge Crumb fan, and while not enormously into her work, but I remember very fondly when she was editor of Weirdo magazine, and recognized and promoted so many talented female cartoonists like Dori Seda (her story "The Life Cycle of an Artist" was one of the best things ever published in that mag.)

Bob and Aline's Dirty Laundry is one of the most brutally honest pieces of art ever created.

 

“I’m a beah, I’m a beah!”

“Gobbidge!”

She was indeed funny, and a good writer too.

 

There wasn't just Blabette, her mother, there was also Mr. Bunch, the cigar chomping air conditioner salesman inside her.

My favorite co-drawing by her and Robert was Our Beloved Tape Dispenser from the New Yorker.

 

to know Aline Kominsky, you have to see/read her work. She was more than a muse (and Bob Crumb has had many muses, including some who preceded Aline's appearance on the stage. Granted, Aline was probably the most important one. And Bob Crumb was her muse, so to speak, in turn.) She was a talent in her own right. And a better pictorial artist than she's given credit for. Someone compared her panels to woodblock engravings. I think that's spot-on.

 

Sadly, Robert's son Jesse, from his marriage to Dana, died in a car crash a few years back.

He used to run the Crumb Products website and was really accessible on the forums that they hosted. Nice guy.

 

A filmmaker could make an honest comedic drama about their life together - and absolutely nobody would believe it. There's no way in the hell it would be greenlighted.