Using R. Crumb To Make A Point



I don't pay much attention to people that seem to me to predict imminent doom and then keeping pushing this date further and further towards the horizon -- one can always be potentially right someday, especially when speaking from the safety of broad historical inevitability -- but I found this post about the use of R Crumb's "A Short History of America" and subsequent artwork by Ken Avidor and I think Crumb himself to be fairly compelling. I'm not exactly sure what's going on there, and what art was created for what use, but I'm guessing it at least provides a lesson in how certain kinds of cartoon imagery can be appropriated to make a political point.
 
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