Robert Crumb On Why He Can’t Visit Sydney

In a long letter that describes fears ranging from further embarrassing the city of Sydney to concern that he might be open to some lone nut targeting him for assassination, Robert Crumb held forth on his recent decision to cancel his trip to Australia for the second year of Sydney's graphic arts festival. You can read the summary article here. You should read both pieces but primarily Crumb's letter if you're at all interested in the story. Crumb says the assassination fear was on wife Aline's mind as well. In case you missed it, a profile in a Rupert Murdoch-owned paper the Sunday Telegraph played up to vicious effect the more salacious elements of Crumb's career, targeting the artist personally for what most audiences and critics at this point in Crumb's long career widely recognize as art that has obvious satirical and confessional value. This led him to cancel his planned trip to Sydney, and put the story on international wires. Gary Groth says in the latest summary piece that Crumb is not likely to change his mind.
 
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