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josemas:
I would recommend both The Confessions of Robert Crumb (1987) and Crumb (1994) for insightful looks at the famous underground cartoonist.

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Joe

Yoc:
Crumb was disturbing but oddly fascinating.  I watched it twice over the years and felt this is likely the kind of content reality tv producers dream about.

comicOD:

--- Quote from: Yoc on December 12, 2010, 10:29:11 AM ---Crumb was disturbing but oddly fascinating.  I watched it twice over the years and felt this is likely the kind of content reality tv producers dream about.

--- End quote ---

Crumb was very dark. I really did feel sorry for his brothers, especially the brother who lived with
his Mom. And just after the film was made, that same brother committed suicide. Sad :'(

josemas:
I watched the earlier documentary after first seeing Crumb and it gave even more insight into the whole very dysfunctional family situation the brothers Crumb grew up in and how it probably affected the older brother, Charles Crumb (who was also a very talented artist when he was younger) eventually leaving him unable to produce art, participate in society and apparently finally suicidal. 
It's just lucky that younger brother Robert was able to channel things in a more positive direction but even his problematic upbringing shows in his idiosyncrasies.

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Joe

darwination:
http://movies.netflix.com/Movie/Secret_Origin_The_Story_of_DC_Comics/70151285?trkid=2361637#height650


That's a new one I watched this weekend that I thought was very well done. There's probably nothing new for lifelong fans, but the production is top notch and there was plenty in the way of footage and photos I'd never seen.  Kudos to DC on the great job looking back.

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