I was just watching a gleeful mob of sparrows having a very vigorous dirt bath in the back garden and this tune popped into my head: https://youtu.be/FIRFxf6RweE?feature=shared
Fritz the Cat is one of the most subversive and famous underground comic series ever. In 1972, Ralph Bakshi released his adaptation of R. Crumb's seminal work to some fanfare and a lot of controversy, particularly from Crumb himself. It still holds as one of those movies you ask people if they've ever seen, especially if they are interested in this level of film from that era.
Read the review from 5/23 at https://wp.me/p9XNnZ-3ZM
#blog #review #FritztheCat #animated #RalphBakshi #RCrumb #70s
New #podcast! #DanNadel joins the show to celebrate his fantastic new biography, CRUMB: A CARTOONIST'S LIFE! We get into #RCrumb, #comics, #comix, #art, #music, #culture & more, so GO LISTEN! https://chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-634-dan-nadel
And go get CRUMB: A Cartoonist's Life from the publisher https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Crumb/Dan-Nadel/9781982144005 or your fave bookshop https://bookshop.org/a/4669/9781982144005
Keep on trucking!