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His work displays a nostalgia for American folk culture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and satire of contemporary American culture. Crumb contributed to many of the seminal works of the underground comix movement in the s, including being a founder of the first successful underground comix publication, Zap Comix , contributing to all 16 issues.

He was additionally contributing to the East Village Other and many other publications, including a variety of one-off and anthology comics.

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During this time, inspired by psychedelics and cartoons from the s and s, he introduced a wide variety of characters that became extremely popular, including countercultural icons Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural , and the images from his Keep On Truckin' strip. Sexual themes abounded in all these projects, often shading into scatological and pornographic comics.

In the mids, he contributed to the Arcade anthology; following the decline of the underground, he moved towards biographical and autobiographical subjects while refining his drawing style, a heavily crosshatched pen-and-ink style inspired by late 19th- and early 20th-century cartooning. Much of his work appeared in a magazine he founded, Weirdo — , which was one of the most prominent publications of the alternative comics era.

As his career progressed, his comic work became more autobiographical. He was married to cartoonist Aline Kominsky-Crumb , with whom he frequently collaborated. Their daughter, Sophie Crumb , has also followed a cartooning career. Crumb's parents' marriage was unhappy and the children were frequent witnesses to their parents' arguments.

In August , the Crumbs moved to Ames, Iowa.

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Inspired by Walt Kelly , Fleischer Brothers animation and others, Crumb and his brothers drew their own comics. In the brothers self-published three issues of Foo in imitation of Harvey Kurtzman 's satirical Humbug and Mad which they sold door-to-door with little success, souring the young Crumb on the comic-book business. He stayed with the company for four years, producing hundreds of cards for the company's Hi-Brow line; his superiors had him draw in a cuter style that was to leave a footprint on his work throughout his career.

Dissatisfied with greeting card work, he tried to sell cartoons to comic book companies, who showed little interest in his work.