Carl Barks + Basil Wolverton = Genius R. Crumb

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Patrick Rosenkranz and Charles Boucher discuss the way two Oregon artists, Carl Barks and Basil Wolverton, influenced legendary underground cartoonist, Robert Crumb. Produced by Oregon Cartoon Institute, and shot, directed, edited and co-produced by Karl Lind, of In The Can Productions, LLC. http://www.inthecanllc.com/


Oregon Cartoon Institute is a colloquium of organizations and individuals interested in raising awareness of Oregon's rich animation and cartooning history.


Founded in 2007, the Institute sprang to life in Kim's Video in New York when Anne Richardson was paging through a book about R. Crumb. She came to a footnote stating that one of Crumb's major influences, the Donald Duck comic book artist Carl Barks, came from Oregon, her home state. She knew Homer Davenport and Mel Blanc were Oregonians, as were Will Vinton and Matt Groening. How any others were there? She asked fellow Oregonian-turned-New Yorker David Chelsea, himself a cartoonist, about this and he told her about Basil Wolverton. She began collecting other names, eventually contacting animation historian John Canemaker to get his thoughts. Canemaker immediately added two more to the growing list: Pinto Colvig and Marc Davis.


After Dennis Nyback and Anne Richardson returned to Portland from New York, they founded the Institute to explore this neglected aspect of Oregon history. In 2010, electronic composer Heather Perkins became Oregon Cartoon Institute's first artist in residence. Oregon Cartoon Institute receives fiscal sponsorship from the Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Robert Crumb
• Basil Wolverton
• Carl Barks
• Oregon Cartoon Institute
• Patrick Rosenkranz
• Charles Boucher
• Karl Lind
• Anne Richardson
• Dennis Nyback
• The Wolverton Bible
• R. Crumb's Book of Genesis
• underground comics
• Mad Magazine
• cartooning history
• funny animal comics
• Portland
• CounterMedia
• Rand Holmes

[OregonCartoon]

Interesting point! He comes to CounterMedia once in a while - maybe he'll tell Charles Boucher what he thinks -- that is if he has seen the video --next time he's in.

[madahad9]

Robert Crumb is amazing. Crumb is one of my favorite documentaries that I watch periodically whenever I want a little creative boost. America's loss is France's gain.

[TheSubwaysurfer]

Brilliant analysis of two of my favorite artistic influences

[tlatosmd]

Second: Uhhh...was it really Unca Carl who invented/established the splash panel in comics?

[tlatosmd]

Guys, that Gladstone pic at 1:27 ain't by Unca Carl, it's by his (kinda controversial) heir Don Rosa, who in fact is often compared in his drawing style to Crumb and other underground cartoonists (which, in fact, is why a lot of "classic Barks" fans don't like Don for being so "mature" and "dirty" in his drawings). Any Duck and underground fan in the US who hasn't heard about Don really should look him up! He's also been influenced a lot by Howard the Duck (the *COMIC*, not that stupid movie!)

[jaymusseato]

>>>This shop NOURISHED me on many a wet, dreary and lonely night...

...Stellar analysis of THREE of the GREAT CARTOON MASTERS...

...THIS werld doesn't mention Carl Barks nearly enough !!!

[kostaledmund]

Nice video! Thanks for posting... if I ever wind up in Oregon I'll try and check out your shop. Maybe even buy something too ;)

[tubesteakbooky]

@sonofkongajoe he would probably hate it as I do.

[sonofkongajoe]

Interesting video,wonder what Crumb would think of that background music though?