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In that great documentary "Crumb" cartoonist Robert Crumb shows his notebooks in which he keeps pictures of all sorts of mundane infrastructure that he incorpor
by xefer 9y ago
In that great documentary "Crumb" cartoonist Robert Crumb shows his notebooks in which he keeps pictures of all sorts of mundane infrastructure that he incorporates into his drawings.
It's really effective in this sequence "A Short History of America":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IFVUHg_tUc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IFVUHg_tUc
That one always gets me...
- stephengillie 9y agoThat's a great expression of how expansion and exploration drive technological progress. Much of the technology in the later video didn't exist when the video started, and was created on the newly-explored continent.
- ableal 9y agoComments there mention three later 'alternate futures' panels. They can be found through this page: https://boingboing.net/2009/08/07/r-crumbs-short-histo.html https://boingboing.net/2009/08/07/r-crumbs-short-histo.html
- PeachPlum 9y agoCrumb's "A Short History of America" in one http://i.imgur.com/h1D5Qo3.jpg http://i.imgur.com/h1D5Qo3.jpg
- Marinlemaignan 9y agothanks for sharing that!