During the summer of 2022, I was lucky enough to visit the home of the comics artist couple Aline Kominsky-Crumb and Robert Crumb in a remote town in the south of France.
Kominsky-Crumb, in good health at the time of our meeting, died of pancreatic cancer less than six months later.
She was, with apologies to Crumb, the more personable of the two.
Which brings us to this, Crumb’s touching tribute to his wife in the form of a yoga mat, with art based on an old flier he’d made for one of Kominsky-Crumb’s classes.
It’s not something Crumb himself would ever use, but it’s the contrast in their personalities that makes their work so captivating.
Persons:
Aline Kominsky, Crumb, Robert Crumb, Covid, ” Crumb, grandkids, Jane Fonda, he’d
Locations:
France, California