R. Crumb Cancels Festival Appearance After Local Paper Calls Him a 'Sex Pervert'

Here’s a bit of advice: if you’re planning to invite famous cartoonist Robert Crumb to attend a festival in your town, it’s likely best to make sure all the local news outlets will agree not to call him names or he’ll probably cancel on you. Such as happened to Graphic, a weekend-long festival dedicated to “graphic storytelling, animation and music” in Sydney, Australia. After an article appeared in the Sunday Telegraph entitled “Smutty Show a Comic Outrage,” which begins immediately by calling Crumb “a self-confessed sex pervert” and frequently quotes from “sexual assault crisis groups” who were against his appearance, the artist decided