Aline Kominsky-Crumb, a pioneering underground cartoonist, passes away at age 74. In this article we will see about how did she die? And what was her cause of death? In detail.
How did Aline Kominsky-Crumb die?
At the age of 74, Kominsky-Crumb passed away at her home in France on November 29, 2022.
Brian Heater announced the passing of Aline Kominsky-Crumb on his Twitter page. No cause of death has been mentioned. The message reads,
We’ve lost Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Diane Noomin and Justin Green in the past six months. Many of the giants of the underground comix scene are now in their 70s/80s. Come now, let’s celebrate some of the ones who are still with us.
Brian Heater
We've lost Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Diane Noomin and Justin Green in the past six months. Many of the giants of the underground comix scene are now in their 70s/80s. Come now, let's celebrate some of the ones who are still with us. pic.twitter.com/YvAniTkpSQ
— Brian Heater (@bheater) December 1, 2022
The 1960s counterculture-inspired underground comics movement was not particularly welcoming to female artists. Aline Kominsky-Crumb was one of the select few to succeed and leave a lasting impression; her candid, self-lacerating, and darkly comic tales served as an example for future generations of visual storytellers and the general public.
Kominsky-Crumb cause of death
On Tuesday at her home in France, Kominsky-Crumb passed away from pancreatic cancer, according to family sources, according to reports that quickly spread on social media. She was 74.
However, it appears that little can be spoken at this moment until the family issues a formal statement regarding the situation. As always, once this news is verified, we will look into it and notify you.
We must therefore wait until the family members have had the time and space to process this enormous loss.
Who was Aline Kominsky-Crumb?
Aline Kominsky-Crumb was an American underground comics creator who lived from August 1, 1948, until November 29, 2022. The unvarnished, confessional aspect of Kominsky-work, Crumb’s which is nearly entirely autobiographical, is well-known.
Kominsky-Crumb was one of twelve female cartoonists recognised for their lifetime achievements by Comics Alliance in 2016. She was married to Robert Crumb, a cartoonist with whom she frequently worked. Another cartoonist in the family is Sophie Crumb.
Early life struggle.
Jewish parents gave birth to Aline Goldsmith in the Five Towns neighbourhood of Long Island, New York. Her father was a member of organised crime and a generally failed businessman. She became involved with drugs and the counterculture as a youngster and hung out with The Fugs and other New York counterculture musicians. She moved to East Village throughout her college years and enrolled at The Cooper Union to study art.
Aline moved to Tucson, Arizona, after her 1968 marriage to Carl Kominsky. Their union did not endure for very long. After they separated, she continued to go by Kominsky. She studied at the University of Arizona during this time, earning a BFA in 1971.
Career as Cartoonist
In Tucson at the time, former Fugs drummer Ken Weaver introduced Kominsky-Crumb to underground cartoonists Spain Rodriguez and Kim Deitch. She was introduced to underground comics by Rodriguez and Deitch, which motivated her to start her own underground comics and move to San Francisco.
Aline was introduced to Robert Crumb in 1972, shortly after arriving in San Francisco, by friends with whom she shared the uncanny observation that she resembled the Crumb character Honeybunch Kaminski. They started living together as soon as their relationship became serious.
As a member of the Wimmen’s Comix collaborative, Kominsky-Crumb also contributed to the first few issues of that series. She and Diane Noomin created their own publication, Twisted Sisters, when they fell out with Trina Robbins and other group members.
Later, Kominsky-Crumb claimed that her split from the Wimmen’s Comix collective was largely motivated by feminist issues, particularly her relationship with Robert Crumb, whom Robbins found particularly repulsive.
Aline & Bob’s Dirty Laundry
In 1978, Kominsky-Crumb wed Crumb. In 1981, their daughter Sophie was born. Beginning in the late 1970s, Aline and Robert collaborated on a run of comic books about the Crumb family life called Dirty Laundry (also known as Aline & Bob’s Dirty Laundry).
For the comic, they each created their own characters. Around this time, Kominsky-Crumb started referring to her comics avatar as “The Bunch,” a play on the name of a character created by Crumb. In later issues of Dirty Laundry, Sophie, who started making comics in her teens as well, contributes.
Weirdo, a prominent alternative comics anthology at the time, was edited by Kominsky-Crumb for a number of years in the 1980s, succeeding Peter Bagge, who had taken over from Robert Crumb’s original editorship. She revived the moniker “Twisted Sisters” during her editorial reign.
Beginning in 1991, Robert and Aline resided in a small French village in the Languedoc-Roussillon region as expatriates. They thought it would be a better environment for their daughter because Aline had long been an outspoken Francophile and Robert had grown particularly disgusted with American culture.
Personal life
In several sequences in Crumb, the 1994 documentary on the Crumb family, Kominsky-Crumb may be seen.
The relationship between Kominsky-Crumb and her husband was open, and her “second husband,” French printmaker Christian Coudurès, resided with the family (as did his daughter, Agathe McCamy, who assisted Kominsky-Crumb in colouring her comics).
Additionally to drawing comics, Kominsky-Crumb painted. She began concentrating more on painting after relocating to France and less on creating comics. Need More Love: A Graphic Memoir, a compilation of her comics, paintings, photographs, and autobiographical prose, was published in February 2007 by the author.
Love That Bunch by Kominsky-Crumb, which was first published in 1990, was updated in 2018 by Drawn and Quarterly with new comics and a new introduction by Hillary Chute.
Tribute to Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Outer Vision said,
Cartoonist and R.Crumb’s life partner and muse Aline Kominsky Crumb has passed away today. “A pearl of a girl” as Robert described her. A true underground comic icon.
Jerry Zolten said,
News has come of the passing of Aline Kominsky-Crumb. Feeling heartbroken…
Joe Archibald said,
A very sad day for many, many people.
I heard earlier today from their nephew this afternoon, and he told me that Aline Kominsky-Crumb had sadly passed away.
Aline was a dynamo of energy, always kind, generous and beautiful inside and out. She was as colorful as the flower gardens she tended to, appreciated the sound of music outside in the evening air and was madly in love with her grandchildren. Aline’s heart was made of gold, and her strong spirit shines on.
My warmest condolences to Robert, Sophie and the entire family.
Rest in peace, Aline Kominsky Crumb
8/1/48 – 11/29/22
Fantagraphics Bookstore and Gallery said,
Saddened to learn of the loss of Aline Kominsky-Crumb. We first met in 1991 when she was a featured artist in the Misfit Lit comix exhibition at Seattle’s Center on Contemporary Art (as captured here in a photo by Paul Mavrides). Condolences to Robert, Sophie and family. She’ll be missed.
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