Editing Robert Crumb (section)

==Early life (1943–1966)==
Robert Crumb was born August 30, 1943, in [[Philadelphia]] to [[Catholic]] parents{{sfn|Duncan|Smith|2013|p=158}} of English and Scottish descent, spending his early years in [[West Philadelphia]] and [[Upper Darby]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.berkeleyside.com/2020/01/13/how-quirky-was-berkeley-r-crumb-the-underground-comix-artist-was-here|title=How Quirky was Berkeley: R. Crumb, the underground comix artist, was here|first=Tom|last=Dalzell|date=January 13, 2020|access-date=May 8, 2020}}</ref><ref>Crumb, Robert ''Crumb Family Comics''. Last Gasp, 1998; {{ISBN|0-86719-427-8}} <br>''Crumb Family Comics'' featured Robert Crumb discussing his ancestry at length in a hand-written essay.</ref> His father, Charles Vincent Crumb, authored the book ''Training People Effectively''.{{sfn|Duncan|Smith|2013|p=158}} 

His mother, Beatrice Loretta Crumb ({{nee}} Hall), was a housewife who reportedly [[Substance abuse|abused]] diet pills and [[Substituted amphetamine|amphetamines]]. Crumb's parents' marriage was unhappy and the children were frequent witnesses to their parents' arguments.<ref>{{cite book |editor=Crumb, Maxon |editor-link=Maxon Crumb |title=Crumb Family Comics |date=1998 |publisher=Last Gasp |location=San Francisco, Calif. |isbn=0867194278 |pages=105, 129}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-odyssey-of-r-crumb-1432742178|title=The Odyssey of R. Crumb|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=May 27, 2015|access-date=May 8, 2020|via=www.wsj.com}}</ref>  The couple had four other children: sons [[Charles Crumb|Charles Vincent Crumb Jr.]] and [[Maxon Crumb]], both of whom suffered from mental illness, and daughters Carol<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200728044644/https://kentpilot.org/remembering-carol-degennaro/ Carol obituary]</ref> and Sandra.{{sfnm|1a1=Duncan|1a2=Smith|1y=2013|1p=158|2a1=Goldstein|2y=2013|2p=517}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Still-in-the-shadows-an-artist-in-his-own-right-2487551.php|title=Still in the shadows, an artist in his own right|first=Edward|last=Guthmann|date=October 3, 2006|website=SFGate|access-date=May 8, 2020}}</ref> The family often moved between Philadelphia and Charles's hometown, [[Albert Lea, Minnesota]]. In August 1950, the Crumbs moved to [[Ames, Iowa]].<ref name="ameshistoricalsociety-r_crumb"/> For two years, Charles, a Marine Corps sergeant, was an instructor in the Naval R.O.T.C. program at [[Iowa State College]].<ref name="ameshistoricalsociety-r_crumb">{{cite web |title=R. Crumb |url=http://www.ameshistoricalsociety.org/residents_r_crumb.htm |website=Famous Ames residents |publisher=AmesHistoricalSociety.org |access-date=24 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070822144049fw_/http://www.ameshistoricalsociety.org/residents_r_crumb.htm |archive-date=2007-08-22 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The family moved to [[Milford, Delaware]], when Crumb was twelve and where he was an average student whose teachers discouraged him from cartooning.{{sfn|Maremaa|2004|p=29}}

Inspired by [[Walt Kelly]], [[Fleischer Studios|Fleischer Brothers]] animation and others, Crumb and his brothers drew their own comics.{{sfn|Duncan|Smith|2013|p=158}} His cartooning developed as his older brother [[Charles Crumb|Charles]] pushed him and provided feedback. In 1958 the brothers self-published three issues of ''Foo'' in imitation of [[Harvey Kurtzman]]'s satirical ''[[Humbug (magazine)|Humbug]]'' and ''[[Mad (magazine)|Mad]]'' which they sold door-to-door with little success, souring the young Crumb on the comic-book business.{{sfn|Maremaa|2004|pp=29–30}} At fifteen, Crumb collected classical jazz and blues records from the 1920s to the 1940s.{{sfn|Duncan|Smith|2013|p=158}} At age 16 he lost his Catholic faith.{{sfn|Goldstein|2013|p=517}}