In November, 1977, High Times magazine published an interview with R. Crumb. Â Nothing out of the ordinary there : two counterculture legends meeting for a civil heart to heart.
What’s different is that Crumb presented the interview in a six page comic format, which begs the question whether indeed this was not so much an interview by the magazine, as Crumb interviewing himself, and confronting himself with all the self-doubt and obsessions that plagued him around that time.
In any case, it’s a fascinating read, and another great insight in the troubled mind of America’s greatest underground cartoonist.
 
HIGH TIMES IS AN OVER RATED PERIODICAL. BACK IN THE DAYS BEFORE ALL THE WOULD BE LUTHER BURBANK HYBRIDIZERS THERE WAS WEED. GOOD OLD MEXICAN LAUGHING TOBACCO,LEFT WING LUCKIES,PROGRESSIVE PALL MALLS. AND THE ALTERNATIVE WAS LEMONADE. NO ONE WANTED LEMONADE. TODAY WITH ALL THIS SUPER SHIT ___ TWO TOKES AND YOU’RE TRYING TO EAT THE RUG! NO FUN IN THAT! BEEN A VIPER FOR SIXTY SIX YEARS
Brilliant. Many thanks for sharing!