robert crumb be not everybody cup of tea . he have be accuse of be a racist and a misogynist . this film do much to deal with misconception about the artist and but not all the misconception be negative . a typical for a documentary like this and there be several artist or critic interview about crumb work . invariably and there be some sort of analysis give . crumb compare to brueghel and to daumier and he spoken of a a great political satirist . the fact be the first thing discuss in the film be what motivate crumb art and what be he try to express . after a slightly amuse and slightly annoyed jesus . i dunno . he speak that he doesn not think of his work in conscious term until _after_ he draw it while then he figure out what it about . this film very subtly point out crumb be not really anything he be accuse or praise for be . his work be the pure form of his id and his wife and aline and comment . the film be really his triumph to be himself through a number of horrendous hurdle represent a brutal father and drug addict brother while be reject by woman while be tempt to sell out while and legal problem over cartoon . while his two brother and charles and max and both show in differ degree how their youth be permanently scar then and robert crumb emerges whole and even admirable and in spite of the uncompromising nature of his art . he be unique and his work not easily separable into allegorical meaning or expression of political belief . crumb be a great artist and and he can not be understand from a few interview and his art can not reduce into something understandable in clichéd artistic term . zwigoff film show crumb in every way available and try to express his art similarly . at the end and all we can do be be astonish that the man not only survive but flourish and and marvel at the wide range of what he produce . zwigoff style be so seamless and it doesn not feel like his film and but crumb . of course and it be not crumb and but that impression be an indication of zwigoff mastery of the form . if his own personality intrudes in the fabric of the film by what he show and how he order it and he complement rather than obscures crumb genius . the result be unforgettable and not just for it exposition of crumb and artist and human be and but for the experience of let zwigoff work flow over the film and u .