“HE WAS JUST BIZARRE...”
As Told By: Chris Hardy
Written By: Justyne Gurley
PHOTO BY: CHRIS HARDY
1983
Signing books at a pizza place in Berkley, CA
Whoever was doing the publicity for the whole thing, invited a reporter and me to go. The reporter was there, trying to ask R. Crumb questions, but there was a guy sitting next to him who would not let her ask anything. So, what would happen was she would say, “can you ask him if...” whatever the question was, and the guy would turn and say whatever she had just asked. Only then would R. Crumb answer, and then the guy would turn back to her and answer her. “It was like an English interpreter for someone who’s like three feet away.” R. Crumb wouldn’t answer a question directly, it had to be done through this guy.