The Sweeter Side of R. Crumb Owen Smith The Incal deserves its place

The Incal deserves its place at the top table of comic greatness alongside the best the medium has to offer

Set within the high-stakes world of professional tennis

lovingly adorned homes line the historic boulevards

It's also really clever

sometimes bewildering loops and cul-de-sacs of the journey into adulthood and self-knowledge

The Sweeter Side of R. Crumb Owen Smith The Incal deserves its placeBy R. Crumb. Published by W. W. Norton. Softcover, 112 pages, B&W, 2010. The "nasty, negative, misanthropic" comic genius proves he has a sweet side. Cute little kittens, angels, and babies? Flowers, ice cream cones, and German boy bands? Coming from, supposedly, the creepiest and most pessimistic artist of his generation? Yes indeed, there is a "sweeter side" to R. Crumb. These delectable illustrationswhether depicting Bernie the Cat pawing for his