![]() The Bunch was born during San Francisco’s '60s underground comics scene, after Kominsky-Crumb fled a tumultuous upbringing in New Jersey. The cover of 'Love That Bunch' by Aline Kominsky-Crumb. ![]() ![]() "At my age, I’m going to die from something."Īs I chat with her in a small Bernal Heights coffee shop, the vision of serenity and health before me seems light years away from “The Bunch” – Kominsky-Crumb's tortured cartoon alter ego who figures prominently in Love That Bunch. I actually wasn’t scared," Kominsky-Crumb tells me. And it wasn’t like I was trying not to be scared or I was trying to be positive. "Getting through cancer, I got through it with no fear. Then she tells me she had just finished chemotherapy three months before embarking on an international book tour to promote Love That Bunch, her career retrospective graphic novel, and I am floored. Her vigor feels impossible when I learn that she’s 70 years old. She’s stylish, bronze, and I’m confident she could body slam me. After five minutes of talking with underground comics legend Aline Kominsky-Crumb, I’m ready to buy any tonic, cream, pill, or supplement that could possibly account for her otherworldly effervescence. Hang up your Thigh Master and make way for the Queen. Suzanne Somers, I hereby declare that you've been fired. ![]() ![]() It's largely gone unacknowledged, but Aline Kominsky-Crumb, picture here in 2018, was the first woman to publish autobiographical comics. ![]()
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