mr. & mrs. natural

you might recall that my first post in today's sermonette

featured a snappy little drawing

[remember when i was able to post illustrations and photos?

DAMN you, blogger!] featuring good old mr. natural.

that drawing was by my hero, r. crumb.

for years [about sixteen, to be almost exact] he has been living

in an 11th century estate in france, with his wife aline

[remember honeybunch kaminski? it was just a coincidence,

but it was also a very weird kismet], and not far away lives their

25 year-old daughter, sophie.

well, aline's second husband also lives in this estate, and, oddly enough,

my friends butch and melinda trucks have an estate nearby.

melinda loves aline's exercise classes [pilates, don't ya know],

and what melinda wants, butch buys.

have i told you about the time that melinda and i

went antique shopping in my 77 vw camper on a swelteringly hot july day?

i didn't? how about that.

anyway, r. crumb is one of the most talented artists around,

and the new york times recently carried a charming story about them,

and about the new graphic novel that aline has written,

and which is soon to be published.