Mr. Natural by Robert Crumb - Review

Reading the Mr. Natural comics at first felt very anti-climactic with the idea of the underground comics being supposedly very offensive. For the first few strips, I thought they were simple little comics that just touched on a lot of young adult humor, that is, until I continued reading. Eventually I get to some parts where that cute little Mr. Natural has his penis hanging out like it's nothing, such as one part where a large, adult-like baby starts blowing him. I thought of it as pretty odd, but it honestly wasn't as surprising as I thought it would be. Today, there's plenty of adult comics that have well-known cartoon characters doing inappropriate things like in Mr. Natural. Most of them are all over the Internet now, so I can see these comics being released in print as an issue, but it's nothing really new to me. What I found rather especially interesting was the page in the middle of the comic that showcased the winners of the Mr. Natural drawing contest. Most of the entries were from a younger audience, one of the drawing I recall being submitted by a 13-year-old boy. I'm sure nowadays, a lot of parents would be complaining and causing hell over something like this. In summary, Mr. Natural was pretty open about being extremely inappropriate and offensive, but to be honest, I have definitely seen worse.