The Complete Dirty Laundry Comic by Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Aline and Robert agreed, and they came up with the title Dirty Laundry Comics when they showed the comic to Terry Zwigoff, who exclaimed, 'God this is so embarrassing, it's like hanging out your dirty laundry for everyone to see!'ĭirty Laundry Comics #1 was published by Keith Green and Cartoonists Co-op Press in the summer of 1974.

But when comic book publisher Keith Green (Justin Green's brother) visited Robert's place in 1974 and saw the comic, he said he wanted to publish it. Robert and Aline took turns writing the dialogue and drawing the panels, building an autobiographical but sometimes absurd comic that they never intended to publish. While her foot healed for six weeks in a cast, Aline and Robert began working on a collaborative comic story just to pass the time, much like Robert did with his brother Charles when they were kids. In the fall of '73, Aline broke her right foot when she slipped on Robert's front porch, basically incapacitating her for most of the coming winter. Although Robert maintained relationships with other girlfriends and they didn't live together, Robert and Aline were lovers and their relationship was destined to grow ever stronger. That same year, Aline moved up to Potter Valley to live next door to Robert's cabin in an old trailer. Their relationship couldn't get serious until Robert straightened out the mess that was his personal life, but eventually he did (or at least began trying) and Robert and Aline launched their enduring romance.īy 1973, Robert's home base (I say 'base' because he still traveled quite a bit) was in an old cabin in Potter Valley, California, about 100 miles north of San Francisco, where his ex-wife Dana also lived in a house next door on the same lot. 'You have really cute knees,' was his opening line to Aline, and later that evening they were making out in Kathy's upstairs bedroom. But having a wife and a girlfriend didn't stop Robert from flirting with Aline. Kathy was actually Robert's girlfriend at the time, but he was also still married to his first wife, Dana. Aline Kominsky was 22 years old when she met the 28-year-old Robert Crumb in 1971 during a party at Terry Zwigoff and Kathy Goodell's house in San Francisco.

The Complete Dirty Laundry Comic by Aline Kominsky-Crumb