How do you feel about Robert Crumb on a personal level, in a sense of separating the artist from the art? His controversies are vaguely similar to Kanye's to me, in that I can often appreciate how brilliant their work is, but their work is so autobiographi

Hmmmmm

I don’t personally have any issues with Crumb or West.  Granted, it’s easy for me to sometimes gloss over ideas that don’t effect me directly. If I was black and/or a woman I might be less casual about it. So take that for what it is– 

 I do think it’s strange to ask artists to plumb their souls to show how they look at the world but then expect them to not have any messy ideas. I don’t think messy ideas are the same as doing terrible things. 

The conversation gets sooo crazy on the internet that I wonder if my own feelings on something are nudged by it– I felt like I was more critical of both Crumb & West in the past but seeing people flip the fuck out (and I’m not saying you are) has caused me to want some nuance.