Sep. 28 “Mr. Natural” by Robert Crumb

     “Mr. Natural” was something I never expected to be so disturbingly true in its context. The author gives the character Mr. Natural a very crude, very blunt, and disturbing personality. His character is someone that spews many pithy observations that are sadly, and generally the truth. The things the character says is mainly to be so blunt about his opinions on the evils of the modern world and the salvation to be found in mysticism, and natural living. Even though Mr. Natural has a straight way of talking, it can get him into many amounts of trouble. The design given to him by Robert Crumb seems to be a little similar to a shepherd or a prophet in the sense. He is seen with a big white beard and long cloak. The thing that makes me feel uncomfortable is just the amount of strange sexual obsessions Mr. Natural seems to have. He is just a really strange man that frightens people with the truth making them feel dumber than some people would say they are. He refuses to abide by the world and its rules, and instead lives off anything he can get in exchange for the so called “wisdom” he tries to display. The one thing that caught me was the recurring theme in the “Mr. Natural” comic. The United States, including people like me, have a hard time trying to connect to the subjects being displayed on the pages. It comes across as “hard truths” but our minds still can not seem to wrap around the story or main point these comics are trying to convey.