Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Aline Kominsky-Crumb was a pioneering American underground comics artist, born Aline Goldsmith on August 1, 1948, in Long Beach, New York. She died on November 29, 2022. Her work, almost entirely autobiographical, is celebrated for its raw, confessional honesty, often depicting the messy realities of womanhood, relationships, and daily life with unflinching candor and a scratchy, expressive line.

After moving to San Francisco in the early 1970s, she became a key figure in the underground comix scene. She is best known for her long-running series *The Bunch* and the anthology *Twisted Sisters*, which she co-edited. Her most celebrated solo collection is *Love That Bunch*. She frequently collaborated with her husband, the legendary cartoonist Robert Crumb, on works like *Drawn Together* and *The Complete Dirty Laundry Comics*. Their daughter, Sophie Crumb, also became a cartoonist. Kominsky-Crumb’s unvarnished style and deeply personal storytelling broke ground for autobiographical comics, and in 2016, ComicsAlliance named her one of twelve women cartoonists deserving of lifetime achievement recognition. Her legacy endures as a fearless voice who expanded the boundaries of the medium.