FUNNY AMINALS
funny aminals
Apex Novelties (1972)
Funny Aminals opens with part one of Robert Crumb’s two-part cat-and-bird animal tale, “What a World!” The story’s three primary characters are portrayed on the front cover of the book, where the foundation of the plot is aptly summarized without a word; two hep cats lust after the savory meat of a giant bird and scheme to capture her for a feast. As with most of Crumb’s work, violence and death are presented as a natural aspect of everyday life, and the second part of “What a World!” concludes with the not-so-clever kitties getting their just desserts.