R. Crumb has used the popular medium of the comic book to address the absurdity of social conventions, political disillusionment, irony, racial and gender stereotypes, sexual fantasies and fetishes. The artist's drawings offer a satirical critique of modern consumer culture and seem to possess an outsider’s perspective—a self-conscious stance, which Crumb often relates to his personal life. R. Crumb frequently collaborates with his spouse Aline Kominsky-Crumb and daughter Sophie Crumb, both important comic artists in their own right.