Aline Kominsky-Crumb, who died Wednesday at 74 in France of pancreatic cancer, was late to the revolution her husband launched in comics a few years before they met, with his Zap Comix.

Art Spiegelman’s “Maus” was featured in the comic book “Funny Aminals” in 1972, with a cover by Robert Crumb, one of Spiegelman’s comic heroes. Being part of “Funny Aminals” helped ...

But as the Marvel Cinematic Universe attempts to sync up with its ink-and-paper origins, a recent comic crumb has fans gripping their capes in anticipation. It all circles back to Elizabeth Olsen ...