Tom Robbins, whose cosmically comic novels about ... “The creators of the Greek myths worked like cartoonists, painting in big bold strokes without a lot of physical or psychological detail.” ...

Tom Robbins, a prankish yet philosophical writer ... Mr. Robbins returned home to study art at Richmond Professional Institute, a precursor to Virginia Commonwealth University.

Tom Robbins, a 1970s counterculture author hailed ... But his appeal for the western country stemmed also from his art-school studies. He was particularly intrigued by the school of mystic ...