Review
The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb by R. Crumb
He lives in the south of France with his wife and daughter.. Crumb is the author of numerous comic works and one of the pioneers of underground comics. The result, four years in the making, is a tapestry of extraordinary detail, the finest work of Crumbs legendary career. .R. Crumbs The Book of Genesis reintroduces readers to Adam and Eves Eden, Noahs Ark, Sodom and Gomorrah, and the Pharaohs Egypt. Peeling away the theological and scholarly interpretations that have often obscured its most dramatic stories, R. Using clues from the text, Crumb fleshes out the parade of biblical originals: from the sensitive dreamer Joseph to the crafty Jacob, to the still-fetching Sarah, to God Himself. Now, readers of every persuasionCrumb fans, comic book lovers, history buffs, and believerscan gain astonishing new insights from these harrowing, visceral, and even juicy stories. Crumbusing the actual text word for wordhas imagined the Bible as it really was. This eagerly awaited graphic work retells the first book of the Bible in a profoundly honest way.