Robert Crumb released the book of genesis and now everyone wants a piece of him. Seriously, how many news articles did you read about Crumb? It's ridiculous, since no one said anything about him for about 20 years old.
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hear and watch an interview with him here, and then read s
omeone elses thoughts on an event in which Crumb talked about his latest epic.
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Not sure what he released recently? Look below:
R. Crumb's Book of Genesis is out now, and if you haven't heard about it, you're not much of a comic book fan. For Crumb's fans and bible fanatics, this is a clever rendering of the first book of the bible. Hopefully Crumb decides to do more.
Recently, the
Los Angeles Times interviewed and talked about none other than Crumb...specifically citing
The Book of Genesis, out now!
How do we read R. Crumb's "The Book of Genesis Illustrated"? It seems a contradiction: a sober reconstruction by a man who admits he "[does] not believe that the Bible is 'the word of God.' " And yet, the further we get into this electrifying adaptation, the more it all makes sense. If you remove divinity from the equation, "Genesis" becomes a human creation -- "a powerful text," in Crumb's words, "with layers of meaning that reach deep into our collective consciousness, our historical consciousness, if you will." These stories are sacred, then, not because they were handed down by any deity but because they speak to the elemental conflicts that drive us as women and men.
That's an eye-opening way of looking at the Bible, but it's also completely consistent with Crumb's career. Although he remains best known as one of the founding heroes of underground comics -- the creator of Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural, among other iconic characters -- he's always had something more expansive in mind. Partly, this has meant championing other artists, including Art Spiegelman and Harvey Pekar, whose "American Splendor" he illustrated for many years. Partly, it has meant pushing comics into cultural territory where they might not, at first, appear to belong.