Robert Crumb's Book of Genesis
by:
Robert Crumb (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780224078092 (0224078097)
Publish date: October 29th 2009
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Historical Fiction,
Art,
Religion,
Philosophy,
Christianity,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Comics,
Graphic Novels Comics,
Comix,
Mythology
God is Disappointed in You by Mark Russell is anything but disappointing. That goofy guy who used to sit behind a star-spangled baby grand and sing about ridiculous politicians has now taken on the Bible. This retelling is accurate, but irreverent. Ironies, inconsistencies, and Pharisees abound. And...
Through his illustrations, Crumb draws attention to parts of Genesis we might otherwise elide over or interpret differently. The amount of pagan worship apparently engaged in by our protagonists is highlights by, for example, the number of times oil is poured over just-erected standing stones. The v...
An epic undertaking, to be sure. I just couldn't help wishing he had chosen a different text - like James Joyce's Ulysses (which admittedly in comic form, would probably be 200,000 pages long!). Genesis is such a rough part of the New Testament - God is a fierce and violent God, to say the least. Se...
Dude, the Bible is weird.Seriously, I think adding pictures to the text just makes Genesis even weirder than it already is. Not only are you reading about weird stuff like wrestling with angels, you're seeing it. It really serves to highlight the way the Bible is a weird mishmash of multiple stories...
I gave it only 3 stars mostly because it is the Book of Genesis from the Bible, which is not something I find engaging in terms of reading. With that aside, I have to say that this is a pretty interesting way to read a part of the Bible. If you know Crumb's art, then you know what you are getting in...
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