The Book of Genesis (SIGNED by Crum & wife) by R. Crumb - 2009: Illustrated

NY:: Norton,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2009. Hardcover. 9780393061024 . Third printing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. .

About this Item: W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 2009. Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. If you are of a certain age and remember the 60's and 70's like I do and if you owned a "head" shop during that time, you know R. Crumb, the creator of Zap comics, The fabulous Furry Freak Brother, Mr. Natural and so many more iconic comics. The Book of Genesis illustrated by Crumb, all 50 chapters. The illustrations are Crumb at his finest the words are His words. I am not a bible reader, but I believe that the text is the same as you would find in your Gideon Bible. Is Crumb trying to get religion? I don't know his religious temperament, but this is a fun and interesting way to get your religion on. Book is NEW.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2009. 1st edition. Leatherette in dust jacket. Light shelfwear. Very good.. 4to 224 pp. Envisioning the first book of the bible like no one before him, R. Crumb, the legendary illustrator, reveals here the story of Genesis in a profoundly honest and deeply moving way. Originally thinking that we would do a take off of Adam and Eve, Crumb became so fascinated by the Bible's language, "a text so great and so strange that it lends itself readily to graphic depictions," that he decided instead to do a literal interpretation using the text word for word in a version primarily assembled from the translations of Robert Alter and the King James Bible. Now, readers of every persuasion: Crumb fans, comic book lovers, and believers?can gain astonishing new insights from these harrowing, tragic, and even juicy stories. Crumb's Book of Genesis reintroduces us to the bountiful tree lined garden of Adam and Eve, the massive ark of Noah with beasts of every kind, the cities of… Read More