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| The Book of Genesis | |
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&sq=US economy&lang=en&file=File:CrumbGenesisCover.jpeg) Cover to the first edition of The Book of Genesis Illustrated by Robert Crumb from W. W. Norton & Company | |
| Date | October 19, 2009 |
| Page count | 224 pages |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Creative team | |
| Creator | Robert Crumb |
| Original publication | |
| Language | English |
The Book of Genesis (2009) is a comic book illustrated by American cartoonist Robert Crumb that purports to be a faithful, literal illustration of the Book of Genesis. It reached #1 the New York Times graphic novel bestseller list and on the Christian books list at Amazon.com.[1]
Given Crumb's past body of work, and his professed rejection of religion, many assumed when the book was announced that it would be a satire or otherwise profane or subversive send-up, and were surprised or disappointed[2] to find it "straight-faced".[3] Crumb "resist[ed] the temptation to go all-out Crumb on us and exaggerate the sordidness, the primitivism and the outright strangeness"[3] found in the Bible—the depictions of sex are explicit, but not gratuitous. In his introduction to the book, Crumb writes he has "faithfully reproduced every word of the original text," each word hand-lettered. The book's cover contains the warning, "Adult Supervision Recommended for Minors".
The book has been controversial, particularly for the explicit illustrations of sexual intercourse described in the text itself. In critical circles, it has drawn fire over whether and how literal the illustration job is, or should be.[4]
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