“R. Crumb MOCKS book of Genesis”?! I’m only about half-way through this book right now, but I’ve yet to encounter any “mocking.” Yeah, sure, there’s a lot of brutal fighting, sexual violence, etc. but such is the Old Testament. I think the only way you could read this word-for-word illustrated version of Genesis and think there was any “mocking” going on would be if you’d not actually ever read Genesis (which–given that it’s FOX News–may actually be the case here).
It’s a good thing Crumb didn’t tackle any of the books of the New Testament, what with all the “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me” (Matthew 24:40) and “a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 19:23) stuff. OMG SOCIALISM!!!!!
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I’m surprised they haven’t focused on the “Leg Show”-esque daughters of Abraham…
Mostly I’m shocked you were reading fox news :)
I haven’t seen it, but from everything I’ve read, Crumb stays pretty close to the text. Genesis has a lot of wild stuff in it, though it’s hardly mocking to point it out
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They probably just haven’t gotten to Crumb’s added “eighth day of creation” during which God created “much back.”