Unpaginated, 11 1/8" H. "Envisioning the first book of the Bible like no one before him, R. Crumb, the legendary illustrator, retells the story of Genesis in a profoundly honest and deeply moving way. Originally thinking that he would do a takeoff of Adam and Eve, Crumb became so fascinated with 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 assembled primarily from the translations of Robert Alter and the King James Version. 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." Profusely illustrated in b&w comic strip fashion at an "adult" level, with an Introduction and Commentary by Crumb. Dust jacket has some very light edge wrinkling - mainly at top edge.

Graphic  Novels,  Old  Testament,  Cartoonists,  Graphic  Artists,  Adam,  Eve,  Garden  Eden,  Tree  Knowledge,  Creation,  Serpent,  Evil,  Sin,  God,  Cain,  Abel,  Murder,  Noah,  Flood,  Ark,  Tower  Babel,  Abram,  Egypt,  Pharaohs,  Sarah,  Abraham,  Lot,  Sodom,  Gomorrah,  Fire,  Brimstone,  Isaac,  Sacrifice,  Rebekah,  Jacob,  Esau,  Birthright,  Curses,  Beersheba,  Rachel,  Laban,  Dinah,  Isael,  Joseph,  Judah,  Dreams,  Interpretation,  Famine,  Benjamin.