not to to be missed — a phenomenal amount of work went into the production of this book, taking over 5 years to complete (the pages up front are already yellowing to brown) — you’ll need to visit more than once…
from THE HAMMER
The Hammer Museum presents seminal comic artist R. Crumb’s adaptation of the first book of the Old Testament, the Book of Genesis. The exhibition features 207 individual, black and white drawings incorporating every word from all fifty chapters, as well as a cover, title page, introduction and back cover. Each drawing contains six to eight comic panels illustrating the stories of Adam and Eve, Noah’s Ark, Sodom and Gomorrah, and more. Using his signature bawdy style, Crumb’s version of the Book of Genesis puts an entirely new twist on the Bible. 10.24 – 2.7.10…
also, check out — The Creation of R. Crumb’s ‘Genesis’ by Reed Johnson…
