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Noted Artists doing Biblical Based comics/GN's?

Posted by Bob Luedke on September 15, 2009 at 3:02pm in GENERALMISC
...And now for something completely different...coming in Oct, R. Crumb does The Book of Genesis Illustrated. Norton, $24.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-393-06102-4. According to Publishers Weekly, it emcompasses every word from the scripture and "Some might miss Crumb's full stylistic and tonal range, but the source's narrative sweep includes moments of sex and scandal that recall the artist's more notorious comics."According to Maggie Thompson, there is her review of the book in the current issue of CBG, but she does agree with PW...every beget is in there!bob-

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  • Bob Luedke October 20, 2009 at 3:36am
    Here's a taste of what Crumb is doing with this...NYTimes Slideshow.
  • Bob Luedke September 26, 2009 at 5:51am
    you are correct...he is THAT CRUMB! That's what makes this such an interesting project. Along those lines, I was in my local half priced books store and found a collection of Crumb artwork. If you've ever studied what he had done, there is some truly amazing linework and detail to his work that most people probably don't realize...this is outside of the underground comic work from the 60's, of course.

    bob-

    derrick scott said:
    This will be an interesting read and if this is the Crumb i'm thinking about he is very notorious for very racy content,being that he used to do underground comix in the 60's.But Bible stories do have some racy stuff in there for example Songs of Soloman,Sampson and Delia,King David,yep i can see it.
  • derrick scott September 25, 2009 at 12:28pm
    This will be an interesting read and if this is the Crumb i'm thinking about he is very notorious for very racy content,being that he used to do underground comix in the 60's.But Bible stories do have some racy stuff in there for example Songs of Soloman,Sampson and Delia,King David,yep i can see it.
  • Bob Luedke September 19, 2009 at 10:02am
    As do I...it helps connect the dots a bit, especially with those not real versed in Biblical history and interpretation. I too look forward to seeing this.

    bob=

    Buzz Dixon said:
    I'm looking forward to this book. The review I read indicates Crumb sincerely tried to include as much of the text as possible, far more than is typically included in comics adaptations.

    The review also cautioned (tho not in so many words) that while the text is intact, Crumb's interpretation of events are his own; i.e., where the Bible is mute on the emotions or thinking of a character, Crumb simply by drawing the expression of the character adds a layer of interpretation.
  • Bob Luedke September 16, 2009 at 12:37pm
    Earnest...can you share any of these reasons and his faith view (I don't see the New Yorker very often)?
  • Earnest Graham September 16, 2009 at 12:14pm
    There was a good article on the book in the New Yorker a few months ago. It goes into Crumbs reasons for making the book, as well as his view of faith.
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