A Graphic Genesis

Anyone’s who’s read through the book of Genesis, from The Beginning to its portentous end in Egypt, knows that it’s pretty darn graphic — horny gods mate with human women, men try to rape angels, there’s fratricide and the near murder of a boy by his father (commanded by God, no less), a daughter-in-law rights wrongs by seducing her errant father-in-law, and brothers massacre an entire town of freshly circumcised adults. And that’s just some of what goes on. Well, now R. Crumb has rendered the story as a bona fide graphic novel. Here’s a sample. I’d love to hear what you think!

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