Robert Crumb's The Book of Genesis
US cartoonist Robert Crumb has announced the completion of his long-awaited take on the Book of Genesis, an illustrated rendering of the first 50 chapters of the Bible.
The following images are excerpted from The Book Of Genesis, copyright © 2009 by Robert Crumb. From Genesis: Translation and Commentary, translated by Robert Alter. Copyright © 1996 by Robert Alter. With permission of the publisher, WW Norton & Company, Inc.
The following images are excerpted from The Book Of Genesis, copyright © 2009 by Robert Crumb. From Genesis: Translation and Commentary, translated by Robert Alter. Copyright © 1996 by Robert Alter. With permission of the publisher, WW Norton & Company, Inc.
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In the beginning ... The first page of chapter one of Robert Crumb's take on The Book Of Genesis
Photograph: R Crumb
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Let there be light
Photograph: R Crumb
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And God made the two great lights ...
Photograph: R Crumb
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The tree of knowledge of good and evil
Photograph: R Crumb
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A river runs out of Eden to water the garden
Photograph: R Crumb
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Cain and Abel
Photograph: R Crumb
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Robert Crumb: a portrait of the artist, at his desk
Photograph: Eamonn McCabe
