The most surprising thing in comic books way back in 2009 wasn’t a superhero returning from the dead, or the latest Marvel or DC mega-crossover.
The most surprising comic book/graphic novel event was that legendary underground comics creator R. Crumb adapted the biblical book of Genesis into the comic book format in a hard-cover edition.
Robert Crumb became famous in the 1960s for his graphic cartoons of harried and hairy hippies, amply bosomed women and the X-rated adventures of Fritz the Cat.
He was also the subject of a loving, yet strange documentary of about 20-some years ago. He has proclaimed himself an atheist.
Yet, in “Genesis Illustrated,” Crumb does not mock Scripture.
His is a pain-staking adaptation of the Bible’s first book, which covers God’s creation of the world, Adam and Eve, Noah and the Ark, Sodom and Gomorrah, and Abraham.
Crumb spent five years working on the project. The dedication shows.
He even draws miniature portraits of all of the men listed as having begat the next generation.
He applies the same lines and detail to “Genesis Illustrated” as he did his classic underground comics.
He does depict the biblical book in all of its graphic form and this edition is not suggested for young readers. Crumb’s “Genesis Illustrated” was and is an eye-opening surprise.
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