theodp writes "Few Biblical scholars would have made counterculture cartoonist R. Crumb their first choice for reinterpreting the Bible. And Crumb's cult following probably never imagined the creator of Fritz the Cat would spend four of his creative years on such an endeavor. But the weird, obsessive, oversexed artist's pictorial interpretation of Genesis has climbed to the no. 1 spot on both the NYT graphic novel and Amazon.com Christian bestseller lists. In true Crumb fashion, the cover of The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb sports a picture of a grim Adam and a buxom Eve plus a Charlton Heston-y God. 'The First Book of the Bible Graphically Depicted!' it proclaims. 'Nothing Left Out!' Which no doubt should help Crumb and The Good Book find a new audience. 'I have a feeling,' quipped Crumb's editor, 'this book could do a lot for Bible literacy among teenage boys.'"
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