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America was founded by the refuse of the religious fanatics of England, these undesirable elements that came over on the Mayflower. Ignorant, religious fanatics who land here, abuse the Indians, and then go to bed with a board down the middle, you know, the bundling board, so they don't have sex. That's how we got started.
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Category: Weirdness
Posted on: September 29, 2009 11:10 AM, by PZ Myers
The book of Genesis as told by Robert Crumb, that is, who is as respectable a prophet as any of the cabal that wrote the original. Crumb at least starts with a reasonable perspective.
"The idea of millions of people taking this so seriously is totally nuts," he added. "The Bible doesn't need to be satirised. It's already so crazy."
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Comments
Posted by: Glen Davidson
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September 29, 2009 11:19 AM
Who doesn't grow to hate the Bible when it's been forced upon them? It's such a relentless denunciation of humanity that no human could like it.
But, he became a gnostic on a spiritual quest? Somehow I think that word is missing an "a".
Glen D
http://tinyurl.com/mxaa3p
Posted by: The Science Pundit
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September 29, 2009 11:25 AM
The New Yorker magazine ran Genesis 1-3 from the Crumb book a few months ago. I can tell you that it's just as good as it sounds.
Posted by: etmckinley
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September 29, 2009 11:53 AM
I got my copy in the mail from Amazon yesterday, so far I'm up to just after the flood. Very good stuff so far.
Posted by: Montanto
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September 29, 2009 12:00 PM
I read it in the New Yorker and it is really good. The beauty of Crumb's adaption is he does it completely straight and EVERYTHING is there. And in the comic format. Blatant contradictions, like the two back to back versions of the Eden story, virtually glow in the dark.
Posted by: Andreas Johansson
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September 29, 2009 12:02 PM
If it's half as funny as the Brick Testament I may have to get a copy.
Posted by: Tim Danaher
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September 29, 2009 12:07 PM
Damn! The bastard beat me to it!!!
I always thought that if I came into some serious money, I'd like to produce an illustrated version of the bibble, along the lines of the famous 'Children's Illustrated'. All that lunacy, sex and savagery lovingly and realistically rendered in gouache would be a real show-stopper: Lot's daughters raping him, children torn limb from limb by wild bears, the Levite's concubine, the slaughter of the Canaanites, women with their foetuses torn out with the point of a sword, Jephthah's daughter.
Leviticus.
It would be a great xmass prezzie for all your religious relatives...
(I know someone's already done one, but it had really low production values and the illos were crap.)
Posted by: Yudel
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September 29, 2009 1:02 PM
If you like Crumb's Genesis, you'll probably love The Comic Torah.
The Comic Torah has already earned the disdain of rabbis across America.
While not as thorough or as literal as Crumb's Genesis, The Comic Torah
* Covers all five Books of Moses, including 20 pages on that all-time fave, Leviticus.
* Features a multi-ethnic cast of characters
* Dares to portray YHWH (aka Yah or Jehovah) as a woman
* Includes a punchline in each of its 54 two-page spreads
* Is being published by a small press that needs your support to help make it a reality.
I like to think of it as the ultimate in transgressive Bar Mitzvah presents.
Check out The Comic Torah Preview and Highlight Reel for some sample pages (including Leviticus), or watch a promotional video at Kickstarter.com to learn the benefits of helping us publish the book by placing a no-risk preorder.
Posted by: Lily
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September 29, 2009 1:31 PM
Oh boy! My roommate is going to poop in his pants when I tell him about this! He loves R. Crumb.
Posted by: omarali50
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September 29, 2009 3:17 PM
The links to comic torah are not working...is it just me?
Posted by: MikeyM
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September 29, 2009 3:32 PM
Looking at Crumb's depiction of Eve, I can see why Adam was so eager to sign Mr. Deity's waiver.
Posted by: The Science Pundit
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September 29, 2009 3:43 PM
@omarali50
Try here.