The Book of Genesis Illustrated

Robert Crumb spent four years meticulously adapting the first book of the Bible into a single, massive graphic novel, published by Jonathan Cape in 2009. True to his reputation for exhaustive research, Crumb rendered every chapter of Genesis with painstaking period detail, from the Garden of Eden to the patriarchs, while preserving the text’s raw, often unsettling power. This standalone work stands as a landmark of literary adaptation, demonstrating how a master cartoonist can bring ancient scripture to life with both reverence and unflinching honesty.