excerpts:

> Considering that barely a word has been changed from the original, the
> warning on the cover of a new, illustrated version of the Book of Genesis
> — “Adult Supervision Recommended for Minors” — might seem surprising.

> As unlikely as it may seem, Mr. Crumb has become something of a Bible
> scholar. In a telephone interview from France, he bristled at a
> description of his book by his British publisher as “scandalous satire.”
> “I had no intention to scandalize the Bible,” he said. “I was intrigued
> by the challenge of exposing everything in there by illustrating it. The
> text is so significant in our culture, to bring everything out was a
> significant enough purpose for doing it.”

There is also an accompanying slide show which shows some of the illustrations.

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