R. Crumb draws The Book of Genesis

clipped from www.nytimes.com clipped from www.nytimes.com 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. Until, that is, one reads the name of the illustrator: R. Crumb. clipped from www.nytimes.com ABRAHAM AND ISAAC clipped from www.nytimes.com NOAH NOAH clipped from www.nytimes.com GATES OF SODOM clipped from www.nytimes.com ABRAM (later renamed Abraham by God) It was my crude attempt to capture his vision of all this future suffering that is supposed to take place with all his people. In the background are all the suffering faces of his people. I made them dark and murky because it's a vision of the future. It's not a clear photograph of the future clipped from www.nytimes.com JACOB AND RACHEL