---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <turquoiseb@...> wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote:
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> It will probably give you all the willies to know that Crumb did an
> illuminated Holy Bible - not a send up , not a parody, but an illustrated
> Bible with his art work.
Not the entire Bible...just the book of Genesis. It's been called a
masterwork, and stands as the *only* version of Genesis that illustrated every
verse of the text in history.
And a mighty work it is:
http://pointcounterpointblog.com/2012/08/genesis-crumb/
http://pointcounterpointblog.com/2012/08/genesis-crumb/
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> On Sat, 2/1/14, awoelflebater@... awoelflebater@... wrote:
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> Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Philip K. Dick was smarter than you, and earlier
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 2:46 AM
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> ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@
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> I always found Crumb's
> "comix" disturbing, violent and misogynistic. I
> particularly hated the Fritz the Cat animated
> film.A vision of life so cynical has to be
> a complete dead end.Â
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> graphics are ugly, grotesque and leave me feeling rather
> bereft. I always wonder what is inside someone that allows
> for this strange hideousness to become manifest, and in
> comic book form no less. Nope, not where I like to put my
> attention. Maybe it's a guy thing - those nipples were
> always so plump and engorged looking.
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