For months I’ve been checking in at Secret Headquarters, to see if the new Crumb book, “The Bible Illuminated: R. Crumb’s Book of Genesis,” was out yet. They would politely tell me, “Not quite yet man,” and I’d walk back across the street, feeling as big as a tit mouse to make some more vegan club sandwiches, I work at Flore, for those who don’t know. And then Monday happened and I like burning bush in the distance lay this glorious tome.Not to big, not to small, high quality paper but of a functional page turning gauge and finish. To my surprise I’ve been only reading a few chapters a day. No real reason, other than I got shit to do ya’ll. Here are a few pages I’ve scanned of the classic tales I’ve logged. I’m savoring every page.
Would you like to hear the man himself talk speak? Is Thursday, the Twenty-Eighth, of October good for you? It ain’t cheap but this guy really like us or our country, so take what you can get.
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