I just got it. Crumb did a fantastic job! What else could get me to read the whole book of Genesis non-stop? I couldn’t put it down!

ardee:
‘As one who grew up in a Yiddish speaking household I am aware of what you may not know. The term ‘Goyim’ and its shortened ‘Goy’ is a pejorative spoken with reduced volume, exactly as one might use the ‘N’ word or its many equivalents. It has no place in the light of day.’

A few months ago is I encountered a woman who told me that I should not use the word Jew because it was pejorative; I should say something like “Jewish person.”  I think my Jew(ish) colleagues would have been astounded to hear this; they of course refer to themselves as Jews on the rare occasions when they have reason to notice ethnicity, religion or culture.  When I mentioned this she said, “Well, how would like to be referred to as a goy?  I told her I would be unimpressed one way or another, as it is merely a fact (unless you believe, as some used to, that the Irish are one of the lost tribes of Israel).  The word, plural goyim, simply means “people” in Hebrew—that is, the peoples of the Earth, most of whom don’t happen to be Jews.  I’ve seen the term goyish, occasionally decorated with Yiddish grammatical endings, in various places, where it seems to be faintly contemptuous, like “white-bread” or “square”, but not really vigorously nasty, and certainly not on the level of the famous ethnic curse-words.  Perhaps it’s about like gringo.

Although I once did see a Mexican woman slap her (grown) son’s face for using the word gringo in polite company.  Language is quite a minefield.

Did you ever read Lenny Bruce’s diatribe “Is there a n——r in the house?”  It’s right at the beginning of one of his books.  A heroic effort, but it didn’t work, I guess.

Ardee, I am sorry to hear that you have had your American citizenship revoked.  Don’t be so upset, many cultures have names for those not of them.

Hee, still a citizen actually, and Outraged should be upset at his loss of respectability and truthfulness, not to mention having no shred of honor , running away after lying….

The term in question is as impolitic as the ‘N’ word actually, thus merits objection. If decent people do not stand against bigotry and hatred it will never disappear.

I am curious as to how Crumb found out what God looks like.  Or did he just make it up, like everyone else does?  It is a curious habit of men.

I heard God is writing a rebuttal.  It will be called Crumb Gets the God Treatment, and it will show the picture of a jackass on the cover.  Don’t blame me, I just heard that somewhere. 

Ardee, I am sorry to hear that you have had your American citizenship revoked.  Don’t be so upset, many cultures have names for those not of them. 
I have a name for all those who have names.  It is called “bigot”

Night-Gaunt, October 24 at 6:06 pm

As one who grew up in a Yiddish speaking household I am aware of what you may not know. The term ‘Goyim’ and its shortened ‘Goy’ is a pejorative spoken with reduced volume, exactly as one might use the ‘N’ word or its many equivalents. It has no place in the light of day.

This has nothing whatever to do with the illegal and immoral actions of the nation of Israel, NG, and I puzzle at your inclusion thereof.

Don’t be so upset Ardee the explanation fits and it should be no big deal here. There are plenty of other cultures who have a general name for all those not of them. From Navajos to Romany though none of them have a country, like the Jews, with nuclear weapons and are forcing out a local indigenous population to fit their own living space expansion mandated by their god, are they?

GoyToy, October 24 at 10:19 am

problems? The problem seems to be your complete and utter ignorance…

GoyToy, October 23 at 11:44 am

Why not change the name to “HitlerYouth”, it wouldnt really be insulting now would it?

Are you really this dumb?

GoyToy, October 22 at 5:10 pm

Respect is such a subjective concept apparently. Where is, for example, your own respect for artistic license? Where is your understanding of humor and respect for the humor of others? Where in fact is your respect for yourself with that silly sobriquet you use?

‘Goy” , short for ‘Goyim’, is a Yiddish term and a derogatory referral to non Jews.

Oh, boy, I just have to have it!!!!!!!

He was too weird and repulsive for the Bible. Fortunately you can find it on the internet and printed! Now if only R. Crumb would have done some of the other books left out like the Books I & II of Edras—-now that I would salivate over.

Nice job, Crumb; I really enjoyed and savored your herculean effort on this job. 
Especially loved the incest scene; that page looked like something out of WEIRDO
in an alternate universe. 

I was raised a Catholic as well, and this is first time I’ve gotten through Genesis,
actually.  And I’m an atheist now.

Always wondered what happened to Enoch…

Are you saying that because he isn’t devote he doesn’t have integrity for his work? Have you looked at it yet to see if your prejudice is founded? Or is it because he drew it as it is written in all its beauty and ugliness that is usually overlooked by embarrassed rabbis and reverends? Don’t be disingenuous. Too many believers are that way that I have met. Blinders firmly in place to ignore those sections they find impure, obscene and un-Christian.

Too bad it’s not Adults Only as some of Crumb’s lesser known stuff was (or was it?), that would be a hoot.

bachu. FYI, John came before Jesus and still uses his legs to walk the Earth, while Jesus (once a disciple of John) sits in Heaven on his hands and goes nowhere.

It’s only fitting that the creator of Bo Bo Bolinski, Angelfood McSpade, Whiteman,
Fritz the Cat, Potatoes Browning, Mr. Natural and my favorite the “(hubby peering
out window) See if there’s anything good on…(wife frozen in chair) Why bother?”
DESPAIR comic book, would finally do the old testament.

I use to own some “Classic Comix” and have fond memories of them. Maybe one day… but then I also like the original Marvel from their inception to at least Christmas 1984 and “Turok: Son of Stone” & “Space Family Robinson” to the early 1980’s at least.

As for R. Crumb, the problem with some of you is that he did as the Bible said and copied it without censorship, unlike the preachers and newspapers do. Plenty of sex, rape, incest, murder, torture and all that good wrath of God-type stuff. Unexpergated in its X-rated purity!

I hope I can get it one day as one skeptic artist mythologist to another. I have been reading the mythologies of Egypt, Summerian, Akkadian, Assyeria, Hittite, Hellenic, Semetic and so on which are very interesting.

anar…your comment sent me down memory lane.  my parents started buying classic comics in the 40’s and saved them.  in my 10th grade english class, we hadda do book ‘reports’ every 2 weeks…boy, did they come in handy then.

the particular classic comic that i most remember was their adaptation of victor hugo’s “the man who laughs.”  the disfigured face, permanently contorted into a bizarre grin ala nicholson’s joker, of the lead character was (at the time) alarming and also very compelling.  i just wiki’ed the plotline and found that the story itself is based on historical truth.  young children were sometimes mutilated in the hope that they could be sold off at a profit to circuses.  i recently took a shot at a ‘nietzschean’ commenter here who i thought had used the phrase ‘life’s theater of cruelty’ a bit too blithely.  now i’m startin’ to think….

Bullshit begets Bullshit.

I believe Crumb is doing a good old Classics-Comics thing, in which case what we have is not God God but the character is a piece of literature, Genesis.  This character is correctly represented as an old guy with a beard, impressive magical powers, and a bad temper.  And lots of White-Out.

Are Classics Comics still around?  I may be showing my impressive antiquity here.

Shheeesh, I just knew the first comments woudl be from those who never, ever get it. I think Jesus would laugh his ass off.

Thou shalt make no graven image.