As I recall, he started out intending to satirize it, then decided that no, this is just so grand and alien that it was better to just let it speak for itself.

As I recall, he started out intending to satirize it, then decided that no, this is just so grand and alien that it was better to just let it speak for itself. It's a good match for Crumb. There's a lot of naked Id in Genesis, and of course a lot of shapely women and intense bearded men. The thing he did on Kafka, and the one on Philip K. Dick, were good in the same way. Crumb is well placed to understand those guys in ways most of us (fortunately, really) aren't.