In Our Own Image, After Our Likeness
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This chapter includes a 2010 article by author, scholar, and California State University Northridge professor, Charles Hatfield, recollecting his experience viewing the R. Crumb’s Book of Genesis exhibition at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles and providing in-depth analysis of Crumb’s Genesis book. This chapter discusses narrative in exhibitions, exhibition design, comparison of Crumb’s work with illustrations by Basil Wolverton, Picture Stories from the Bible, The Picture Bible, and DeMille’s film The Ten Commandments. Images: Hammer exhibition photo, comparative panels from Crumb and Wolverton.