Review: R. Crumb illuminates the Bible at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art

By ANNIE LARMON | March 16, 2011

Annie Larmon can be reached at aglarmon@gmail.com.

"THE BIBLE ILLUMINATED: R. CRUMB'S BOOK OF GENESIS" | through May 8 | at Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick | 207.725.3275

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