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...There have long been comic-book versions of the Bible for children. Penthouse once serialized a graphic version of Genesis, which formed the basis for the book Bible: Eden, by Scott Hampton and Keith Giffen. There's a Manga Bible and one illustrated by renowned Mad magazine cartoonists Basil Wolverton. But perhaps because of the strange alchemy of the pairing, Crumb's Genesis has attracted more mainstream media attention than most graphic novels or reissued books of the Bible normally do, with an excerpt in the New Yorker and reviews in many daily papers and weekly magazines. The official religious...
According to Wolverton, his cartoon of Pope Benedict XVI was published Sept. 16—nearly a full week before Breeden’s cartoon appeared in The Crimson—on his personal Web site and Cagle’s syndicate site. Wolverton said he thought that Cagle would have in turn posted it to the Index—where all four cartoons were found—that day or the next...
Wolverton’s and Breeden’s cartoons feature the Pope on the left and a group of Muslims on the right. Each contains the quote, "Violence is incompatible with the nature of God," and both cartoons insinuate similar ideas. Wolverton characterized Breeden’s cartoon as "similar in structure to mine...
...Wolverton said he would not take action against Breeden but that the similarities between her cartoons and others’ work would hurt her in the end. "It’s not going to be good for her in the future because she’s established a reputation for ripping off other people’s work," he said. "She’s ‘borrowing heavily’ which is at the very least unprofessional...
...nature of God.” In the other half of the frame are depicted a series of rioters, including one in the foreground holding a sign stating “Death to the Pope.” This cartoon is similar to a cartoon by Monte K. Wolverton in The Wolvertoon, which also depicts the Pope stating that “Violence is incompatible with the nature of God and the nature of the soul...