<p><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9078" src="https://deconstructingcomics.com/kumar/2026/06/CrumbFilm-PunkRockJesus700.jpg" alt="Crumb film - Punk Rock Jesus" width="700" height="350" srcset="https://deconstructingcomics.com/kumar/2026/06/CrumbFilm-PunkRockJesus700.jpg 700w, https://deconstructingcomics.com/kumar/2026/06/CrumbFilm-PunkRockJesus700-300x150.jpg 300w, https://deconstructingcomics.com/kumar/2026/06/CrumbFilm-PunkRockJesus700-640x320.jpg 640w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /></p> <p><em>(Concluding our review of past episodes featuring the work of R. Crumb.)</em></p> <p>FLASHBACK! Tim and Kumar meet in person for the first time! This calls for a podcast, but… what to review? We discuss the movie <a title="Crumb on Amazon" href="http://amzn.to/1LJZUnI" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Crumb</strong></a>, which features not only the expected discussion of R. Crumb’s work (including an objective look at the question of whether some of the … discomforting subjects of his work should really have been published as “art”), but also a fascinating portrait of the dysfunctional family he grew up in.</p> <p>Then, Tim and Brandon clash over Sean Murphy’s <a title="Punk Rock Jesus on Amazon" href="http://amzn.to/1LJZZrz" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Punk Rock Jesus</strong></a>, in which a former Irish Republican Army member acts as a bodyguard in a reality show claiming to be creating the clone of Jesus Christ. Is it objective and well-written, or a promo brochure for atheism? <em>(Originally published November 2, 2015)</em></p>