The Bible as Graphic Novel, With a Samurai Stranger Called Christ

Definitely looks interesting...Loved the idea of Noah losing count while he was counting sheep...

FR

I hope for sword battles between Jesus and Roman soldiers.

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Is that sacreligious?

Yeah. Probably sacreligious.

For the unchurched, the book is to show that this thing, the Bible, is still relevant,” he (Akinsiku) said, “because it talks about what human beings do when they encounter God

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very interesting (he says in his best Charlie Chan voice)

Based on my prior experience with comic-ized versions of Bible stories, this will be lame. But it sounds interesting, so I'll keep an eye out for it.

Im hoping this will be interesting, but i highly doubt it will keep my interest

So, I'm not the only one.

I just joined today and I mainly do didactic fantasy art. But I've been working on a picture story that's in comic book format, that has the serious purpose of describing how Dissociative Identity Disorder works, with some ideas for resolution through Christian/Jungian psychology . As you've surely guessed, I seem to be asking a lot of depth from a "comic book" and who would care about it anyway? My title is "The Warriors of Orionway" and i've done all but the last chapter. I need to find my niche for encouragement in this and get some direction on finding interested people. I mean, people who can be helped by it, not to make money or fame. The last forum I joined excummunicated me for what they thought was "pushing" my book for sales;so, I don't want to mess up here. Any ideas on this or where I should talk about it on the forum?

Manga and comics are reknowned for having characters who are dark and brooding, and who always come across as having some deep secret past of which they are ashamed and which has somehow shaped them into the stoic and jaded figure that they are today. Many of these characters are introduced as already damaged shells of human beings who struggle through their own darkness as they fight the darkness around them.






So ....







Is THAT the kind of world-building and character development that is in store for Jesus in that graphic novel?



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JoNightshade said:

Based on my prior experience with comic-ized versions of Bible stories, this will be lame. But it sounds interesting, so I'll keep an eye out for it.

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Obviously you've never seen the Brick Testament

Thank you for your response and some tips. I will definitely check them out.

DarkKnightJRK said:

I hope for sword battles between Jesus and Roman soldiers.

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Is that sacreligious?

Yeah. Probably sacreligious.

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Then we'll go to hell together, baby! *pulls up chair and popcorn* Hoo-rah!! Ten bucks on J-Chris.

...One more thought: Noah vs. The Kraken.

I'm thinking that when the Pope gets control of the world, religious novels and themes will be the going thing for big money and fame, not far ahead.

This could be cool if it remains true to manga culture and not that E for everybody crap either. I mean hey its just an adaptation of a piece of mythology anyway how bad could it be.

There is an older version, "The Picture Bible" which hits the highlights in comic-book form. But it's traditional, you know, set in the Middle East.

Ann