Tag: the bible

The Harrowing of Hell By Evan Dahm Iron Circus Comics What you read in the Bible is not the entire story of Jesus. That’s the result of multiple efforts starting around the 2nd Century to create approved...

Examining the philosophical antecedents and aspirations of LOST.

The Falling Star Volume 1 By Jon Hammond Hypatia Press When I was young, I had questions about God. They seemed to me questions anyone would ask about someone who was demanding something from them, but I...

Second Coming #1 Written by Mark Russell Illustrated by Richard Pace Cover by Amanda Conner Art Finished by Leonard Kirk Colored by Andy Troy Lettered by Rob Steen Ahoy Comics I don’t know if it’s accurate to call Second Coming THE most...

Nicolas by Pascal Girard This is a deceptively simple book that takes slices from the life of creator Pascal Girard’s life that all revolve around his younger brother, who died as a child. Girard’s cartooning takes...

While Gilbert Hernandez is new to the bible comics business, Canadian iconoclast Chester Brown has long been fascinated by scripture; long ago he adapted the gospels of Mark and Matthew in the back of...

In a world where the word unfettered is used quite a bit, Gilbert Hernandez can truly be said to be unfettered. The Love and Rockets grandmaster is a prolific graphic novelist (in the last couple of years alone, Speak of the Devil, Loverboys, Bumperhead, and Marble Season) and no subject matter is too raw or shocking. His The Twilight Children (drawn by Darwyn Cooke) is currently coming out from Vertigo, and here's a brand new project, Garden Of Flesh which promises Gilbert's own take on Biblical tales: