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Graven Images

Author : A. David Lewis
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0826430260
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book Graven Images written by A. David Lewis and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-10-21 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comic books have increasingly become a vehicle for serious social commentary and, specifically, for innovative religious thought. Practitioners of both traditional religions and new religious movements have begun to employ comics as a missionary tool, while humanists and religious progressives use comics' unique fusion of text and image to criticize traditional theologies and to offer alternatives. Addressing the increasing fervor with which the public has come to view comics as an art form and Americans' fraught but passionate relationship with religion, Graven Images explores with real insight the roles of religion in comic books and graphic novels. In essays by scholars and comics creators, Graven Images observes the frequency with which religious material—in devout, educational, satirical, or critical contexts—occurs in both independent and mainstream comics. Contributors identify the unique advantages of the comics medium for religious messages; analyze how comics communicate such messages; place the religious messages contained in comic books in appropriate cultural, social, and historical frameworks; and articulate the significance of the innovative theologies being developed in comics.

Christianity and Comics

Author : Blair Davis
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 1978828233
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (788 download)

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Download or read book Christianity and Comics written by Blair Davis and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2024-03-15 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bible has inspired Western art and literature for centuries, so it is no surprise that Christian iconography, characters, and stories have also appeared in many comic books. Yet the sheer stylistic range of these comics is stunning. They include books from Christian publishers, as well as underground comix with religious themes and a vast array of DC, Marvel, and Dark Horse titles, from Hellboy to Preacher. Christianity and Comics presents an 80-year history of the various ways that the comics industry has drawn from biblical source material. It explores how some publishers specifically targeted Christian audiences with titles like Catholic Comics, books featuring heroic versions of Oral Roberts and Billy Graham, and special religious-themed editions of Archie. But it also considers how popular mainstream comics like Daredevil, The Sandman, Ghost Rider, and Batman are infused with Christian themes and imagery. Comics scholar Blair Davis pays special attention to how the medium’s unique use of panels, word balloons, captions, and serialized storytelling have provided vehicles for telling familiar biblical tales in new ways. Spanning the Golden Age of comics to the present day, this book charts how comics have both reflected and influenced Americans’ changing attitudes towards religion.

Kingstone Bible

Author :
Publisher : Kingstone Comics
ISBN 13 : 9781613281550
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (815 download)

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Download or read book Kingstone Bible written by and published by Kingstone Comics. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hard cover anthology of the Kingstone Bible series. Volume covers Creation through the book of Judges.

The Big Book of Christian Comics

Author : Larry Blake
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781726267847
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (678 download)

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Download or read book The Big Book of Christian Comics written by Larry Blake and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-09-19 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning independent comic artist Larry Blake has worked on many projects over many years, but this big book of comics is close to his heart: a collection of the many Christian-themed stories he has produced, both alone and with other cartoonists and writers. This collection features an entertaining mix of Biblical adaptations, superheroic adventure, science-fiction, lighthearted fables, parody and humor, all drawn with Larry Blake's distinctive style and wit.

Drawing on Religion

Author : Ken Koltun-Fromm
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271088508
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Drawing on Religion written by Ken Koltun-Fromm and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2020-12-11 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comics traffic in stereotypes, which can translate into real danger, as was the case when, in 2015, two Muslim gunmen opened fire at the offices of Charlie Hebdo, which had published depictions of Islam and Muhammad perceived by many to be blasphemous. As a response to that tragedy, Ken Koltun-Fromm calls for us to expand our moral imaginations through readings of graphic religious narratives. Utilizing a range of comic books and graphic novels, including R. Crumb’s Book of Genesis Illustrated, Craig Thompson’s Blankets, the Vakil brothers’ 40 Sufi Comics, and Ms. Marvel, Koltun-Fromm argues that representing religion in these formats is an ethical issue. By focusing on the representation of Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and Hindu religious traditions, the comics discussed in this book bear witness to the ethical imagination, the possibilities of traversing religious landscapes, and the problematic status of racial, classed, and gendered characterizations of religious persons. Koltun-Fromm explores what religious stereotypes do and how they function in comics in ways that might expand or diminish our imaginative worlds. The pedagogical challenge, he argues, is to linger in that space and see those worlds well, with both ethical sensitivity and moral imagination. Accessibly written and vibrantly illustrated, this book sheds new light on the ways in which comic arts depict religious faith and culture. It will appeal to students and scholars of religion, literature, and comic studies.

State of the Arts

Author : Gene Edward Veith
Publisher : Crossway
ISBN 13 : 9780891076087
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book State of the Arts written by Gene Edward Veith and published by Crossway. This book was released on 1991 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Art permeates our culture, yet many have lost all criteria for making aesthetic judgments. This resource chronicles biblical foundations of art as well as the role of Christians in the artistic arena.

Megillat Esther

Author : J.T. Waldman
Publisher : Jewish Publication Society
ISBN 13 : 0827610084
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (276 download)

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Download or read book Megillat Esther written by J.T. Waldman and published by Jewish Publication Society. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Megillat Esther is commonly referred to as the Book of Esther: but there is nothing common about JT Waldman's interpretation of this Biblical story. In what may be the world's first religious, scholarly comic book, Waldman tells the epic tale of exile and redemption in graphic form. When Esther, a Jewish woman, is made Queen of Persia she must keep her identity hidden, all the while maneuvering to save her people from annihilation. This is a story familiar to many Jews who have heard it recounted every year on the holiday of Purim. But readers of all backgrounds will be entranced by what artist Waldman depicts in his interpretation of the text. At once traditional and groundbreaking Megillat Esther will challenge secular assumptions about the Bible. Each page of Megillat Esther is a visual tour de force and features the Hebrew text with original English translation, as well as opulent drawings depicting the story of the Persian Queen. Traditional interpretations of the story are woven throughout the panels. Megillat Esther presents the reader with a topsy-turvey world in which fortunes reverse and nothing is what it seems. This vibrant, edgy retelling of a classic Biblical tale is sure to amaze and intrigue scholars and laypeople of all religions and comic book lovers alike.

The Picture Bible

Author : Iva Hoth
Publisher : David C Cook
ISBN 13 : 9780781430555
Total Pages : 806 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book The Picture Bible written by Iva Hoth and published by David C Cook. This book was released on 1998 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retells in comic book format stories from the Bible.

Comic Book Christianity

Author : Robert Payne (Jr.)
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781721148233
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (482 download)

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Download or read book Comic Book Christianity written by Robert Payne (Jr.) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-17 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author presents the Bible as the "the ultimate hero story" (prologue), drawing Biblical lessons from well-known comic book figures to inspire readers to follow that example.

The Epic Bible

Author : Kingstone Media Group, Inc.
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1414396678
Total Pages : 840 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (143 download)

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Book Synopsis The Epic Bible by : Kingstone Media Group, Inc.

Download or read book The Epic Bible written by Kingstone Media Group, Inc. and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2020 with total page 840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Unabridged version previously published in 2016 in three volumes as The Kingstone Bible by Kingstone Comics."

Creature Tech (new edition)

Author : Doug Tennapel
Publisher : Image Comics
ISBN 13 : 1534313079
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (343 download)

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Download or read book Creature Tech (new edition) written by Doug Tennapel and published by Image Comics. This book was released on 2019-01-02 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good battles evil, and the world hangs in the balance! Resurrected by the Shroud of Turin, the zombified Dr. Jameson intends to finish what he started 150 years ago: destroying the earth with a giant space eel. Standing in his way is Dr. Ong, a would-be pastor-turned-scientist who now works in a government research facility infamously known as "Creature Tech." Aided by an unlikely cast of rednecks, symbiotic aliens, and a CIA-trained mantid, Dr. Ong embarks on a journey of faith, love, and self-discovery. All in a dayÕs work at Creature Tech! From DOUG TENNAPEL, the creator of Earthworm Jim, GEAR, and Ghostopolis, comes this new edition of CREATURE TECHÑin full color! TRIM SIZE: 6Ó x 9Ó

Second Coming

Author : Mark Russell
Publisher : AHOY Comics
ISBN 13 : 9780998044279
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (442 download)

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Download or read book Second Coming written by Mark Russell and published by AHOY Comics. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this acclaimed, controversial graphic novel, God commands Earth’s mightiest super-hero, Sunstar, to accept Jesus as his roommate and teach him how to use power more forcefully. Jesus, shocked at the way humans have twisted his message over two millennia, vows to straighten them out. The book everyone’s talking about, by award-winning writer Mark Russell (Snagglepuss, The Flintstones) and artist Richard Pace (Pitt, New Warriors)! God commands Earth’s mightiest super-hero, Sunstar, to accept Jesus as his roommate and teach him how to use power more forcefully. Jesus, shocked at the way humans have twisted his message over two millennia, vows to straighten them out.

Christian Comics

Author : Felix Immanuel
Publisher : Trumpet Call
ISBN 13 : 137062266X
Total Pages : 41 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book Christian Comics written by Felix Immanuel and published by Trumpet Call. This book was released on 2016-11-05 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christian comics is a set of 34 comics explaining the truth taught by Jesus Christ and exposing some of the false teachings within churches.

Comics and Sacred Texts

Author : Assaf Gamzou
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1496819241
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (968 download)

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Download or read book Comics and Sacred Texts written by Assaf Gamzou and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributions by Ofra Amihay, Madeline Backus, Samantha Baskind, Elizabeth Rae Coody, Scott S. Elliott, Assaf Gamzou, Susan Handelman, Leah Hochman, Leonard V. Kaplan, Ken Koltun-Fromm, Shiamin Kwa, Samantha Langsdale, A. David Lewis, Karline McLain, Ranen Omer-Sherman, Joshua Plencner, and Jeffrey L. Richey Comics and Sacred Texts explores how comics and notions of the sacred interweave new modes of seeing and understanding the sacral. Comics and graphic narratives help readers see religion in the everyday and in depictions of God, in transfigured, heroic selves as much as in the lives of saints and the meters of holy languages. Coeditors Assaf Gamzou and Ken Koltun-Fromm reveal the graphic character of sacred narratives, imagining new vistas for both comics and religious texts. In both visual and linguistic forms, graphic narratives reveal representational strategies to encounter the sacred in all its ambivalence. Through close readings and critical inquiry, these essays contemplate the intersections between religion and comics in ways that critically expand our ability to think about religious landscapes, rhetorical practices, pictorial representation, and the everyday experiences of the uncanny. Organized into four sections—Seeing the Sacred in Comics; Reimagining Sacred Texts through Comics; Transfigured Comic Selves, Monsters, and the Body; and The Everyday Sacred in Comics—the essays explore comics and graphic novels ranging from Craig Thompson’s Habibi and Marvel’s X-Men and Captain America to graphic adaptions of religious texts such as 1 Samuel and the Gospel of Mark. Comics and Sacred Texts shows how claims to the sacred are nourished and concealed in comic narratives. Covering many religions, not only Christianity and Judaism, this rare volume contests the profane/sacred divide and establishes the import of comics and graphic narratives in disclosing the presence of the sacred in everyday human experience.

Finnian and the Seven Mountains (Issue #2)

Author : Philip Kosloski
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578533520
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (335 download)

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Download or read book Finnian and the Seven Mountains (Issue #2) written by Philip Kosloski and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finnian's quest continues as he and Brendan use an ancient map to discover a mysterious island in hopes of finding a legendary sword with the extraordinary power to defeat evil and prevent the Vikings from further pillaging the land. Along the way they meet the mysterious stowaway, Merewyn, and discover there is more to their quest than they imagined. At the same time, a fierce Viking king, Ragnar, threatens the monastic community on the Irish island of Skellig Michael as he begins his own violent quest for the same sword. Who will reach the sword first? Will evil triumph or good prevail?

Superman and the Bible

Author : Nicholaus Pumphrey
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476633886
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Superman and the Bible written by Nicholaus Pumphrey and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-01-31 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1938, Superman debuted, jumping off the pages of Action Comics #1. In the cultural context of the Great Depression and World War II, the U.S. would see the rise of the superhero not only in comic books but in radio programs, animated cartoons and television shows. Superman forever changed one's concept of the hero and became permanently engrained in both American and worldwide culture. This study explores the Man of Steel's narrative as a fresh perspective on readings of the Bible--his character is reflected in such figures as Moses, Samson and Jesus. The author argues that if we read the Bible it can be said we are reading about Superman.

Snack Hacks

Author : Claudia Christian
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780648283195
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (831 download)

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Download or read book Snack Hacks written by Claudia Christian and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-12 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TO EAT OR PLAY? The eternal dilemma is resolved in Claudia Christian's SNACK HACKS. The star of the hit scifi series Babylon 5 and voice star of popular video games delivers a cookbook of over 100 fast and delicious recipes and food hacks for gamers and anyone who spends a lot of time in front of a screen. Packed with bonus voice star interviews, recipes and stories from pro gamer Westballz and computer game voice stars Cas Anvar, Robin Atkin Downes and Gary Hudson as well as special behind-the-scenes stories from Claudia Christian's acting and voice acting career. Written with gamer and photographer Mark Michel who details how his gaming experience, cooking ability and ingenious life hacks help him deal with the limitations of his cerebral palsy. "I've created fast, simple and delicious recipes and cooking hacks designed to satisfy your taste buds and silence your raging appetite so you can focus on what's really important-gaming!" - Claudia Christian