Found this entry on the Get Religion blog while surfing and found it quite interesting. As a long time marvel comics fan and collector (Thor; Dr. Strange; old Jack Kirby classics like The Eternals), one appeal to me has always been the mythic element, the creation of icons who embody our greatest hopes and worst fears. Good discussion. I was just disappointed that at Adherents.com there really weren’t any Lutheran superheros… Saint/Sinner Man? Lutefisk Lady? Catechism Boy?
Its just crazy when people don’t understand the power of myth and literally turn Jesus in a comic book character. some folks just don’t get anything past third grade literalism and their own paranoia.
[…] Tom Lyberg of the Wired Jesus Podcast/blog posted a concise, right-on commentary about a Comic Book Jesus (see his blog for the images and whatnot). It’s just crazy when people d […]
How about The Trans-Substantiators? 🙂
And their arch-nemeses – The Con-Substantiators! :0
Yeah, according to Adherents all we Lutherans get is Jimmy Olsen. Not complaining, but …
Sounds like a cool idea I would like to create! There is a grapic novel series about Buddha, why not one about Jesus!
Well, what about this work of sequential art about Jesus. The text is all scripture. Look at it and then link to the blog to post your thoughts. http://home.windstream.net/themessiah