Monthly Archives: September 2016
God, an aardvark, and the man in between
This is the final page of issue 98. The text at the bottom indicates the title of the following issue – it reads, “Next: More theology”
Speak not the name! Wait for it … Dave Sim. OooOOoohh!
Everyday religion
First things first: never mind “belief.” I’m talking about upbringing, expectations, habits, and unconsidered identity, and about the real-world, utterly political history of institutions and communities. Read the rest of this entry
One Plus One: I Want In, editorial page
That was a bit of a rush, referring to the head-feeling. Certainly not a rush on execution – I wrote the initial, six-page version of this story in early summer of 2015, hoping to get it busted out for fun, and look what happened … Read the rest of this entry
Jihad, exclamation point optional
Cast your mind back to 1987, before Gulf War I. Here are the first two issues of Suicide Squad, which absolutely needed a villainous antagonist evil enough to justify the dark-and-edgy premise of the U.S. government using supervillain felons for black ops. Need darker-and-edgier to fight! Read the rest of this entry
Four-color Christ Jesus
Happy birthday to me! I grant you this is an odd topic for my birthday post, as I have zero affinity or resonance with evangelical Christianity. Its impact is definite at second-hand, though, as I think about the number of friends and family who became Jesus People (the early term) and (as soon called) Saved or Born Again during my pre-teens and teens, Read the rest of this entry
Comics Madness 