Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Tales From The Quarter Bin--The Man Who Talked To Bushes

No, not Karl Rove...this guy:

I dunno--describing Moses as "The Man Who Talked To Bushes" seems to undersell his accomplishments just a wee bit. And, of course, there's the godawful pun:

Ha ha, get it?

You know that you've stumbled upon a find when your comic isn't even mentioned on GCD!! This book was published by Tyndale in 1987, and part of a whole line of children's religious "cosmics":

I've nothing against religious comics, but I do have to point out the cognitive dissonance between the Archies/kiddie style of art and script, and some of the accounts of murder and genocide:



Or...

Tyndale did have some comics make the index at GDC, including some adaptations of the Left Behind series of novels. And they also had this little beauty in 1997:

I'm watching the quarter bins for this one...
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4 comments:

  1. EldarionMarch 30, 2011 at 12:31 PM

    Oddly, Barnes & Noble usually carries Manga Messiah. It's something that's puzzled me since I started working there...you can find it in the christian books section, along with a similar volume.

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  2. SiskoidMarch 31, 2011 at 8:12 AM

    Flaming tornado or Golden calf? Egypt or Israel? Betty or Veronica?

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  3. Lazarus LupinMarch 31, 2011 at 1:33 PM

    I think I'd love a manga messiah. If nothing else I think I just found my rock group name.

    Lazarus Lupin
    http://strangespanner.blogspot.com/
    art and review

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  4. PippyApril 2, 2011 at 11:15 AM

    Doesn't seem like people who believe in The Bibel have any problem with cognitive dissonance.

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