Saturday, July 01, 2006
Comic Art
DID YOU KNOW?
That Superman was a Methodist? Sombody did a lot of work to figure out the religious affiliations of numerous comic book characters. (HT: Rebecca)
I have not bloggeed about the role of religion in comics because it is an incredibly complicated subject, and the comics get it wrong so often, or in order to avoid controversy they stick to the clearly mythological elements of religion. However, reading recently C.S. Lewis fantasy and his invocation of figures like Merlin in That Hideous Strength, I wonder if there is not a role for genuine religion in the comics.
At any rate this is a great resource. If you are interested in more or a discussion, let me know, we'll see what we can do.
Related Tags: superheroes, religion, comics, comic books, comic art
That Superman was a Methodist? Sombody did a lot of work to figure out the religious affiliations of numerous comic book characters. (HT: Rebecca)I have not bloggeed about the role of religion in comics because it is an incredibly complicated subject, and the comics get it wrong so often, or in order to avoid controversy they stick to the clearly mythological elements of religion. However, reading recently C.S. Lewis fantasy and his invocation of figures like Merlin in That Hideous Strength, I wonder if there is not a role for genuine religion in the comics.
At any rate this is a great resource. If you are interested in more or a discussion, let me know, we'll see what we can do.
Related Tags: superheroes, religion, comics, comic books, comic art
