Punk Rock Jesus by Sean Murphy
 

Is anybody else reading Punk Rock Jesus? I have one issue left and am loving it!

I prefer black and white comics to begin with, and am not too interested in the "super-hero" books that Marvel and DC then to put out.

When I saw the title of the thread, I thought it said "by Steve Murphy" (of TMNT fame, of course).

What exactly is the book about, anyway?

"A six issue mini series written and illustrated by Sean Murphy , telling the story of Chris, a genetic clone of Jesus Christ who grew up the star of a reality show, eventually rejecting all things religious, becoming an atheist, and uses his celebrity to start a punk rock band in an effort to rebel against religion."

Hmm... sounds a little cliche to me. :ohwell:

sounds like a horrible idea and a terrible thing to do...

Punk Rock Jesus? seriously?

Their is only 1 Christ, and we live because of his blood.

It's actually really good. The trade will be released in April. You should pick it up. Growing up Italian, religion played a big part of my youth. Sean Murphy does a great job pulling different aspects of the story of Jesus Christ, and I have heard that he is working on a follow up book.

It's a really good book, tackling everything right and wrong about religion with a lot of wry humor, definitely worth the read.

And that's why we're wasted 24 hours a day.

yeah that is definitley a 'great' way of looking at it!

what a champ.

Please read the book before you dismiss it. I'll send you a copy if you want.

I also just realized you're read a book about reincarnation. How does that make you feel? Can you get passed that an appreciate the story? Then you might be able to do the same with Punk Rock Jesus.

You freely admit to being a vampire? Brah, watch out for Italians, I hear they eat a lot of Garlic. That's like, Kryptonite for you guys, yeah?

In all seriousness, it's really for the best not to put any views on religion into a post here at the drome.

Amen. Its really a great series.

Kinda makes you question that if Jesus Christ were an actual god figure, how do you think he'd actually react to our world in this day and age.

Amen... ha I kill myself.

In his day and age, Israel was occupied by the Roman Empire and administered by a corrupt Jewish administration. Jesus preached against that.

I've never read this series, but it really sounds like something I'd like for sure considering I think there are a lot of things wrong with religion and I'm also an atheist.

That is what you believe, and not necessarily the beliefs of other members on these boards.

Attacking Christianity? Yawn.

Ever read "The Satanic Verses", which was far more daring? (I admit I haven't.)

Bashing Christ is nothing new, now why don't we see more people taking shots at Mohammad and Allah? Why do people find it more acceptable to make fun of Jesus and the Christian faith but not the Islamic faith?

Pardon me if this book does and points out the wrongs of other religions, but just pointing a finger at Christ is old, Mohammad had some interesting things that contradicted themselves.

Anyways to keep on topic, I found this blurb from another site interesting. "If we really did clone Jesus, what would that mean? Would he unite the world or further polarize it? What religion should he be taught? Would he even be Jesus? Is it proof of God? Are we God now?"

The idea of cloning some one and telling them there Christ is kind of sickening.

Definitely sounds like an interesting read. I'll have to look out for it.

Holy ****! This is real? I made a very similar comic strip in 8th grade for an assignment. XD

Uh, did you read my post. I said religion, not just Christianity. I think all religions are f*cked up in one way or another.

Why Raven? Because those same people (those who aggressively and ruthlessly go out of their way, rather than just disagreeing) realize their lives would be in danger (from the few, extremely radical violent sects outside of mainstream Islam) if they repeated that same high level of offense on such a public scale, which speaks volumes about how "courageous" they are to stand behind their beliefs, and brings up the question of how "strong" their convictions are. It inevitably, and immediately confronts them with the profound question, "Are you willing to die for your beliefs?"

Here's some examples of the hot water (and life-threatening situations) artists/cartoonists got into for visual depicting Muhammad in a bad light: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depicti...ammad#Cartoons

I am more then aware of this, unfortunately sarcasm does not come out on the internet as well (I was trying to allude to this, but I guess I went to far in the direction of vagueness). I don't find it at all courageous to kill some one for blasphemous interpretations of there figure head (Even though several times in the word of Mohammed they are called to, can any one count the amount of time they are called to kill the infidel?)

I just find it funny that people like to point a finger at Christ and point out his flaws when He taught about love and compassion for others (I can fully understand where people may feel His followers don't follow this to a T). But other religious figure heads have been more interesting to me, such as Mohammed and his really wacky contradictions.

Is it because Christ stands as the main figure head of all religious association? Or because some people where only introduced to the Christian faith and hated it, but then claimed they now hate all religions without looking at any of the others?

I understand it was sarcasm, but you would be surprised though how many other people don't realize why the shots are so uneven. And when I meant "courageous" and how "strong" their convictions are, I was referring to the people creating the harsh religious, public offense and not those who are violently retaliating. I mean if someone's making those bitterly antagonistic, inflammatory statements, but only if it's not at the jeopardy of their own lives... it questions how devoted they are to those beliefs. That's all...

Even atheists can have religious cults. One infamous example I remember hearing so much about when I was young: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonestown