Offered without comment, from Bleeding Cool:
When Neal Adams Had Super-Jesus Fight Muslims in National Lampoon
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The Cremation of Jewish X-Man Kate Pryde
In a review for Marvel Comics’ Marauders #11, Bleeding Cool reporter Jude Terror writes:
The X-Men gives Kate Pryde’s body a Viking funeral, as Jewish tradition dictates.
This, of course, is grossly in error; Jewish tradition dictates no such thing. And even if the (pseudonymic?) Mr. Terror had his tongue deeply in his cheek, it’s a joke in poor taste.
Why’s that? Because, as writers like Rachael Knight at Women Write about Comics point out, it’s a pretty large insult to her religious heritage, particularly as one of the most prominent and long-time Jewish superhero characters.
Bosch Fawstin and “Evil”
Generally speaking, Sacred and Sequential does not republish anything that could be construed as hate speech, bigotry, or prejudice. Amplifying these voices tends to work against our interfaith/multicultural efforts and encourage their further ugliness.
At the same time, there is also the responsibility not to look away, to engage the world as it is and not how we would like it to be. To that end, we’re sharing this January interview from the Randian Objective Standard with “tireless ex-Muslim cartoonist” Bosch Fawstin, an ‘update’ of sorts from earlier profiles on him and his work. In it, Fawstin elaborates on his view that “Islam is an evil ideology.”
In May of 2018, Fawstin was suspended from Twitter due to “hateful conduct,” to which he responded with this piece.
Again, please note that sharing this interview should be in no way understood as an endorsement of Fawstin or The Objective Standard. Even so, if there is any area at all in which our site agrees with Fawstin, it is in terms of the right to free speech. It is good to know, out loud, where he and his supporters stand.
Sacred and Sequential’s Top 2019 Stories
As 2019 draws to a close, we at Sacred and Sequential wanted to take a look back at the year that was and recount the five most-viewed new posts. (Postings from previous years were not included in this list.)
Ultimately, it looks like comics Jesus and calls for new scholarship attracted the most attention! What’s coming in 2020?
Our thanks to all who contributed — and especially those who linked to us and read!
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Religion, Spirituality, and Comics – A Sampler (Part 1 of 3)
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No to Jesus with superheroes; Yes to Jesus with kung-fu beheadings
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CFP – Marveling Religion: Critical Discourse and the Marvel Cinematic Universe
ReligionProf James F. McGrath Talks with A. David Lewis on Kismet and More
Professor James F. McGrath (aka ReligionProf) sits down with Sacred and Sequential‘s own A. David Lewis to discuss Kismet, Man of Fate from publisher A Wave Blue World. This March 2019 episode of the ReligionProf Podcast also features linkbacks to S&S‘s discussion of the Second Coming debacle and Matthew Brake’s news of the new Religion and Comics series from Claremont Press. It all comes full circle!