Part of Rao’s modus operandi is to catch religion and comics stories in the news as they happen and save them to a repository for later re-reading, analysis, and then write up. Of course, while that allows for cautious commentary and limited knee-jerk reaction, it also can cause a back-up of reportable items, sometimes having … Continue reading Islam and Comics: Sensing a Trend?
ReligionLink.com is, by its own description, “a non-partisan service of Religion Newswriters” that is “by journalists, for journalists.” So, it’s understandable that they encourage religion writers to think further on the intersection of the comics-based genre of superheroes and religion in recognition of Superman’s 75th anniversary and new film. Clearly, Rao endorses this viewpoint, too. … Continue reading ReligionLink Targets Comics, Misses a Lot
Discussion of Nightrunner continues, now on the satirical The Daily Show. The interview features Comics Alliance‘s Chris Simms and Bosch Fawstin, the latter of whom had already spoken about about the threat of Nightrunner becoming a Jihadist. Curiously, both the interviewees and interviewer Aasif Mandvi refer to Nightrunner as a “sidekick,” something that does not … Continue reading Nightrunner as per The Daily Show
Since the previous posting, additional sites and commentators have gone on record regarding Nightrunner, Batman/Bruce Wayne’s selection for his “deputy” in Paris. Tim Murphy at Mother Jones remains rather neutral and unalarmed on the issue, suggesting that there are two controversies overlaid here: first, that “Frenchmen (and Frenchwomen) would never embrace a Algerian Muslim as … Continue reading More on Nightrunner, the Muslim Batman of Paris