morgan1 and I are pleased to announce the debut of our Graphic Novel project, The Last Days of Yeshua HaNozri: A Tale of Appeasement.Basically, it is a passion story that endeavors to explore the political dynamics that culminated in the crucifixion of Jesus. It was conceived as a response to Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ," but will have ( Read more... )

I was living in Rego Park, Queens, in New York City when news of a shadow called the Ayatollah Khomeini passing over Iran reached my ears. It was a confusing time, as the news recounted how this force of darkness was unseating that agent of sweetness and light, the Shah of Iran. Things got a little blurry though, when more news reports revealed ( Read more... )

Johnny Jihad is a graphic novel that speculates on the Radical Islamization of a typical American boy from a typical American town. It is, of course, inspired by the discovery of John Walker Lindh, but it should be noted that it is not an attempt to recount Lindh's experiences. It is a speculation on what might lead an American teenager down the ( Read more... )

I have been reading American Splendor, a comic book anthology written by Harvey Pekar and drawn by a variety of rather stunning icons of cartooning including Robert Crumb and Gary Dumm. It is basically a set of autobiographical sketches of Pekar's life, episodes of the unremarkable. Ironically this is precisely what makes it so fascinating. ( Read more... )