Chicago Man Creates Jesus Comics
A 29-year-old man in Chicago will distribute a comic book titled "Loaded Bible: Jesus vs. the Vampires" just a few days before Easter.
Posted: Monday, March 13 , 2006, 8:53 (UK)

A 29-year-old man in Chicago will distribute a comic book titled "Loaded Bible: Jesus vs. the Vampires" just a few days before Easter.

With the Islamic world uproar over Danish political cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed still in the air, comic book writer Tim Seeley and his art is being talked about by peers in the industry and already have been attacked by Christian e-mailers.

However, Seeley says that the comic books are "under a veneer of a really fun, over-the-top-crazy, sacrilegious idea." He is subtly criticising the mutual manipulations of organised religion and government since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

"There is a trend right now where people are using religious themes and religious ideas because they make great stories," said Ben Avery, 31, a high school English teacher in South Bend, Indiana. In his spare time, he is editor in chief of Community Comics, a four-person Christian studio that is creating a Christian fantasy, "ArmorQuest," as a graphic novel in three 72-page volumes. The rest