Bible-based novels

[GOLLUM]

Hi there.

Does anyone know if stories from the Old and New testament have ever been converted into graphic novels??

 

[j d worthington]

Hi there.

Does anyone know if stories from the Old and New testament have ever been converted into graphic novels??

Not certain; though I'd be surprised if not. There have been plenty of comics versions of them, though, from a weekly called Bible Story -- for which Moorcock apparently did considerable scripting (see his introduction to The Swords of Heaven, the Flowers of Hell, where he says it "was one of the best-paying markets at the time, and was distinctive in that everyone who worked on it became, after a while, a thoroughgoing atheist"!) -- to (IIRC) some Classics Illustrated adaptations (I vaguely recall one on David and Goliath from many, many moons ago, for instance....)

 

[GOLLUM]

Thanks JD, I'll keep my peepers out for them, it was for my father that I was enquiring...

 

[aquamarine]

 

[GOLLUM]

Now that's just plain scary....

 

[Nesacat]

Meowrr GOLLUM .... I found this while asking Google about Kingdom Come. It might be of interest if you're still looking for graphic novels.

Biblical graphic novels

 

[hlywkar]

I have always thought about writing a book based on the bible. But not religious at all. just reading and taking into context as i see it. then tossing it on paper, in an order that seems to fit. no clue if it would work though. ... I would first have to actually read the whole thing. ... When ever I try I barely get past genesis. and sometimes I just skip to the end.. haha

 

[Pyan]

to (IIRC) some Classics Illustrated adaptations (I vaguely recall one on David and Goliath from many, many moons ago, for instance....)

Not actually CI, but close, j.d.:

Picture Stories from the Bible

Some of these are on Ebay (link in link, so to speak!) - from US$ 39.99 to US$ 599.99!

 

[Scorchio]

Sounds like a good idea,good way to convert kids to, or at least maybe boost some morals.

 

[Lith]

There's an entire version of the Bible put into comic format out there somewhere; we used to get little sections of it in Sunday school when I was a kid, and eventually they compiled them into a Bible. But for the life of me I don't remember what it was called or who put it out.

And it may or may not be what you're looking for- it's not a reworking of the Bible at all, just an illustrating of it in a sort of Prince Valiant style.

There are other treatments, but you'd probably have to get into some pretty small religious presses to find them. Or you could find a Christian bookstore somewhere and ask the person that runs it about them.