I show up in Hijinks Ensue, in a comic that infers that I was lax in finishing my required art duties. To the contrary! As would be expected of my work ethic, I had my karaoke art cover done at the earliest opportunity, and Joel scrambled to get his done the evening-of.
Your revisionist history fools no one, Joel.
This does remind me that I need to get those Butt-Taco.org shirts available, at long last. Thanks for that, at least.
It’s called a uniform, Robin!
White robe with blue sash is a unform?
No, the green shirt uniform.
I’m pretty sure that white robe and blue sash is a uniform, too.
Unless I’m thinking of a sailor’s suit, which looks similar enough in my head.
Sailor Suit Jesus?
White robe with blue sash is a uniform?
Damn it, I must have double post my comment by mistake.
I love how no one is asking how he did it. They’re just accepting it.
Because Ronald Reagan, obviously.
Well he did bring back Reagan.
But I have to agree with Robin here. He looks nothing like Jesus. His hair needs to be longer and he needs a way cooler beard.
Long hair on a man was shameful back then.
You’re thinking New Testament. Old Testament says long hair is rock, hence Samson.
I’m preeeetty sure Jesus is from New Testament times. ;-P
But he talks like a gentleman. That’s the important part.
Mike and Reagan. They’ve long since accepted Galasso’s Necromancy.
Well, we don’t know about Mike, necessarily. He himself seems fairly sure it was SEMME that brought him back, in spite of the time span and lack of DNA making that impossible. (He refers it as the only way he knows of to bring someone back to life when Amber asks about her dead hamster.)
But yeah, Reagan.
Unless, of course, Galasso has SEMME technology… Mike is aware of Reagan, obviously, and normally knows more then he lets on so it would fit…
That would be a hell of a way to wake up. Middle of an alien war, heroically die, suddenly Gallasso’s pulling your naked body out of a pod, throwing a uniform at you and telling you to work a retail position.
Hey, Jesus already did it once. Maybe Galasso just knew the date and time and asked the lord and savior if he wanted to see the cripplingly poor state of humanity since they’ve forsaken his teachings.
Weird. Shouldn’t Jesus have longer hair?
Galasso probably gave him a haircut.
Nope.
But wasn’t it a pretty big deal in Jewish society for men to not cut their hair or beards?
Not really, no. I think rabbis were forbidden from cutting their beards, but that wasn’t the case for everybody. Jesus is sometimes referred to as a rabbi, but if he was, he certainly wasn’t your usual run-of-the-mill rabbi. He had some divergent ideas. The style at the time, as best archaeology can determine, is shortish hair and short beards. Though the Apostle Paul never met Jesus, he did write that long hair on a man is “shameful,” which gives us one look into thoughts about hair in that century.
(I have been doing a lot of reading on this subject. However, there’s no real 100% consensus.)
Hm. I remember that Samson story, but nothing about rabbis not cutting their hair. It would explain the stereotype, I suppose, but something about that rings false.
I’ll grab my Talmud tomorrow, look into it.
The Talmud? Your going to get like 9 different interpretations on the subject matter and 10 interpretations of those interpretations, and probably 5 interpretations on those interpretations about those interpretations.
Samson didn’t cut his hair because of a vow. It had nothing to do with fashion one way or the other.
A friend of mine was being groomed to become a (the?) Big Mucky-Muck rabbi of a Hasidic sect in NYC when he was a kid. Now I want to ask him about this.
When is there ever a 100% consensus on anything in life?
That is why people choose to take things on faith. I’m just Hopeful that you aren’t mocking the Christian believe just to increase your readership. I’m already considering dropping family guy because they are dicks about that. If you wanted to do something really funny, you should just have Jesus ask batman how he breaths in space!.
Mocking Christians never increases readership. There’s kind of a lot of them.
I can’t believe you’re worrying about this after deciding to stage Jesus’s second coming in a toy store (and make it man-assisted).
I mean, I already knew you had manly coconut-sized cojones, but this requires bowling balls.
I don’t think this counts as a second coming, since he didn’t come himself but was instead dragged.
Like the difference between visiting a guy’s house and him kidnapping you.
Almost half of DoA voters are Christians.
Ok then, why drive away your readers?
Not all Christians are hugely sensitive and get offended by this.
This is really pushing it though. I’ve read your comics since Roomies! and have loved them all, but this… is really hard to just take with a grain of salt. It’s your comic and your choice to do this, but is this really where you -had- to go? You may not believe Jesus was anything more than a man with new ideas, but I believe He is God in a mans body. You may find that silly, but you’re attacking the most important thing in my life when you do this – though I’m sure you’re not doing it on purpose, but but accidentally maiming someone is still, you know, maiming someone.
I think I’ll give this strip a break for a bit. The DoA arc you just did was hard for me, especially the comic sections, but this I can’t read right now. I really do love your strips and your writing, but this was just too much for me to “just have a sense of humor” about.
A man standing in a toy store while people state historical facts behind him is some damn troubling stuff, you betcha.
Actually, historical facts and the common perception of Jesus don’t really mesh all that well. (The guy was summarily executed for disturbing the peace during the politically-charged passover festival. Suffice to say this is not the usual slant given to the events.)
If you think that he “takes beliefs lightly” then you really need to pay more attention to the author himself.
It’s entirely valid to not read because of this, but don’t do it based on false assumptions.
Were you upset when God showed up in this strip, asking for the return of Star Trek Enterprise? I’m not picking a fight, I just want to know. Or when Jesus showed up in Robin’s dream eating a chocolate cross? Or when he was compared to Harry Potter? Or the Aslan stuff?
Religious humor is not exactly new for Shortpacked. Is this (Jesus standing around looking a little gloomy and unlike the Renaissance artists drew him), really more offensive to you than any of that?
In Gods Kingdom, you can look in on the Alt Earth where Enterprise wasn’t canceled!
I’ve got nothing against a good joke, Jesus actually told some whoppers in his time.No joke, he was very fond of humorous rhymes and witty puns!! As you’ve pointed out this strip doesn’t have a great track record of tolerance for Christians ‘ faith. I know good taste can be subjective, I’m just asking for an ounce of respect.
Comment sections* I meant, not comic sections, lol.
Cara – I’m not giving up the comic, just taking a break for a bit. I like Willis, as far as I can see he’s a pretty cool guy and I like his comics. However, bringing Jesus into a comic strip has always been hard for me. When it’s as a gag for one strip I can usually take it with a grain of salt, but to make him a character (even temporarily) the way Shortpacked now is doing is just a bit too much for me.
Doctor_Who – No I wasn’t offended by those at all. I don’t particularly like when people use God as a punch line, but I did find it amusing how Willis did it. It wasn’t like Family Guy, who made God out to be an old pervert who tried to sleep with people constantly and was just a messed up dude. The Aslan stuff wasn’t bad, Willis was just comparing how people perceive Aslan and Harry Potter. My In-laws tried to forbid their kids from reading Harry Potter (before they gave in and got addicted to it as well) and it was because of the people spouting of zealousy stuff who are the ones that make Christians look bad. CS Lewis was a Christian writer and many people hold his books almost as a second bible, so Willis’s representation of many that say “Aslan represents Jesus, so he’s AWESOME! Harry Potter uses magic, so he’s EVIL!” is sadly true.
Making Jesus a character they way Willis did it was what bothers me. Not anything else you mentioned. Please read what I say and try not to project what many others have said onto it.
Shawn – I’m just saying, this was pushing it a bit too far for me. I’ll just come back in a month or two and hope for the best. I really do love Shortpacked, and haven’t been offended yet (a bit annoyed, maybe). It’s just that I feel really uncomfortable with this arc.
To anyone else reading this:
I’ve been reading Willis’ comics for years (Since at least 2004) and have even been skimming the comments since Shortpacked started. I check SP almost every day, sometimes I’ll type the address in out of sheer habit because I check it so often. I knew that if I posted something in he comments like “You know, as a Christian, I just don’t like this” it wouldn’t go over well, but it’s how I feel.
I’m not attacking Willis or his quality of work, I just think he crossed a line here. I still plan on reading his comics and loving them, all I’m saying is I think I’ll take a break for a bit.
…wait, you’re not THE Shawn who dresses up as Batman, are you? Oh, dear sweet FSM.
no. i’m not. My name is Shawn and I love community. Thats all.
I’ve always read that wasn’t meant as a commandment, just an observation that long hair on men tends to flay and fall out.
I’ve always read that wasn’t meant as a commandment, just an observation that long hair on men tends to flay and fall out.
Well, the modern rabbi didn’t come around until later, we actually get the term rabbi from the Aramaic rabbi meaning “teacher,” rabbi just meant a Jewish theologian or philosopher at that time.
Also, a lot of Jesus’ family had ascetic leanings and didn’t cut their hair and since Paul never met Jesus and was kind of a prick anyway, it’s hard to say. I don’t think the hair very much matters, at least it’s curly.
Shortish, unless he was a Nazorite (a particular socio-political group at the time–I’m probably spelling it wrong, though), which some sources suggest Jesus was, in which case long hair and beard would have been the thing to wear. Like Wesley Stevens notes, aceticism ran in the family, and there’s a chance Jesus was part of that.
Paul and the whole short hair deal came significantly later, and since Paul was likely of more urban extraction (and exposed more to the popular styles there) than Jesus, it stands to reason that these influences would be included in his teachings.
Erm, what I mean to say is, look over there! *religion scholar run away!*
But Paul (Saul of Tarsus) was a converted Roman, and Roman men kept short hair.
He was a Jew who was a citizen of Rome.
I think St Paul even wrote something derogatory about men with long hair (1 Corinthians 11:14); this makes the notion of Jesus looking like a hippie unlikely.
OTOH, Biblical-Jesus would be likely to wear long hair precisely because it would annoy people.
Dude never met a rule he didn’t break. He was a bigger troll than Celestia.
Supposedly he actually preached that you should pay your taxes. You know, the whole “render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s” thing.
There’s also the whole “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law” speech in Matthew 5:17-20, where he talks about how even the least of the commandments is important. So according to that, all old laws remain.
Then again, in Mark 7 (specifically Mark 7:18-19) he overturns all of the old food cleanliness laws, so there are some contradictions there.
Just to break any brains out there, one person who does draw Jesus with short hair is Jack Chick.
I doubt it’s out of any concern for historical accuracy. He just doesn’t want his Personal Lord and Savior to look like a dirty hippy.
Who would?
‘Unwashed sandal-wearing hippies with their peace and love crap…’
Yeah, it must be traumatic to think of Jesus Christ as a penniless drifter who hung out with freaks and losers telling people that money isn’t important and to love each other.
It’s been a while, but I seem to remember him being pretty good at drawing people.
It’s what the people *do* that is cause for disagreement.
Weird. I always thought the Chick tracts were illustrated by one of the MAD Magazine artists. Must be a similar style.
Jack Chick’s style seemed to vary from tract to tract. I always figured he just hired ghost artists to draw them, then took the credit for himself.
He drew some, hired artists for others. The high-quality, photo-realistic ones? Not him.
Robin makes a good point…
Maybe Jesus had a makeover, did ya ever think of that, Robin?
Jesus pities the fool!
Oh my god! Jesus is Mr. T!
I think you have that backwards.
Mr. T is Jesus?
Precisely!
I piety the fool!
I love how Jesus seems to just be wandering around aimlessly with that confused/irritated expression. Clearly someone just slapped that uniform on him and pushed him out into the aisle. He doesn’t speak any modern language so this is going to be a long day for him.
You just know Samuel L. Jackson is going to show up at some point.
Samuel Jackson: English mutha’ fucker do you speak it
Jesus:?למה זה יעד שלכם כשהוא מחזיק
Shouldn’t that be Aramaic?
Maybe he can speak in tounges?
But Robin, a white robe and a blue sash isn’t the proper dress code at Shortpacked!
Actually the only dress code is the damn name tag.
And that pukey green color.
So it’d probably be fine if he just changed the sash.
Oh man he could go all Worf with the normal uniform plus the sash
If you want Picture Bible Jesus, he works at McAwesomes.
I looked for the like or +1 button. And then I remembered where I was.
McAwesomes totally employs Buddha. Or maybe the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
No, McAwesome has things that are less related than that- remember Roosevelt.
So, they probably have Mohammed or Joseph Smith.
Joseph Smith was never presented as a messianic figure, even among the most faithful mormons; I don’t even recall people using him as a behavioral example much. He’d be a poor parallel.
The FSM would be pretty cool to see, though, and matches the funner upbeat (and spatially improbable) nature of the place fairly well. (Though technically the FSM parallels YHWH, not Jesus.) And it *is* a bakery…
I totally read that as Joseph Stalin at first. And was trying like hell to figure that one out. And then, at reading the next comment, trying to figure out how he was connected to Mormons.
You know, I was wondering when I watched Transformers Prime whether dingus was an Australian term or something, cause they named an entirely serious plot device a dingus.
Now I don’t know what they were doing.
You’re thinking of dingos not dingus.
A baby ate my dingus!
wait what
That band is led by a guy named Zo in a mirror universe.
Zo is played by Matthew Senreich, naturally.
I had nearly the same reaction after hearing friends call each other Tardises and then watching Doctor Who….
Damn, Jesus was short. That’s two inches shorter than Ronnie James Dio.
That’s even an inch shorter than Glenn Danzig.
Although he is the same height as Angus Young.
All heights must be judged relative to rock stars. Thus it is written.
>Although he is the same height as Angus Young.
Sweet, let’s see him play Back in Black
I’d watch that.
“We’re on a haaaaarrowing of hell!”
Aw shucks. I was hoping Robin would see him munching on a chocofix and he recognizing her from her dream…
Willis, I love you for doing this. I hung on through the Malaya arc even though I didn’t really enjoy it, but the last two eps have been a joy and I get the feeling the rest of the week will be gold.
Turns out Malaya and Jesus are childhood friends.
And then they make out.
malaya: damn, i guess i’m atheist after all.
Okay, I admit that got a laugh out of me. One that might be described as “out loud.”
(But never as a “LOL” ’cause I’m old and crotchety and hate the kids and their slang and with they’d get off my alt.news.lawn.)
That’s not what bothers me; I think he’d probably smile a little more.
If he’s been resurrected in a futuristic world and has no suitable language skills, it’s a miracle that he’s managing to wonder around calmly at all. Whoever he is.
Why is Jesus darker than Sarah over at Dumbing of Age? And why is his name tag blank?
Heh, whatever.
Looks like Ethan isn’t the only prophetic Jew around anymore.
Um, because people have lots of different skin tones?
Everyone’s nametag is blank. I’ve previously theorized that Galasso doesn’t want people to know who his operatives are.
Or this is how he sucks out their individuality and makes pliable worker drones out of them.
I bet it’s not actually Jesus. Galasso just made another weird culture mistake, and the guy’s a fake. Or it’ll turn out to be a fake, and then it’ll turn out it’s actually Jesus. And then we’ll all go “DAMN YOU WILLIS!!!”
He’s a mexican gent whose name is Jesus (pronounced HEY-soose) Crist.
I remember watching a documentary (I think it was during a Classical Studies class?) that went into the beardless fashion in the Roman empire in early AD. The documentary showed art of the earlier emperors and Jesus with no beard. Later on beards as a sign of wisdom became fashionable, some of the art of previous emperors had false beards attached, and Jesus art of the period started getting the beard.
That sounds like the strangest yet oddly most awesome documentary I have ever heard.
Yes, Robin. Yes it would. Thank you for giving us an accurate picture of Jesus, Willis~! ^_^ Most of his portrayals in fiction are quite off the mark.
Most of his portrayal in, er, non-fiction are even more off the mark.
Do explain.
That tall blue-eyed caucasian man? Crucified through the palms? Born in the year 1 during a census that inexplicably required everybody to leave their homes and flock to a handful of locations? Followed by a massive slaughter of babies? Who was sentenced despite the best efforts of a wishy-washy, simpering Pilate, after requiring a kiss to identify despite having just saturated himself in his own blood? That Jesus?
Suffice to say, while records from that era and area are a bit sparse, they’re not completely non-existent, and the best-known stories about him tend to be the most easily disputed. And adding in the fact that the several gospels show significant signs of being based off of one another, and poorly told? All that taken into account, the facts about Jesus can be collected into two categories:
1) He very likely existed, became a wandering preacher of some kind, started an apocalyptic messianic cult, and ended his claims at being the Jewish messiah by getting himself summarily executed by the Romans. That is, things that are probably true.
3) Fish stories and patent lies about his that were developed by his followers. Textual evidence (and contradictions) show that the four gospels are not independent accounts backing each other up, but rather stages in a decades-long game of ‘telephone’ as the myths the devoted told about their founder grew and spread in the telling, being modified as necessary to appeal to the desired audience. (For example, independent records of the time show Pilate to be a ruthless badass; he was softened up in the tales because at that time the Christians were trying to attract Roman converts and thus tried to make the Romans look better.) Suffice to say the secondhand accounts written over thirty years after the fact would not have word-for-word accounts of any of his teachings. Also it took a while for people to decide that Jesus’s ressurrection was literal; initially it was thought of as spiritual/metaphorical only. This literal resurrection business was perhaps the biggest fish story/telephone game of all.
I suppose that technically, being a 99.99% mythologized figure only makes the supposedly non-fictional Jesus as off the mark as fictional depictions. But that added claim of being real is that tiny bit more off-the-mark that it takes to push him over the limit, in my reckoning.
Hey, you asked.
I did ask.
Sad thing is, I had an argument with somebody on the internet (a racist) about Jesus
He refused to accept that this is likely what Jesus looked like
Dammit I hope I was getting trolled…
You can call me a racist if you like, but I still don’t think he should be that much darker than Robin, although admittedly my main sources are Wikipedia and that composite from that one Cracked article.
That is definitely a 100% reliable set of sources, and you should form absolutely iron-clad opinions based on them.
Yeah, I dunno if I’d used “Cracked said so” as my evidence.
Although a history book written by Seanbaby would be pretty epic. I’d just assume it was the truth due to pure awesomeness.
Step 1: Resurrect Jesus
Step 2: Make him work retail
Step 3: ?????
Step 4: Prophet
oh ho! Prophet! I GET IT 8D
Ah, Ha,Ha. Knomes…
That is the absolute best Jesus Working At Shortpacked expression.
I’m wondering why he’s raising an eyebrow in the first panel.
it’s because he sees at least a dozen different monopoly games, but not one of them is regular monopoly.
“Three different Optimus Primes? What the vase?”
The place I’m working at just rolled out their Easter sales items (on line, anyway), so yeah, I’m getting a kick out of this.
Robin is the one fictional character I find myself consistently wanting to shake the hell out of. My god…
“The comics this week may not make much sense”
David Willis, 27/02/12
So this Jesus is just the result of a mash potato overdose?
That explains so much.
That is sure a detailed board game section. If I didn’t know better I’d think that Willis spent a fair amount of time at toy stores.
Dingus = Futurama reference?
Dude, the word “dingus” is at least several decades old. At least as old as I am.
I’ve typically heard it used as a synonym to ‘thingamajig’, myself, not an insult.
I’m more familiar with it as an equivalent to “dumbass,” kind of like “ding-a-ling,” but without doubling as a word for penis.
I really want to see Duncan start doing his whole spiel with this guy. Maybe Jesus can heal his stupid.
Who’s Duncan?
Guy with a beard. Talks about Playskool like it’s a bad thing. Get’s on Ethan’s nerves.
Does JC wear a tallit under his green shirt?
Joel implied. You infered.
All these folk freaking out over “Jesus” showing up in the comic.
Step one: Prove Galasso’s not just balls-fuck CRAZY and pulling this Jesus crap out of his ass. It’s Galasso. The man who was going to toss his temps into a lava pit he apparently had custom installed (Unless that’s standard for toy stores? Never worked at one). The man who had Ethan bed his daughter to take his “throne”. Man be a bit cray-cray.
Step two: Even if it IS Jesus… REAGAN. Historically indisputable figure (I think Jesus probably existed, but eh, prove it *shrug*) being brought back to life touches more on the “Is this really in good taste” bit for me. LIVING PEOPLE who knew Reagan or were around when he was and looked up to him (I wasn’t and don’t, but, personal choice, etc) might find it a WHOLE lot less amusing than Jesus.
Step three: I’mma be REALL blunt here: Check you aversion at the door. Is it because it’s a religious figure, or because it’s YOUR religious figure? Because one makes you a hypocrite or a bigot, and it ain’t the first one.
Look, if it makes you uncomfortable to see what may be your historically questionable though likely figure brought to life (or just hired on) by a demonstrably unstable and mildly (at least) sociopathic character, THAT’S ALRIGHT. You can be uncomfortable because your personal bias (which we all have! Me included!) doesn’t work with it. It’s totally cool and hey, I’m glad if you feel a certain way, know your boundaries, and stick to them. Good on ya!
But call it what it is, and don’t pretend that the person being possibly Jesus is bothersome for any reason than that.
Bam. I’ll leave that rational thought right there for you.
Regarding step 3: Caring more about the things you care about than you care about the things you don’t care about isn’t hypocritical, it’s being consistent. And it’s not bigoted to be uninterested in other people’s beliefs; to be bigoted you have to be prejudiced against actual people. Failing to be bothered on their behalf doesn’t qualify (at least, not on its own.)
For example, I am completely untroubled by the fact that (maybe-)Jesus is showing up in this comic. This fact doesn’t make me hypocritical, because I’m completely consistent about not caring about Jesus, and it doesn’t make me bigoted against christians either, any more than you are bigoted against christians for posting your above comment. (Note: I may in fact be a bigot against Christians; I don’t think I am, but who can tell nowadays. Regardless if I am, it’s for other reasons than failing to be offended on their behalf.)
Personally I can see two reasons Christians would be made uncomfortable by this storyline: first, Jesus was just resurrected by a madman for no particularly divine reason, and two, Jesus doesn’t seem anything like the Jesus they imagine to exist. It’s like he’s a *man* or something. A jew even. And he doesn’t seem particularly holy or special at all. In other words it’s a secular (realistic) portrayal of the guy, which is pretty problematic for some people.
“Jesus was just resurrected by a madman for no particularly divine reason.”
Ding! Winner winner chicken dinner (except on Fridays until Easter…)
Even people with a rudimentary understanding of the Christian faith should see why that can in and of it self be completely blasphemous. If I do have to explain it I will in simple to comprehend way;
1. God = All powerful uncompromisable “force” that wills the universe to exist.
But then he had to go back to his “home”.
2. Jesus = God’s body. Think of it like the movie Avatar
3. Jesus died
4. Jesus came back.
5. Love God, and your fellow man as he loves you/me and we can all live happily ever after.
Ignore God’s presences/ denounce his love and the opposite of that happens.
Sure I know it sounds a lil cray cray to the person who doesn’t understand it, but it’s what I believe to be true. Nothing in science, history or archeology can disprove it, so I take it on faith to be a fact.So for this web series that I read every day to seemingly feature an unholy madman resurrecting Jesus forces me to also raise my eyebrow.
Blasphemy is an always will be a relevant term. It has no objective grounds whatsoever as it depends entirely on contradictions of faith held beliefs. It’s fine to be upset by your personal bias towards religion, I am not upset because of MY personal bias (again, it’s a matter of calling a fish a fish). I never said there’s no reason to be upset, I said that we should examine why we’re upset and be clearly honest. It’s because we have our own little views of the world and cling to them as if we are somehow wiser than the earth. It’s the only way, as I can see it, for man to remain sane.
You miss my point. Disregarding other’s faiths in favor of your own, IE: Being okay with one faith being mocked simply because it’s not you? Bigotry. Not direct, but indirect. Again, check you aversion. Hypocrisy is saying you care only because it’s a religious figure but only when it’s a certain one. It’s simple bias.
And as I said, it’s fine. We all have our biases and things we won’t protect because they aren’t ours. We all have our lines. That’s good. Just be AWARE of that is what I’m saying. I can imagine a lot of people being worked up. I get angry about things that rub me wrong all the time. But I never pretend that it’s because what I know is impossible to assail. Hell, I hope I’m never that dense. I’d like to believe that you offer me good solid proof and I’ll immediately reexamine my stance. Rational thought being the only line I won’t break, since that supports the willingness to do all else.
1. He’s bat shit fucking crazy. That isn’t the point.
2. Comparing an actor/president to the creator incarnate is like comparing apples to well, The Creator incarnate. LoL. There is no comparison.
3. I don’t believe in mocking anybody’s faith…except for Mormons and terrorists. (that was a joke!)
Honestly, my only concern is that we are dealing with a proposed historically accurate Jesus…As such, I want to see an accurate Jesus… I’d be less concerned if we where seeing the popular caricature people often popularize.
First: You’d have to believe in the Lord Almighty. For those that don’t, yes, having a laugh at the expense of an historic figure might be much more upsetting. Like I said, I’m not really bothered. So, yes, there IS a comparison. There just isn’t in the BELIEVER’s world, which is a personal bias, and, again, fine, so long as that is acknowledged.
I still don’t think we’re mocking a faith. People are reacting in a knee-jerk fashion to VERY little information. Which isn’t rational and another sign of reacting based on bias. Less okay, because we are rational, thinking creatures. Whether you’re a believer in science or religioon, you ought cling to calm, rational thought and careful analytical behavior, either because it is what separates us from lesser beings, or because it is a gift given unto men by the Creator.
I’m actually interested in seeing where this goes. Frankly, I’d be more upset by seeing the stereotypical handsome, tall, white Jesus than the figure we’re looking at, because I’m bloody sick of that guy. Sick of all the racially revisionist Jesus images, really. Which is my bias against fudging history to make ourselves more comfortable. But that’s a different debate.
I say mock anything, and be prepared to be mocked if you do. Or ignored. Free will and all being a fantastic thing that both Rationalists and Believers, I believe, cherish. That said, we mock things in our art, not to one another’s face. I’m amused plenty by people making jokes about agnostics (If they’re good), but I’ll defend my beliefs if you throw it in my face. I’d expect the same of anyone, and support them. I’ve more than once defended the rights of the Faithful to do as they wish for themselves. As long as they don’t shove it in my face, I’ll put myself between anyones beliefs and aggression. It’s the Rational behavior.
Oh, dude! Apples to Apples! We made our own deck for sci-fi club called “Apples to Copyright Infringement”!
Historical Jesus is not amused.
I work with a guy who flat out refuses to believe that Jesus was Jewish. He says he was an Israelite, and that there is a big difference.
I must hasten to add that I disagree with this person on virtually every subject.
Well, he was pre-Talmudic, and likely wouldn’t have been familiar with the Tanakh as modern Jews know it… (but rather the Septuagint and its translations, the predecessor to the Catholic and Orthodox “Old Testaments”).
No no, he means racially. Yeah. Think about the reasoning behind that for a moment.
What “reasoning”?
Um, actually* it’s a Red sash. Blue is Mary’s color.
It’s why pink used to be a masculine color. It only changed when Medievel peasants started trying to trick The Devil(tm) into killing the wrong-gendered babies. Aren’t people wonderful?
* I know what I’m doing, but I’m doing it anyway
Tell you what.
Go find a Picture Bible.
Open it up.
And then you tell me what color sash Jesus is wearing.
To be fair, it seems to vary from picture bible to picture bible:
http://www.vernacularmedia.org/index.php/Read%27n_Grow_Picture_Bible
To be fair, even the Bible Bible seems to have trouble deciding what color clothes Jesus supposedly wore (in Matthew 27:28 Jesus wore a scarlet robe to his crucifixion, but in John 19:2 it’s a purple robe).
Turquoise
http://www.soulshepherding.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Jesus-robed-in-majesty.jpg
Man, that’s weird that you think the 1950s was when medieval times happened.
Indeed, since their website makes it clear that they started in 1983!
God, new guy, ever heard of shaving?
I’m guessing the whole historical part everyone is talking about is that Jesus wasn’t a tall, fair-skin man.
Assuming he is a multiversal singularity. I hope he travel to DOA universe and tell Mary she shouldn’t act holier-than-thou towards Dorothy.
Let’s set up an offensive strawman, then demolish it! Comedy reigns!
I’m confused here. What do you think the strawman in this strip is, and in which panel do I try to demolish it?
Why does Jesus look so angry? He’s like “this is what I died for?”
Is Jesus the real second Eaton?
This is the WORST, most OFFENSIVE webcomic featuring a resurrected Jesus working in the same retail toy store that a resurrected Ronald Reagan also once worked in, EVAR!
Clearly, you have neither judgement or taste. This is absolutely the best webcomic featuring a resurrected Jesus working in the same retail toy store that a resurrected Ronald Reagan also once worked in.
I just hope this whole plot is somehow mainly about Ninja Rick getting beaten up.
Where’s the strip parodying the Joe and TF Hasbro fan clubs credit card meltdown? So many people got ripped off. I guess they were just overreacting and not tr00 fans11
There are other parts of my site. Please read them.
Thank you for taking time to put words in my mouth about it. I’ve enjoyed this time together.
I don’t know which is making my eyes more crosseyed… The comments or the plot.
I’ll admit when I first found this on my original archive binge I erred over whether you were going to just start insulting Christianity every time he appeared. As far as I recall, you didn’t do that at all, so good job.