Jesus Has Returned and He’s Poorly Drawn
You’re looking at the cover of Manga Messiah, a manga-ized version of the Gospels for those crazy kids who love the manga but haven’t quite understood they’re going to hell. There’s so much comedy here that my brain has partially shut down, so please excuse these random thoughts:
1) Manga Messiah publisher Tyndale House plans on selling this thing in Japan. Don’t they know there’s already a manga Jesus in Japan, and she has huge breasts? I think this this non-hottie Jesus is going to be a tough sell.
2) Tyndale says that this was drawn by “Japan’s hottest Christian manga artists,” which, while cracking me up, is kind of hard to believe. This cover has OEL all over it. Isn’t lying a sin?
3) See that tagline up top? “Has he come to save the world or destroy it?” I thought Christians had figured out the answer to that question about 2,000 years ago or so.
4) Manga Messiah is only the first in a biblically themed manga line; look for Manga Mutiny (Genesis through Exodus) and Manga Metamorphosis (Acts and Epistles) later this year, and after that Manga Melech, mostly about David. If there’s one thing kids love, it’s manga, and if there are two things kids love, it’s manga and old Hebrew terms. You’re looking at the hottest seller of 2009 right here.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to figure out how I’ll be spending my time in hell. I’m planning on 80% screaming in agony, and 20% sobbing in repentance.