VanHalbgott@lemmus.org to Comic Books@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agoWhat does everyone think of Christian comics?message-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down16
arrow-up1-2arrow-down1message-squareWhat does everyone think of Christian comics?VanHalbgott@lemmus.org to Comic Books@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·18 hours agoThey haven’t really been prominent since Spire comics cut a deal with Archie back in the 70s. https://www.youdontreadcomics.com/articles/2020/6/13/spire-comics-the-christian-adventures-of-archie-andrews They haven’t aged well and even back then were largely a curiosity. Fun comics history though!
minus-squareRolando@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 hours agoFascinating article there. For the interested reader here are a couple others I came across: https://flashbak.com/jesus-in-four-colors-spire-christian-comics-from-the-1970s-404775/ https://wearethemutants.com/2018/05/02/the-illustrated-rapture-theres-a-new-world-coming-1974/
They haven’t really been prominent since Spire comics cut a deal with Archie back in the 70s.
https://www.youdontreadcomics.com/articles/2020/6/13/spire-comics-the-christian-adventures-of-archie-andrews
They haven’t aged well and even back then were largely a curiosity.
Fun comics history though!
Fascinating article there. For the interested reader here are a couple others I came across: