Bringing back an old feature from the days of the By Rao! website, the following is offered for discussion and scrutiny:
Christian-based comics publisher and multimedia company Kingstone gives their answer, in video form, to “Why Comics?”
Rao want to know: What does this explanation/ad say to audiences? Moreover, why were these visuals selected to constitute their ad? Who is the intended audience?
The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association has named The Kingstone Bible as a Christian Book of the Year Finalist in the Young People’s Literature category.
Art Aryis, Kingstone Comics Founder, says, “I believe the graphic novel format—done well–is the perfect vehicle to reach a generation that, for the most part, does not read the Bible.” Their adaptation of the sacred text includes work by several dozen professional creators including mainstream artists from Marvel Comics and DC Comics titles like Captain America, Aquaman, Superman, Spider-Man, and more.
The company also touted that The Kingstone Bible is “the longest non-serialized graphic novel ever published” at 2,090 pages. (Presumably, series like Lone Wolf & Cub or Dave Sim’s Cerebus fall under the “serialized” header.)
Winner for all of ECPA’s categories will be announced May 2 in Colorado Springs.
In November of 2013, Deseret News spoke with ComicBookReligion.com‘s Preston Hunter and S&S’s own A. David Lewis about the role of religion in comics, from Ms. Marvel to Kingstone Comics. Read here.
