god is in the details

[davemerrill]

This week Stupid Comics stars the greatest superhero of all, God, who as represented by Merlin J. Carothers and Tony Tallarico, is a mercurial genie who can easily help you stop smoking or get wives to pray at the dinner table.



Don't bother Carothers' God with stuff like, say, asking him to do something about the millions maimed and killed in the war Carothers happens to be in the middle of. God only handles the small stuff.

This is one proseltyzing Christian comic that has the exact opposite effect. When I was about 11 I bought this comic from a kid at school along with a lot of Spire and Crusader comics, and I can remember reading it at the time and being kind of bewildered at the petty, myopic behavior of what is supposedly the creator of the universe. Finding the comic again as an adult, I'm appalled by just about everything about it. For one thing, the existence of Tony Tallarico.

Comments

[mpceccato.livejournal.com]

Here is Merlin now: http://www.foundationofpraise.org

[sobieniak.livejournal.com]

Surprised he's still around, I guess being thankful to God all those years have paid off. :-)

[spook-town.livejournal.com]

Have you got any of this company's other titles? I've long been curious to see how Al Stenzel's version of RUN BABY RUN compares to Al Hartley's.

[davemerrill.livejournal.com]

This is the only "Logos" title I have, but I have another version of "Run Baby Run" that is a weird smaller size and is mostly text with illustrations.

Did Spire do a "Run Baby Run" or was there only the crossover between Nicky Cruz and David Wilkerson? That's like the Christian comics equivalent of a Marvel Team-Up!

Place we were in yesterday had The Crusaders "Crisis" ("THE BABIES - THEY'RE ALL MISSING!!") labeled "Adults only".

[(Anonymous)]

As you know, if you put in an order for 10,000 copies of a Chick tract, you get 50% off, plus, if you like, custom printing of your church or business's contact info on the back. I bring this up because the example used in the latest Chick catalog is an evangelical church in Tokyo (the Victory Christian Center near Urayasu Station, just behind Mr. Donuts). I knew my incessant shoehorning of "HAW HAW" into every manga would pay off!

--Carl

[davemerrill.livejournal.com]

The fact that the good folks at Mister Donut will come around and give you free refills on your coffee, that's proof there is some kind of of a god. I was not expecting that at the Mister Donut in Shinjuku.

[retro-rider55.livejournal.com]

Gawds; Spire Kristchin Komix have even gotten their hooks into Archie. I mean, I know it's Archie, but there's squeaky clean, and then there's " - your husband will tell you everything you need to know on your wedding night."...

(sorry; friend of cannotspell, here)