New Graphic Novel Narrates a Friendship of Mythic Proportions
Author and illustrator John Hendrix discusses ‘The Mythmakers,’ his new graphic novel about C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien.
Author and illustrator John Hendrix discusses ‘The Mythmakers,’ his new graphic novel about C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien.
With comic books, we see the tendency of Christians to either adopt culture unquestioningly or condemn it without serious consideration.
Just as the fleeing Israelites plundered the treasure of the Egyptians as they fled toward the promised land, so modern Christians can benefit by reading pagan classics of ancient Greece and Rome.
We shouldn’t be surprised Sam Altman wanted to make the dystopian fiction of ‘Her’ a reality. In a secular world without a guiding narrative, any story—even cautionary tales—might inspire imitation.
Contemporary visual storytelling is stylistically advanced but morally regressive. We’re in a renaissance of style but a dark ages of story.