Comments on: Cool Comic Cover Gallery for Easter

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:33:02 +0000

"Hey I was gonna say that! Oh wait, I already didâ€¦"

sorry

I thought i read all the way down.

But hey...in that second cover, isn't kinda weird to see ducks messed with broken eggs...I wouldn't even imagine what the "people equivalent" would feel like (seeing).

By: Rhod

Rhod — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:27:09 +0000

Hey I was gonna say that! Oh wait, I already did...

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:59:17 +0000

"I like how only one has any relation to the real reason Easter exists."

?
I didn't see that cover, Easter is named after Eastre, a goddess of spring and fertility...it was originally a celebration of [spring and] fertility.

By: SanctumSanctorumComix

SanctumSanctorumComix — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:23:27 +0000

Oh. There was also a graphic novel "IN HIS STEPS" that was based on a novel (of the same name, iirc).

I have that one too.
(very religious mother who hated my comic-reading, but thought that RELIGIOUS comics would be OK)

~P~
P-TOR

By: SanctumSanctorumComix

SanctumSanctorumComix — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:05:45 +0000

MARVEL teamed up with NELSON to produce religious comics.

They had;
THE LIFE OF POPE JOHN-PAUL II
THE LIFE OF MOTHER THERESA
THE LIFE OF ST. FRANCIS or ASSISI
THE EASTER STORY

and a "superhero" attempt called:
THE ILLUMINATOR

There might be others but those are the only ones that I have seen (Easter), own (the 3 "Life of's") or heard of (Illuminator).

~P~
P-TOR

By: Rob Peters

Rob Peters — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:04:41 +0000

StoneGold, Marvel/Nelson was a very short-lived partnership between Marvel Comics and Christian book publisher Thomas Nelson Publishing. It resulted in a very-short lived Illuminator, a christian superhero, and a few graphic novels adapting classic Christian novels.

By: StoneGold

StoneGold — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:29:11 +0000

What the hell is Marvel Nelson, as seen in the corner box on the last cover?

By: Vert

Vert — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:37:18 +0000

You beat me to it, Rhod! Good call.

By: Rhod

Rhod — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:49:42 +0000

"I like how only one has any relation to the real reason Easter exists. "

Actually considering that the name Easter comes from Eostre, a pagan festival worshipping springtime and nature's rebirth, hence the eggs, you'll actually find that all EXCEPT one have any relation to the real reason Easter exists.

By: TimGunn

TimGunn — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:05:49 +0000

oh man i thought we were going to get the cruicified wolverine cover when I first saw the link

By: Daniel O' Dreams

Daniel O' Dreams — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:15:56 +0000

Yeah Rose petals aren't really appropriate for the time and place.
When did Marvel do Jesus comics?

and is it just me or does the "Bugs" egg look weirdly like Egg Fu from Wonder Woman?

By: Bic

Bic — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:17:27 +0000

I quite like how Jesus has shoulder pads built into his robe.

By: Rob M

Rob M — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:14:47 +0000

No Treasure Chest? http://dspace.wrlc.org/view/ImgViewer?url=http://dspace.wrlc.org/doc/manifest/2041/28282

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:15:02 +0000

Yeah, I'm done with the poser, too.

By: poser, the

poser, the — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:14:06 +0000

once again, yawn. also, I was under the assumption that "cool covers" would yield something "cool". huh

By: John Trumbull

John Trumbull — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:26:03 +0000

Made a heck of a Green Lantern/Green Arrow cover, though.

http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/image_cover/GreenLantern_Arrow_Jesus.jpg

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:13:59 +0000

Really? Easter has the most powerful visual images in all of Christianity. Maybe not the most pleasant, but definitely the most powerful.

True, but not exactly appropriate for a Chip and Dale cover, right?

By: muldertp

muldertp — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:46:17 +0000

"I think it was more that Easter just isnâ€™t much of a visual - not like Christmas."

Really? Easter has the most powerful visual images in all of Christianity. Maybe not the most pleasant, but definitely the most powerful.

By: Graeme Burk

Graeme Burk — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:00:29 +0000

I like how only one has any relation to the real reason Easter exists.

I actually find it funny that the cover of The Easter Story uses an image of Jesus from the triumphal entry (and an odd one at that-- they waved palm branches in scripture, here they're throwing rose petals!) instead of an image of Jesus' resurrection

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:01:03 +0000

Do you think Easter doesnâ€™t get the comics treatment these days because it adheres to religion, or because it never has a set date?

I think the religious aspect is why we don't see Easter featured much NOW (note that almost all of these covers are from the 60s and earlier), but back then, comics were quite open to talking about Christian stuff in their mainstream comics (perhaps too much so ), so I think it was more that Easter just isn't much of a visual - not like Christmas.