Comments on: Six Interesting Interpretations of God in Comic Books

By: Krazyjoe

Krazyjoe — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:11:17 +0000

No Wally the Godboy from Peter David’s run on ‘Supergirl’ in the 90s?

Shame on you for your blasphemy.

By: Jen

Jen — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 19:21:46 +0000

I’m a big fan of the mini series Dawn: Lucifer’s Halo by Joseph Michael Linsner. It depicts God (Ahura Mazda) as one of many Gods. In the story, he and Lucifer were lovers. And when Lucifer disobeyed him he cast him out of Heaven and gave him Hell. He requests the help of the Goddess Dawn to retrieve Lucifer’s Halo and bring it back to him…but she has bigger plans.

By: zoezoewriter

zoezoewriter — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 15:03:11 +0000

I came here because of JTHM.
Now I’ve got a few more comics to read.

By: Remy Carreiro

Remy Carreiro — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 20:27:04 +0000

@ Charlie Ward, I respect your opinion and did not intend to offend with that line. Well, that is a small lie. I do respect your opinion, but I think I realized when I put “concept”, which I battled with a little bit, I knew it might draw some controversy, and I did it anyway. But in doing it, I am not trying to undermine anyone’s beliefs. And I knew, if nothing else, it would spark some decent conversation in the comments, so I have no regrets, and I do appreciate you sharing our mind.
@ RJ Moore, If I could have seen the future, I would have opened this article with that comment. Haha. You got a genuine LoL out of me when I reached the end.
Grebo, Yeah, that is my one regret, I LOVE that book.
@Assablanca, I want to tell you I agree with you about Shane and had never made that visual connection, but your name is making me laugh too hard….

By: assablanca

assablanca — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:48:12 +0000

Speaking of The Walking Dead, the actor that plays Shane in the tv show looks a lot like a real-life Jesse Custer to me. (You know, before he shaved off his curly hair. They also have the same nose, imo.)

By: Grebo

Grebo — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:00:32 +0000

You forgot the God in the Chronicles Of Wormwood. He was a floating old guy who was constantly masturbating under his robes, who eventually gets spiked togethere with Satan by their sons the antichrist and the 2nd incarnation of jesus who hate their dads

By: R.J. Moore II

R.J. Moore II — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:22:16 +0000

There are two potential meanings to the word ‘god’.

One, the one used by most people over almost all of human history, is the one that makes logical sense. A ‘god’ is a heavenly or at least inhuman being with super-powers. Thor is a god. So is Superman. Saying that Superman isn’t a god is just ‘no true scottsman’.

There is another definition of god, which I will call Thomistic or Buddhist. This definition involves a bunch of undefmined and contradictory superlative forms thrown together. This ‘god’ does not exist because it is rhetorical nonsense and anyone defending it is a crank.

Either way, god does not exist.

By: Charlie Ward

Charlie Ward — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 02:03:10 +0000

“Yes, that is what God is, ultimately. A concept.”

That statement implies (through use of the word “ultimately”) that God is not ANYTHING MORE than a concept. That might be true or it might not be, but none of us actually know. I didn’t say God as a concept wasn’t a thing (Where’d everyone get that idea?), I was just saying that he’s not necessarily JUST a concept. Which is correct insofar as it can’t be disproven.

If you didn’t actually mean to say that that was all God definitely was, okay, but then you shouldn’t have used the word “ultimately”. It was bound to needle. I’m a case in point.

As for the “GOD” comic I think that’s the work of Erik Larsen. I remember it being a big thing back when I was reading Wizard as a kid.

By: Remy Carreiro

Remy Carreiro — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:55:16 +0000

@ Code, Nice counterpoint, thank you. And as to why I couldn’t talk about that last GOD comic, well, I couldn’t actually find a copy of it, and trust me, I looked. Good chance it is just some pulp art someone made, unfortunately. And all praise Nailbunny!
@willroyboy, AHHHHHHH. *kicks self in ass* I rarely regret my lists, but awesome call on Wormwood. Slipped my mind completely.

By: willroyboy

willroyboy — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:53:53 +0000

what about the Chronicles of Wormwood’s god? a masterbating metally challenged old fart? or in Hellblazer? where satan also descibes god as a crazed freak who shit and pissed himself after reealizing that the ramifications of creating the universe.