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A review by rachelhelps
The Manga Bible: From Genesis to Revelation by Siku
3.0
To encapsulate the entire Bible in one volume of manga is a little too ambitious. The Genesis narrative was easy to follow and had enough characters to follow that it was pleasant. After Moses though, there's basically a ton of summary of all the kings and stuff. And it seems like the point of putting the Bible in visual form is that you shouldn't be summarizing a ton of stuff, but rather showing what's going on.
I didn't really like the visual style of book either. Individual panels I didn't have much to complain about, but so many characters felt generically drawn (one of the leaders of the 12 tribes has a blindfold on as part of his character... really? an eye patch would have been better). I also feel like compared to Crumb's Genesis, this volume did little to research what people would have actually worn and looked like. They just all wore generic robes and stuff.
That said, I found it interesting how some stories felt very different than I've learned them. Samson was portrayed as a Hulk-like figure, complete with temper and proclivity for carnage. And I had totally forgotten that king Saul holds a seance and talks to ghost Samuel. This book is worth looking at if you come across it, but I'm not sure it was worth buying.
I didn't really like the visual style of book either. Individual panels I didn't have much to complain about, but so many characters felt generically drawn (one of the leaders of the 12 tribes has a blindfold on as part of his character... really? an eye patch would have been better). I also feel like compared to Crumb's Genesis, this volume did little to research what people would have actually worn and looked like. They just all wore generic robes and stuff.
That said, I found it interesting how some stories felt very different than I've learned them. Samson was portrayed as a Hulk-like figure, complete with temper and proclivity for carnage. And I had totally forgotten that king Saul holds a seance and talks to ghost Samuel. This book is worth looking at if you come across it, but I'm not sure it was worth buying.