Monday, December 8, 2008

Manga Messiah

I'm willing to bet a good number of people have heard about this already, but I think it's worth writing about.

manga messiah coverI went to Powerbooks yesterday, originally to look for that elusive "This Journal Will Actually Change Your Life 2009". I found it eventually and browsed about while thinking of whether or not I should spend P720 to help save some trees when I found myself staring at this book...

I had seen this once before and thought to myself, "meh, I don't like the art at all!" But then, seeing it again made me realize something...

I was jealous.

I wanted to do something like this before... To turn the Bible into a manga, but what stopped me was that my drawing style consisted of bishounen (beautiful boys). I don't dare draw God in such a way... so much more his 12 disciples. The last thing I want is for someone to interpret my work as shounen ai / yaoi when the story is about God.

..but I'm kind of regretting that I stopped myself now. His Good News is being spread like wildfire and yet I have done nothing to do what He's asked.

Anyhow, I bought the book, which I found to be cheap at only P175 when it's full colored and printed in Japan. Is it bad that I find Archangel Gabriel pretty as well as Messiah and the 12? Mary is cute too. ;.; It's well worth it, though like the Bible, the material is too heavy to read all in one day.

Maybe some time in the future, I will have the chance to do something similar too.

4 comments:

  1. Hi!I wanna ask sth,where did you bought it?I wanna bought it too!!

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  2. Oh hi! Are you from the Philippines? If you are, you can find it at Powerbooks, last I checked, they had a few more in their Trinoma Branch.

    If not, I'm sure you can order this from Amazon. ^_^

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  3. Somehow, found myself warped to this page. XD

    I have this too, and I'm trying to get my Mom to read it cos she's not so diligent in reading the Bible. ^^;

    I went to OMF the other day, and found several more mangas like this. I think maybe 5 more. There's one about the Creation (and boy, Lucifer was so good looking and with manly pink hair~ you'd quite understand why he can tempt you to be worldly! jowk~) There was a book on Genesis, another on the David and the kings, and I think one on the apostles based on Acts.

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    1. I think I have 3 books already... there's another one or two coming out... I think there are 5 in all. xD Although I haven't read the Acts yet. I kinda fall asleep everytime I try reading it. TAT;;;

      Lucifer and his manly pink-hair... feathers, lawl~ xD Gabriel has purple, right? :3

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