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Christmas countdown day 19: team Christmas

Push past the stresses of the festive season and find joy.
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Arthur Christmas, Roger Bretherton's doppelgänger.
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Siku: re-enchanting comic books

The creativity of comic books, and the theology of storytelling.

Nick is the senior editor of Seen & Unseen.

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Prophet, by Siku.

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Siku is an artist, author, theologian, musician, and a leading comic book artist. He has worked for 2000AD as artist on titles such as Judge Dredd as well as Marvel UK and COM X. He is the author of the book Batman Is Jesus and is of course well known for the graphic novel, The Manga Bible.

Siku sits down with Justin and Belle to discuss the creative processes of making a comic book, the theology of storytelling and why he thinks 'Batman is Jesus'.

Visit Sku's web site.

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