Seen & Unseen Aloud: new episode

Elections, the Euros, revival, and betting on eternity.

Natalie Garrett

Natalie produces and narrates The Seen & Unseen Aloud podcast. She's an Anglican minister and a trained actor.

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In this episode, we make a nod to the events of the week as Joel Pierce asks if political practice can capture something heavenly; Sam Tomlin talks national identity amidst the Euros; Abigail Frymann Rouch asks whether we may be we moving beyond the secular scepticism of religion and James Sampson-Foster invites us to place a bet on our eternal destination.

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13 November 2024

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Siku: re-enchanting comic books

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

Nick Jones

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.