Seen & Unseen Aloud: people, politics and purpose

A summer box set special. Emerson Csorba's three articles on purpose and character.

Natalie Garrett

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

Two men in seats adress a pyjamap-clad Ronald Regan.

James Baker, left, briefs a recovering Ronald Reagan, right, in hospital .

White House via Wikimedia Commons.

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Over the last few month Emerson Csorba's written for us on character and purpose He takes us through US politics with a focus on James Baker a reluctant recruit to the Reagan team; he asks what's the point of purpose and how do we find it? and he contemplates the power of supposedly random encounters with people - looking at the career of Fiona Hill from mining village to Durham University, via the White House.

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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.

a comic book style image of a thirsty man drinking from a vessel.

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.