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Seen & Unseen Aloud: Trump, Henry VIII, Paddington and Keegan

New episode: understanding the election, Tudor authority, the bear returns, and backstage goodness.

Nick is the senior editor of Seen & Unseen.

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Paddington ponders Peru.
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This week's smorgasbord includes Graham Tomlin's claim that Trump's win may be neither total triumph nor total disaster; Jack Chisnall discusses national leadership from Henry VIII in Wolf Hall to present day; Krish Kandiah unpacks the Paddington Paradox and Kevin Hargaden shines a spotlight on the backstage goodness of Small Things like These.

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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'.

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