Jesusfreak

by Joe Casey, Benjamin Marra (Artist)

Overview

The year is 26 C.E. A young Nazarean carpenter is having some trouble adjusting to the violent world around him — and finding his place within it. He knows he's different... he just doesn't know why. Not yet, anyway. A bloody, two-fisted tale of historical heroic fiction brought to you by JOE CASEY (SEX, ANNUAL, MCMLXXV) and BENJAMIN MARRA (Night Business, Terror Assaulter O.M.W.A.T.).

JESUSFREAK is ™ and © 2018 JOE CASEY & BENJAMIN MARRA. All Rights Reserved.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781534311749
Publisher:	Image Comics
Publication date:	03/26/2019
Pages:	64
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	13 - 16 Years

About the Author

Man of Action Entertainment, the bi-coastal creative studio started in 2000, created the megahit Ben 10 and Generator Rex for Cartoon Network. Man of Action, a writers collective, served as co-executive producer and writer for Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man and is currently an executive producer/writer for Marvel's Avengers Assemble on Disney XD. Man of Action Entertainment consists of creators Joe Casey, Joe Kelly, Duncan Rouleau and Steven T. Seagle. Disney/Marvel's Academy Award®-winning feature Big Hero 6 utilized the characters and team created by Man of Action as credited in the main titles. The film marked the first time Disney turned Marvel comic book characters into an animated film and is also the first film based on a comic book I.P. to win an Academy Award®. The quartet collectively worked on the largest franchise characters in comics from Superman to X-Men before refocusing on creating their own original worlds/characters for their comic books and graphic novels published through their Man of Action imprint at Image Comics. In comics, Casey is known for his Eisner Award-nominated cosmic superhero epic, Gødland. His critically acclaimed run on the series Wildcats and Automatic Kafka landed on numerous “best of the decade” lists. His genre-busting cult-favorites Officer Downe and Butcher Baker The Righteous Maker helped propel him onto MTV.com’s list of the 10 best writers of 2011. In 2013, Casey launched new titles on the Man of Action imprint at Image Comics: Sex, a current critically-acclaimed series, originally previewed in Playboy, and his series The Bounce, now available as a graphic novel. Valhalla Mad debuted in May, 2015 from the man Comics Alliance described as "the most dangerous man in comics." In 2013, Casey created a one-shot comic, Modern Romance, for the prestigious 60th Anniversary issue of Playboy. Officer Downe is currently in post-production as a feature film with Casey as screenwriter/producer. Man of Action Entertainment is also producing the feature film I Kill Giants. Man of Action Entertainment will also be creating/writing/producing a new Mega Man animated series with 26 episodes in 2017 for Dentsu and Capcom and they are also returning to their original creation as Executive Producers of a new Ben 10 series for Cartoon Network. If you want to know more about Man of Action, you can follow them at their not-so-secret headquarters on the Web: http://www.ManOfAction.tv

Editorial Reviews

01/07/2019

This odd reenvisioning of the story of Jesus of Nazareth by Casey (Accell) and Marra (Night Business) depicts the future messiah as a tormented man who is also, at times, a fearsome warrior. The tale begins in 26 C.E. with Jesus suffering from nightmares and visions, and concluding that his only recourse is to “dive deep within himself,” where he finds “divine self-actualization.” This concept is illustrated by Jesus sitting in the lotus position with silhouettes above of him striking martial arts poses. Jesus goes on to meet John the Baptist; when he is baptized at night, the Romans strike, and Jesus battles them with his fists and feet. He goes on to raise a dead woman and assault a Roman fortress to free the captured John, killing several soldiers as well as a giant lizard man. Marra’s art is crude and crowded, and Jesus is bizarrely muscle-bound. In the end, Jesus does commit to confronting the Roman oppressors with his words rather than violence. Readers longing for a butt-kicking Jesus will find him here, but most will just be confused. (Apr.)

Publishers Weekly

Get ready for an entirely different take on history’s ultimate origin story.”—SYFY Wire

"The most unexpected book of the year - a Jodorowsky-like story of Jesus done in the style of Moench & Gulacy's Shang-Chi. Mad enough to start a cult of its own."—Warren Ellis

"Wild and wooly and somehow still holy, too. What a blast." —Victor LaValle, The Ballad of Black Tom

“JESUSFREAK answers the eternal question of what would happen if Christ came to save the world with kung fu.”—Mark Russell, God Is Disappointed in You

"Casey and Marra are MacGregor and Gulacy for the '10s."—Tom Scioli, Go-Bots

"Crazy."—FOX NEWS

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