A review by thisfoxreads
Second Coming: Volume One by Mark Russell
2.0
I loved the premise behind this--the world's greatest superhero gets Jesus for a roommate. I read the author's introduction about the struggle to get his comic book published and sympathized, especially as he described the story he wanted to tell.
I'm pretty easy going about tongue-in-cheek looks at Christianity (note: I am a Christian). However, this book seemed to spend half of its time trying to offend all Christians (spoilers: God's a jerk), so the actual interesting ideas that kept popping up were minimized in impact, in my view.
The superhero, Sunstar, is a ripoff Superman--nothing original there, other than that he and his girlfriend (and then wife--lots happens in this volume 1) are unable to have children because he is immortal.
It got better as it went on, but the interplay of the 2 main characters was really quite minimal (especially based on the way the book is being promoted) and their stories didn't mesh well--although the ending was fun. I could do without all of the swearing. The many sexual illustrations make this suitable for adults, not teens or children.
I had hopes for it, but was really disappointed.
*Thanks to the publisher & to NetGalley for the opportunity to read this as a digital advance copy.
I'm pretty easy going about tongue-in-cheek looks at Christianity (note: I am a Christian). However, this book seemed to spend half of its time trying to offend all Christians (spoilers: God's a jerk), so the actual interesting ideas that kept popping up were minimized in impact, in my view.
The superhero, Sunstar, is a ripoff Superman--nothing original there, other than that he and his girlfriend (and then wife--lots happens in this volume 1) are unable to have children because he is immortal.
It got better as it went on, but the interplay of the 2 main characters was really quite minimal (especially based on the way the book is being promoted) and their stories didn't mesh well--although the ending was fun. I could do without all of the swearing. The many sexual illustrations make this suitable for adults, not teens or children.
I had hopes for it, but was really disappointed.
*Thanks to the publisher & to NetGalley for the opportunity to read this as a digital advance copy.