A review by ktaborn
Apocrypha Now by Mark Russell

5.0

Apocrypha Now is the sequel to Russell (writer) and Wheeler's (cartoonist) God is Disappointed In You, which is a synopsis/paraphrase of the Old and New Testaments. Apocrypha Now similarly treats the non-canonical texts and Apocrypha of the Jewish and Christian Faiths. Yes Russell and Wheeler take liberties to make jokes, but those jokes usually highlight paradoxes or the logical results of some of the activities, events, and stories summarized. I got my copy at San Diego Comic Con 2016 so I also got a lovely drawing of my son on the title page by Shannon Wheeler. I enjoyed reviewing the Apocrypha by this method. It reminded me why I adore the The Book of Tobit so much and inspired me to pull The Book of Tobit off the shelf and re-read it. My version of Apocrypha Now came in a pleasant dramatically red hard cover from Top Shelf Productions with a lovely purple ribbon bookmark attached to the spin, making it very easy to mark one's place while reading. If you want to refresh yourself in what is in the non-canonical writings and you do not want to read through them in translation, verse by verse, and you like humor and a little sarcasm thrown in, then this is the book for you.