Patheos.com Covers Boston University’s Religion Comics Collection

I know, I know. I’ve been tweeting and Facebooking to the detriment of my blog.

Baby, can you ever forgive me? You know I love you and only you, Loose Pages. We’ve got something so good.

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And on a slightly more serious note, have a look over at Patheos.com. Beth Stoika-Davies, the shining mind behind Comic Book Bin’s “Religion & Comics” columns, was kind enough to shine the spotlight on the growing Religion & Graphica Collection I’ve started here at Boston University:

What pieces have you acquired so far?  Do you have a list of “most important” to “least important”?

The “completist” in me gets a strange pleasure out of seeing the full run of a series on the shelves. So, the entirety of Preacher is there, all of Promethea, all of Buddha, and so forth. For this first stage, the goal wasn’t getting “hard to find” pieces, per se, or first editions; it was to stock up on a wealth of titles from various viewpoints and of wide origins. While the collection features the full run-to-date of the wickedly irreverent Battle Pope, it also is stocking quite genuine works like Samson: Judge of Israel, The 99, or Megillat Esther. And, while there’s no “most important” or “least important,” there’s also no “high brow” or “low brow.” Superheroes treating the issue of religion, say, in Kingdom Come are right next to Marjane Satrapi and the Iranian Revolution in Persepolis.

Thanks to Beth and Patheos.com for their coverage. More soon!