Tuesday 29 January 2013

JESUS IN THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT II


































I've re-posted this to do a little follow up and simply because I like it. I really don't want to get into the creationism v. evolution debate, you've got your beliefs, I've got mine. The creator of this little ditty was trying to make some kind of gesture to scientific discovery while keeping their feet firmly in the christian fundamentalist camp. I think its meant to be tongue-in-cheek and it would be wrong to read too much into it but there are certain issues to address here. Jesus was not around at the time of Noah and the flood, least not in human form, and secondly we can only imagine the kind of grief Noah had in providing bed and board for a boy and girl T-Rex, not to mention the full spectrum of dinosaur kind.
























I did research (2 minutes Google) to check if the colouring book was genuine and found this instead:


























It's a similar concept. I love the tag lines 'TRUE BELIEF COMICS', 'SCIENCE ACTION STORIES'. There are several more issues going on here. I love the fact that both protagonists have ginger hair. Jesus looks like some mad celt and Darwin (looks nothing like him) is drawn like some kind of Darby O'Gill character. Basically it looks like some kind of mad Irish bar room brawl. Jesus, a self-professed pacifist looks particularly demented.

I'm going to leave the final word to Bill Hicks, as he would wish:

Monday 28 January 2013

PAUL BOLGER - ARTIST AND FILMMAKER


Paul is an old college mate of mine from way back. After many years away working on animated features he's returned home. In this short feature he discusses a personal ambition to develop a live action movie based on the exploits of Irish legendary figure Cú Chulainn. Ireland has a rich vein of mythological stories comparable to anything to come out of Greece and the Mediterranean. The Tain and Irish mythology in general is the oldest surviving vernacular outside of ancient Greece and Rome. While the heroes of ancient Greece and Sparta have been given the Hollywood treatment (not always successfully) no such examples exist of Irish mythological figures. You may argue that Irish mythology is not as widely known as the Greek but the stories and themes are universal. Swap the names of Achilles and Hercules with those of Cú Chulainn and Fionn MacCumhaill and you will still find magnificent tales of bravery, tragedy, treachery, love, deceit  and victory against all the odds. I think it requires a homegrown talent to do it justice. This is the gap Paul is attempting to fill.

Sunday 27 January 2013

NEW YEAR SALES






Another January almost over and the bill for the end of year festivities will have come home to roost. Has anyone escaped the irony of paying through the nose for everything at Xmas and the day after you find them reduced by half. Nice little capitalist touch I feel. Xmas is a pagan festival with a little christian message bolted on. I'm waiting for archaeologists to discover that Jesus was actually born on July 5th. Sort that one out!