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Summary: Unique Character, Mildly Amusing
Review: This book is a compilation of comics featuring the cartoon minister Brother Biddle. The book starts with comics from 1978 and ends with a cartoon made for the book from 1989. The first part of the book is divided by theme with several comics concerning such subjects as the rapture, fundamentalism, Catholicism v. Protestantism, televangelism, ministerial job security, women in the ministry, church funding, Hell, the media, and racism. The rest of the book seems to be a hodgepodge of strips and cartoons of various styles including a take-off of The Raven. The comics are dated at times, Brother Biddle does a rendition of "Beat It" plus there are several cartoons of Jim and Tammy Faye Baker. The comics are interesting and, at times, very intellectual. The humor sometimes, however, can be silly. Catholics and Protestants battle it out in a softball game dubbed "Reformation II". On the subject of women in the ministry, First Church regular, old lady Naomi Muffin, demands "more sermons about fashion trends and thinner thighs" and wants the steeple painted pink (give me a break). Still, it is a nice little book for leisure reading. It is fun to see how Rob Suggs' artwork changed through the years
Rating:
Summary: Unique Character, Mildly Amusing
Review: This book is a compilation of comics featuring the cartoon minister Brother Biddle. The book starts with comics from 1978 and ends with a cartoon made for the book from 1989. The first part of the book is divided by theme with several comics concerning such subjects as the rapture, fundamentalism, Catholicism v. Protestantism, televangelism, ministerial job security, women in the ministry, church funding, Hell, the media, and racism. The rest of the book seems to be a hodgepodge of strips and cartoons of various styles including a take-off of The Raven. The comics are dated at times, Brother Biddle does a rendition of "Beat It" plus there are several cartoons of Jim and Tammy Faye Baker. The comics are interesting and, at times, very intellectual. The humor sometimes, however, can be silly. Catholics and Protestants battle it out in a softball game dubbed "Reformation II". On the subject of women in the ministry, First Church regular, old lady Naomi Muffin, demands "more sermons about fashion trends and thinner thighs" and wants the steeple painted pink (give me a break). Still, it is a nice little book for leisure reading. It is fun to see how Rob Suggs' artwork changed through the years
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