#the nature of Jesus

[dougielombax]

Okay.

How about this.

What if.

Maybe.

It’s just possible…

That Jesus…was just some guy?!

You know?

It’s not outside the realm of plausibility!

[beautysnake]

@linkerbell and I decided to start a new save for co-op and it's already off to a great start

[daughter-s-of-cain]

[bloodyykissess]

[godslove]

[green-alien-turdz]

Almost didn't finish this in time

[cozylittleartblog]

yeah like having to deal with the obnoxious middle aged women who thrift to resell wasn't bad enough, now we got the braindead fast fashion bozos cluttering things up too.

its ok shirt, i will love you like somebody else apparently couldn't even if you shed microplastics into the water supply and will fall apart after 7 wears. and then i'll sew you back together like anyone with two braincells to rub together Should

[389]

by Jesus Monterde Puig

[phoenixcatch7]

I get that calling white lotus lbh a sticky little 'sheep' is a canon translation and stuck in the fandom now anyway, but I do feel the intended spirit of the original word wasn't the sheeple/dumb herd animal that's more common in the western world, but instead something actually conveying sweetness, innocence, purity and youth - lamb.

Famous for being utterly adorable and following around their mothers, gambolling in sunny meadows, curly white wool shining.

And NOW we can talk about black sheep/wolf in sheep's clothing metaphors.

[kingdomreigns]

[secondbeatsongs]

thinking about how many turns of phrase are christianity-based, and was trying to think of how I'd explain "jesus wept" to someone who hadn't heard it used, and the closest thing I could come up with was "alexa, play despacito"

[daughter-s-of-cain]

[tomicscomics]

06/21/2024

That boat is seaworthy... but is the sea worthy?

___

JOKE-OGRAPHY:

1. In this Bible story, Jesus and His disciples set out onto the water to travel somewhere, but along the way, a storm appears. The disciples panic and wake Jesus -- Who was taking a nap -- and ask how He can sleep while they're about to die. Jesus tells them to calm down, then tells the storm to the the same, and everyone/thing listens to Him.

2. In this cartoon, I basically tell the same story in simpler terms, but I also give the crashing wave a face and a redemptive character arc, because I find unbalanced joy in personifying natural forces and making them bow to God.

3. In the first panel, the "KILL US ALL" line (in addition to Peter and Andrew's faces) are a reference, but I've decided to play coy about their inspiration. Still, you're free to try some guessing. I'd enjoy a little game. And just to show you have my blessing, take this hint: my very name.

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

By the way, this is actually another "Tomics Resurrection," where I've taken an old cartoon and drowned it in the cold, sucking darkness of ⋆✧RENEWAL✧⋆! It's like baptism! And hold onto your wrinkles, old-timers, 'cause this resurrection is pulling from the very first year of Tomics! That's right, the old and new versions are a DECADE apart! I fully redrew it (as usual) and updated the dialogue and color selection, but I liked the framing and pacing of the original, so the actual meat of the comic remained the same. How does it compare?

[gravelsong]

I need to go curl up and cry somewhere

[insomnya777]

people need to get weirder about ethoslab as a character. that man is an enigma. he probably collects dead spiders and dissects animals he finds in his backyard. where are all the slowly-losing-his-mind etho fics

[epicforwards]

“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”

— Martin Luther King, Jr.