Margreet de Heer's Blog, page 7
August 1, 2015
Religion: a Discovery in Comics – the Contents Page
Wondering what my upcoming book Religion: a Discovery in Comics is all about? Here is the contents page to give you an idea:
Each of the main religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism) is feraured with a 3-page “history-in-a-nutshell”, a spread about what I think is the “core” of that religion, a bit about their holy books, and where applicable about their holy places and symbols. The “eggs” each deal with an issue relating to that religion that I feel I have to walk on...
July 23, 2015
Religion: a Discovery in Comics – the Tale of Three Brothers
A lot has been said about how Judaism, Christianity and Islam relate to each other and I’m addressing the issue in my upcoming graphic novel Religion: a Discovery in Comics. My angle is the same as that of Gotthold EphraimLessing, a German writerwho created the play Nathan the Wise in 1779.
Here’s the comic page I made about it:
July 16, 2015
Religion: a Discovery in Comics – Walking on Eggshells
When the idea came up to draw a graphic novel about religion, I figured it would be easy. After all, I’m a relative expert, with loads of study and personal experience on the subject. It seemed a matter of “just getting everything on paper”.
But when I started, I suddenly felt paralyzed. What would people say? Religion is not as neutral as Philosophy or Science – everyone seems to have a passionate opinion about it, good or bad. How was I going to make a book that would not offend, infuriate...
July 11, 2015
Religion: a Discovery in Comics – win a signed copy
RELIGION: A DISCOVERY IN COMICSis coming in September and you can be one of the first to own a signed copy! Just enter the Giveaway on Goodreads.com and keep your fingers crossed.
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If you’re not signed up to Goodreads this might be a moment to consider it: it’s a great site where you can keep track of what you read, connect with other readers a...
July 1, 2015
Religion: a Discovery in Comics – the Cover
Coming up with a good cover is always a challenge. Ideally, a cover drawing conveys precisely what the book is about. For Religion: a Discovery in ComicsI wanted it to contain me (since there’s a lot of autobiography in there), an image of “God”, and the symbols of the five world religions. The very first sketch (for the Dutch edition)was this:
The image of Man reaching for God and God reaching out to infuse Man with lifeis an allusion to this famous fresco by Michelangelo, called ‘The Creat...
June 27, 2015
The Making of Religion: Growing Up in the House of God
A new book is coming! The files of Religion: a Discovery in Comics have been sent to the printer and the physical book will be in stores after the Summer. Time to let the world know what it’s all about.
After Philosophy and Science, Religion: a Discovery in Comics is again a graphic novel that gives a colorful overview of the basicconceptsof the field – in this case: the five major world religions, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism.
But this book is more. Far more than the o...
May 23, 2015
High Spirits
It’s Pentecost Sunday today, the Christian feast of the descent of the Holy Spirit – but what does that even mean? Here’s a comic I did a few years ago (for Dutch spiritual magazine Speling) about what spirit and inspiration means to me:
In my upcoming book Religion: a Discovery in Comics I list what I think is the core of each world religion – for Christianity I chose the holy communion as significant ritual. But personally, in the eclectic way I experience my own spirituality, I feel mu...
May 15, 2015
TCAF was great!
Last weekend, Yiri and I attended the famous Torontoniancomics festival TCAFon our first ever trip to Canada, and we had a blast! I drew a few webcomics about our first days, and our stay in the wonderful Church/Wellesley-district:
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TCAF has somany great names and wonderful events, I felt a bit humbled at the start of it all…
…but then this happened:
We loved the whole experience! And now we’re back on the European side of the pond,and back to working on the approaching publications of...
May 4, 2015
FREE Comics Anthology – available for limited time!
Next weekend is TCAF, the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, and I’ll be there! It looks to be more than exciting, with hundreds of artists and dozens of events. If you can be there – come!
And if you can’t be there, here’s a consolation prize: Sequential commissioned a special TCAF Comics Anthology, and I’m one of the people they asked tocontribute toit.
If you have an iPad, you can download it for FREE through the Sequential app, just click here – and you’ll be able to read the full context of t...
April 26, 2015
Dutch History Part 7
It’s King’s Day today in The Netherlands! The whole country is full of orange celebrations – and let me add to the festivities with this comic about the inauguration of our first king, Willem I.
This panel is part of a 10-panel traveling exhibition, initiated by Museum Meermanno.
