The Incomparable Insert Image

by Wes Molebash

What do Five Iron Frenzy, breastfeeding, and hipsters all have in common?

Absolutely nothing.

Yet somehow all three are prime topics for Wes Molebash’s comic strip, Insert Image. Using over-the-top, irreverent humor (with just a touch of sarcasm), Insert Image pokes holes in the Christian bubble and dares Christians to laugh at themselves. If you think the Christian subculture has taken itself way too seriously for way too long, then this book is for you.

What others have said about Wes

“Wes Molebash cracks me up and keeps me thinking. For a culture of people deeply in need of critique and analysis as well as the ability to laugh at ourselves, he is a perfect fit.” - Justin McRoberts // singer, songwriter, author

“Wes’ comics are insightful without being preachy, pointed without being cynical, and hilarious without being viral cat videos. That’s as much as you can ask for out of a web comic.” - Tyler Huckabee // Managing Editor, RELEVANT Magazine

“Christians are hilarious…unintentionally, most of the time. Wes’ ‘Insert Image’ captures the magic of unwitting comedians. It’s a warm-hearted poke at Christian subculture, wrapped up in the timeless and sacred art of comic strips.” - Matt Appling // teacher, pastor, author of Life After Art

“The angel in charge of distributing “gifts” obviously spent a little too much time on Wes because the guy is not only creative but he’s laugh-out-loud hilarious AND incredibly insightful. Dude is pretty much the Tom Brady of comic strips. Except I don’t think he wears UGGS but I could be wrong.” - Sammy Adebiyi // blogger, speaker, pastor

177 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 7, 2014

About the author

When I was 10, my mom bought an instructional video cassette (That's right! VHS, baby!) that taught me how to draw newspaper comic strips. I watched that video until the tape wore out! Thanks to that video, I started drawing my own comics and sharing them with my friends and teachers at school. Later, in high school, my cartoons were published in the school newspaper. When the managing editor of the local newspaper came to speak to the journalism class, he noticed my comics and invited me to publish a daily comic strip in the Chillicothe Gazette. I felt like I had hit the BIG TIME!

Time passed, and in the mid 2000s I started pitching comics to comic book publishers. I landed a gig drawing a semi-daily webcomic for a small press comics publisher, and we published a couple book collections of my strip. As a result, my books were reviewed by magazines and I was interviewed on radio shows and podcasts! I even went to comic book conventions and comic book stores all across the country to meet readers and sign books! I REALLY felt like I had hit the BIG TIME!

In the 2010s, I struck out on my own and began freelancing and self-publishing my work. I've had the opportunity to work with some amazing organizations like Target, THE Ohio State University, and PBS Kids! I don't know about you, but that seems like the BIG TIME to me!

When I'm not drawing comics, I'm spending time with my family at our palatial estate in Paris, France. And by "palatial estate in Paris, France" I mean "modest two-story home in Southern Ohio."

I am repped by Jennifer Azantian at Azantian Literary Agency.