Again, you are my favorite minister, and this is my favorite explanation of religion ever! Are you making up a new one? I’m not sure I could figure out the last few panels starting with reindeer man and why he equals the king in Pope hat’s mind
I like the space this gives me to articulate the concepts on my own terms. I especially love the speaking bird & tree… and your graphic depiction of the theological debate here.
The antlers dude is the shaman/medicine man, right, who can maybe relieve the priest of his voices? But the priest plans to try to convert the shaman.
I wonder if you purposefully avoided racial difference between the priest and the savage?
Thanks, guys!
Blake, Marek is right about the sequence you mention – the tribal folks have a relatively egalitarian social structure, but the priest assumes the shaman-guy has the power to command people.
Marek, avoiding racial differences does help focus the story a little more, though mainly I was just thinking about the original Christianization of Europe (of course, this strip veers well away from historical accuracy to highlight the worldview differences without getting too involved). I started drawing the strip to submit to a European magazine (hence the wordlessness); the theme for the issue was “Mortal sin” (hence the subject matter).
Again, you are my favorite minister, and this is my favorite explanation of religion ever! Are you making up a new one? I’m not sure I could figure out the last few panels starting with reindeer man and why he equals the king in Pope hat’s mind
I like the space this gives me to articulate the concepts on my own terms. I especially love the speaking bird & tree… and your graphic depiction of the theological debate here.
The antlers dude is the shaman/medicine man, right, who can maybe relieve the priest of his voices? But the priest plans to try to convert the shaman.
I wonder if you purposefully avoided racial difference between the priest and the savage?
Thanks, guys!
Blake, Marek is right about the sequence you mention – the tribal folks have a relatively egalitarian social structure, but the priest assumes the shaman-guy has the power to command people.
Marek, avoiding racial differences does help focus the story a little more, though mainly I was just thinking about the original Christianization of Europe (of course, this strip veers well away from historical accuracy to highlight the worldview differences without getting too involved). I started drawing the strip to submit to a European magazine (hence the wordlessness); the theme for the issue was “Mortal sin” (hence the subject matter).