Comic Book "The Atheist" in Stores tomorrow

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I'm not so thrilled with this . . . at all . . . But it does look to be amusing.


:popcorn:

http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/news/11133440864788.htm

The Atheist #1 In Stores Tomorrow

April 13 marks the official release date of the first issue of the new Desperado Publishing series, The Atheist, written by Phil Hester and featuring art by John McCrea. Published through Image Comics, The Atheist #1 is the first issue of an ongoing, bi-monthly black and white series.

Series creator Phil Hester describes his series this way: "Antoine Sharpe is called the Atheist by his fellow employees in the office of the undersecretary of defense for emergent technology, a government team of debunkers. He couldn't give a fig about belief or lack thereof, but his teammates can't get a handle on his relentless skepticism and tag him such.

"The first story arc - "Incarnate" - is about how Sharpe reacts to the first case he can't debunk. It concerns possession, a far-fetched concept, but the case studies Sharpe encounters prove unimpeachable. The possessed haven't been taken over by demons, but by the souls of the dearly departed wishing one more spin in a human body. The dead long to party and they're coming back by the thousands. They don't want to eat brains, but do Jell-o shots and get laid in an intense bacchanalia of fast living, leaving burned out husks behind.

"Sharpe sets out to prove the menace has an earthly origin, but supernatural or not, it's a crisis that threatens to swallow civilization whole."

[beam me up scottie]

1. It sounds a little intense but I would love

to see some of that artwork. I'm a huge horror fan, not much into comics but I always appreciate an original story line.
Sounds almost like a Clive Barker-isk horde of undead.

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2. The Original Artwork showed

A black man, in pimp gear, highlighted by a moon.

http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0411/23/imagefeb.htm

Hope the released version is better.

[Discord]

3. Does this mean that Atheists cant believe in anything now?

I mean even if its not of theological content?

Are we just cynics of everything including religion?

hrmmm

[Modem Butterfly]

4. Personally, I am

I don't believe in ghosts and goblins and long-legged beasties. I think that most of these experiences are made up whole-sale, such as in the Amityville "Horror" case. I think that those folks who sincerely believe they have experienced the supernatural are the proverbial "haunted people", as in "There are no such things as haunted houses, only haunted people,"

That being said, I find myself fascinated with such stories for the content of their human drama and for the PT Barnum factor.

[trotsky]

5. Atheists are what theists define us as.

Haven't you learned ANYTHING yet?!? ;-)

[Discord]

6. how true.

:shrug:

[beam me up scottie]

7. Again, how stupid of me.

Back to reality...

[Taxloss]

8. I might not believe in a god, but zombies ...

Far, far more plausible.

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9. Does that mean Bob Larson is phoney?

He casts out demons.

--IMM