Friday, April 30, 2010

Former Marvel/DC Comic Illustrator turns to Christian Comics

Found this story over at "A Catholic View":

Professional illustrators come in all shapes and sizes, but very few of them have a pro-life or Christian perspective. But that is something that Dan Lawlis, a professional illustrator for over 20 years who has created comic book art for companies like Marvel and DC Comics, wants to change.


Lawlis is endeavoring to use the internet to bring a new comic book vision to the world, and has made his first go at the effort with the comic called “Orange Peel” – a story set in a technologically advanced future, where evil aliens plot to take-over the neighboring planet Godderth for conquest. However, they first plan to make conquest easy by getting the inhabitants of Godderth to abandon their morality, destroy the family unit, and become so morally impoverished that they will welcome their would-be conquerors with open arms.


The premise of the book is that somewhere in the future, human beings learned how to transport themselves to distant planets, but the transportation led to transformations in their appearance, making them alien-like.


The comic’s artwork is visually stunning and appealing, and little wonder: Lawlis has worked on characters like Spiderman, the Hulk, X-Men and more.


But those characters, he said in an e-mail to LifeSiteNews.com (LSN), are more or less atheistic in their outlook. Instead, he was looking for a character that would appeal to comic book and science fiction fans and help introduce a pro-life Christian message “into what is mostly an anti-Christian atheist entertainment culture.”
You can also read the story at Life Site News: Marvel/DC Illustrator creates Pro-Life Comic

His artwork is pretty sweet! I wish he would do a "Defend Us in Battle..." comic. I could write for him, he could illustrate... oh the gloriousness of Angels & Saints battling it out in the spiritual realm against some demons... oh what imaginative gloriousness! Anyways... go check out his site... and drop him some love either via email or donations.


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