The Bible Comes to Comic Books

Spider-Man, Superman, and other comic book superheroes are certainly dramatic, but it is nothing compared the action-adventure in the Bible. Now, a comic book company is releasing several Bible stories.

"Dust," a series of 36-page comic books published in Grand Rapids, dramatizes scenes from the Bible, while "Stories of the Saints," a series of 112-page comic books produced in Springfield, Mo., specializes in the amazing tales of Catholic saints.
"Our book is thicker; it's a graphic novel," Greg Chadwell, publisher of the saints series, said. "We'll publish two a year and, with the thicker format, you'll find them on bookstore shelves."
"Dust" is a bimonthly in magazine format. Readers can subscribe to them through the mail and some comic book stores and churches sell them.