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I was going to read the zero issue of Glory today, but, honestly, it's exactly the same story as yesterday's comic, just in colour. I'll wait a bit and maybe read it when I'm done with Awesome's Youngblood stuff. So we're bouncing back (based on that cover, anyway) to London Night Studios for a couple of days to finish off my comics from them. And this one might inspire another read through of a publisher's output in the collection, as it features Antarctic Press' Warrior Nun Areala - I've read some of their stuff, but maybe it's time to read through the rest.
Anyway, on to today's comic. Violence? Check. Scantily-clad buxom ladies? Check. Hypermasculine demons? Check. I'll admit that one of the tings that actually surprised me about this comic, and about a couple of the other Razor comics I've read, is that they're actually quite Christian. I don't know if this is based on a genuine belief in that religious system, or simply because the characters are set in that milieu, but there's lots of claims of doing things in God's name, most of which are acts of brutal violence.
There's always been that link though, hasn't there? For millennia, rulers have done great violence in the name of their religions (not their religious figures, mind you, but their religions - important distinction) - I suppose, since I've argued that the stories we read now are pretty much all descendants of the various stories we've created culture around, that the link of violence and religion isn't that surprising. That said, if I'm right, and Superman is a secular ethical myth, I'm pretty sure I've never heard of anyone doing violence in Superman's name. I wonder why it's okay to do it in Jesus's?
More to follow.
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As I say, I've read a bit of Antarctic Press - some good, some...not so good.
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