Christian publisher releases comic book adaptation of the Old and New Testaments

Christian publisher Kingstone has been working on the project for seven years, using more than 45 illustrators to pull together what it is calling “the most complete graphic-novel adaptation of the Bible ever published”, at over 2,000 pages, in either 12 paperback volumes or three larger hardcover volumes. Guardian UK reported.

Art Ayris, the founder of Kingstone, says it was really difficult to put the book together.

"The Kingstone Bible transforms the pages of Scripture into vivid, full-color art, each chapter faithfully rendering the stories of the Bible in fantastic, high-quality artwork."

He also added that this is not a substitute for Bible reading but as a complement to help people ‘see’ the scriptures in a new light.

Ayris says that Kingstone is aiming the Bible at preteen readers and young adults, but that the publisher’s largest social media demographic is males between the ages of 18 and 29.

“To a lot of people, the Bible is a big daunting book full of hard to pronounce names and seemingly unrelated stories. However, we come at it from the understanding that it is a document of divine revelation about the nature and character of God, his dealings with mankind, a chronicle of ancient history as well as a revelation of the future.”

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