The Book of Revelation Author: Visit Amazon's Matt Dorff Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0310421403 | Format: PDF
The Book of Revelation Description
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This dramatically colored and concrete visual presentation of the final book of the canonical New Testament is accompanied by text that has been translated from the original Greek. Little interpretation is offered; the images illustrate the visual descriptions the colorful text itself is famous for offering. Pages have a black background, usually with three to five panels that are highlighted in red, yellow, or dramatic shading. The garb appears to be dated from the first century, as do any living accoutrements like pottery, bricked passageways, and so on. More than a graphic novel that integrates words and pictures in a narrative sequence, this is nearly an illustrated text that presents a straightforward representation of what the words indicate in discrete images. Still, the full traumatic and ecstatic content of the original text is highlighted by the striking, colorful imagery. For collections where there’s interest in both graphic texts and religious interpretation. --Francisca Goldsmith
Review
"Visual tour de force...vivid depiction that strikes the perfect, tasteful tone...a page turner...spectacular art."
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Publishers Weekly (11-26-12)
"No adaptation that I know has captured the scope, the terror, or the glory of the Apocalypse more completely than "The Book of Revelation," a graphic novel adapted by Matt Dorff and illustrated by Chris Koelle."
-Breakpoint.org
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The book of Revelation
***** (5 stars)
"...the illustrations are extremely detailed, intense and at times very brave. It's refreshing to see an artist depict the devil and the darker elements of Revelation in their full horrific and grotesque nature...a fair few of the pieces of art are not for the faint-hearted...Chris Koelle is an exceptional artist and as Christian comic books go, this is a bold step forward in the right direction. When reading this, you actually forget that you know this story and that it is scripture."
-Youthwork Magazine (U.K.)
"The translators have attained here a readability that invites comparison with literary levels of the finest literature. At the same time, they have employed contemporary idioms so that the text bears a fresh and, at times, stunning 'newness.' The Book of Revelation is exciting again."
-Randall Balmer (from his Preface for the text translation edition of "Apocalypse: The Book of Revelation")
-A. David Lewis
"Dorff and Koelle have produced one of the first solid Bible-based graphic novels that can stand on its own two feet and command the respect of fans of the medium. What's always been a visual story has finally been done right."-The Phantom Tollbooth
- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Zondervan (October 29, 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0310421403
- ISBN-13: 978-0310421405
- Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
- Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
The book of Revelation has been examined and interpreted multiple times. Many theories exist on how Christ will come to reclaim what is his. This is a very detailed artistic interpretation that does not try to take away from the scripture. The back of the graphic novel states, "this version comes with all 404 verses of this amazing book." The panels are filled with scripture and then interpreted in artistic detail. In the adapters notes I think he says it best about what he tries to capture with this collection of art, " I tried to put myself behind John's eyes and describe in words what he was seeing and hearing." The Illustrator was then left to take his notes and try and capture the scripture and what they think John would of been emotionally feeling at the time. For the most part they capture John's emotions in each panel but the best part for me was seeing the rest of revelation depicted in each panel. The beast, angels, and events are all depicted in vivid detail based off of the descriptions of the bible. The cover itself is a great example of how the inside pages look but within each panel there is scripture that each drawing has been based off of. There are chapter breaks to let you know where each chapter starts and ends so if you are doing a study of Revelation you can read the scripture then go to the graphic novel and see an artistic representation of those scriptures. I would like to know which translation this novel came out of. I was using a NIV version and was able to follow the scripture written down. I also would of loved to see more full page art depicted in this graphic novel. I understand that would of been a huge undertaking and could of made this collection colossal not to mention more pricey.
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