Birthday:
July 16
My Content
Location:
Male
Area(s) of Interest or Expertise:
I have a comic strip idea in mind, and I'd like to know where to go with it. The concept is of a pair of adorable, yet mischievous & hilarious...and smart twins/little "fireballs", Plato-Jonathan & Aristotle-David, who engage one-another in highly intellectual, provocative & often heated discussions about various topics of faith...mixed with humor & daring, tender love.
My Testimony: (We encourage members to share briefly about how their faith in Christ has impacted their lives.)
I came to faith in Christ at age 15, and my journey has led me to "walk where Jesus walked", working with the poor, disabled & disenfranchised. My burden with this comic strip is to present an intellectually challenging, often hilarious, sometimes tender & sometimes lavishing- in-love message of Christ...to share my own heart!
Dream Job: (If you could have your dream job in the comics industry, what would it be?)
I frankly haven't gotten that far yet. I'm just starting out with rough sketches & trying to bring together ideas. If the strip would "go big", then God will bless it. One idea I have is a satirical parody of 'The Velveteen Rabbit', where the characters are a Jackalope & Plato & Aristotle.
Favorite Comic Creators:
Walt Kelly, Garry Trudeau, Berke Breathed, Tim Watterson, Charles Schulz...
Comments
Hi ya, I know you like Christian comics so I know you'll love The Word for WORD Bible Comic, (Unabridged, historically accurate graphic novel of the Bible with a high view of scripture. For ages 15+)
To complete the first book I need your help, as I am raising funds on Kickstarter. My passion is to get God's Word in full into the hands of young believer and unbelievers and comic lovers of all ages, in the hope they will come to really know God. Please check it out at the KS page, it's going well but I still need lots of backers so I hope as a CCAS member you'll please pledge to support this project...
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/word4wordbiblecomic/the-word-f...
If you are concerned about the accuracy and faithfulness to the text please read this Blog...
https://wordforwordbiblecomic.squarespace.com/blog/how-do-i-know-it...
PS - Please add me as a friend here on CCAS
Welcome aboard! I'm Scott A. Shuford, one of the CCAS Board members. I want to stop in and say thanks for being involved with CCAS!
To see a bit more about me, check out my profile here on the site. I'm looking forward to getting to know you better.
Can you post or join in a forum discussion topic, post your own blog entry or upload your art or video now? :)
At Your Service,
Scott A. Shuford
CCAS Board Member 2008-2010
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Consider the words of C.S. Lewis:
"If there lurks in most modern minds the notion that to desire our own good and to earnestly hope for the enjoyment of it is a bad thing, I suggest that this notion has crept in from Kant and the Stoics and is no part of the Christian faith. Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that our Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling around with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at sea. We are far too easily pleased."
-md