March 04, 2005

Spider-Man's Bible Stories

Keeping in mind that I'm the guy who wrote the Doc Samson Passover story, the following was brought to my attention by Glenn Greenburg and Howard Margolin. Check it out.

http://portlandmercury.com/2002-05-02/feature4.html

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Posted by: George Shuma at March 4, 2005 10:17 AM

ooookay. That was just a bit too surreal for my taste.

Posted by: Xyon at March 4, 2005 10:22 AM

At the end, Spidey says, "Don't do drugs." That is good advice the the creator of that piece should take as well. Funny stuff!

Posted by: James M. Gill at March 4, 2005 10:24 AM

A friend of mine showed me this the other day.
I laughed 'til I cried ('course, I'd been having a really bad day...)

Posted by: Michael Brunner at March 4, 2005 10:42 AM

Saw this yesterday on Fark.com. I especially liked the Hulk parting the Red Sea.

Here's a dancing Spider-Man:
http://www.jdbshow.com/art/spiderman.gif

Batman & The Joker repeately saying boner:
http://www.superdickery.com/oneshot/6.html

Posted by: Fred Chamberlain at March 4, 2005 10:57 AM

I was sent this a few days back and loved it. I typically hate forwads, but this had some real creativity to it and stood out. I actually passed it on to a handful of friends. It was a very interesting experience for me as I scrolled through my address book to determine who would receive this from me.... "yep.... nope.... he'll love this..... she'll pray for me..... would be offended..... would disown me and come knocking with holy water....." Talk about great power and great responsibility.

My initial thought was that if only Jesus were as good a friend to Spidey as Pete was to Jesus than Spidey would never have suffered through the death of Gwen Stacy or countless other tragedies and readers would never have faced Spidey-Armor or Gwen shagging Norman.

Fred

Posted by: Dave Van Domelen at March 4, 2005 10:57 AM

Up next: Spider-Man versus Antiochus IV! "I hate fighting robots I hate fighting robots I hate fighting robots...!"

Posted by: Adam Neace at March 4, 2005 01:05 PM

Y'know, it always amuses me when people who are really, really, really, into Christ try to be "cool". Can we just agree that nothing in religion needs to be cool to be valid or interesting? Granted, the Hulk parting the Red Sea was actually pretty clever, but when Spidey rolls away the stone, all I can hear is Michael Madsen saying "Wakey, wakey - eggs & bakey!" from Kill Bill vol. 2...

Posted by: Chadzilla at March 4, 2005 01:22 PM

Frakkin' hilarious.

Posted by: Robert Jung at March 4, 2005 02:08 PM

Whetever happened to "Thou shalt not steal (other people's characters)"? ;-)

--R.J.

Posted by: dutchee at March 4, 2005 02:13 PM

have you all seen THIS one?


SPIDERMAN REVIEWS CRAYONS.

http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0913/

even MORE hilarious.
really.

Posted by: Shortdawg at March 4, 2005 02:15 PM

But, wait, if Jesus exists in Marvel continuity than does that mean he could beat the Silver Surfer? What about Thor? If this is supposed to be happening now, where are the rest of the New Avengers? And that webbing looks suspiciously like it was made from artificial web shooters, not the organic webbing we all know Pete has just acquired. They really need to get their facts straight. The one place we certainly CAN'T have any contradictions is the Bible!

Posted by: TallestFanEver at March 4, 2005 03:28 PM

My favourite part is when he makes a hat for Jesus. don't take the fucker down, heavens no!

Posted by: Michael Pullmann at March 4, 2005 03:55 PM

"At the end, Spidey says, "Don't do drugs." That is good advice the the creator of that piece should take as well."

I disagree. If drugs were responsible for this, then I demand the government provide this guy with as much drugs as he wants as often as he wants them.

Posted by: David K. M. Klaus at March 4, 2005 04:29 PM


> But, wait, if Jesus exists in Marvel continuity
> than does that mean he could beat the Silver
> Surfer? What about Thor?

This had me laughing so hard my son asked me if I was okay!

This is the funniest "vs." comment I've read since Don Markstein pointed out that Superman could kill the Hulk by urinating on him, the urine being propelled by Kryptonian bladder muscles at trans-light speed.

(BTW, Dark Phoenix kills Superman with a blast of red sun radiation. End of story.)

Posted by: Michael Brunner at March 4, 2005 06:21 PM

//This is the funniest "vs." comment I've read since Don Markstein pointed out that Superman could kill the Hulk by urinating on him, the urine being propelled by Kryptonian bladder muscles at trans-light speed.//

Have you read The Pro written by Garth Ennis? An airplane gets shot down in a ... somewhat ... similar manner.

Posted by: TallestFanEver at March 4, 2005 06:43 PM

2 things, kids, first of all-

Here's a dancing Spider-Man:
">http://www.jdbshow.com/art/spiderman.gif

If you want dancing Spider-Man, you gotta get the REAL dancing Spider-Man... make sure your sound is turned up, that's all I'm saying.

http://www2.b3ta.com/spidermanwillmakeyougay/

#2 - while that Spidey Bible Stories was pretty funny ... the best Spidey comics parody ever HAS to be these ones. This is slightly old, but very, very funny (may take awhile to load, but 100% worth it):

http://www.kontrabandcontent.co.uk/1/graphics/pics/spiderman_comic_hero.jpg

"Holy shit! I got to save the girl with the big tits!!"

"Those stupid doctors, saying that I have a brain tumor. Hey, look! My arch nemesis, a truck!"

"Please, don't! I'm diabetic!" "That sounds like a job for SUGAR!"

"NNNNGGGG!! HATE YOU!! WANT DIVORCE!!" "What is it?" "Shut up. Just, shut up." "@$$hole" NEXT WEEK: ANAL!

God, I love those strips.

Posted by: Ryuukuro at March 4, 2005 07:37 PM

I loved it up until naked Jesus. I love Jesus but I didn't want to see him naked.

But, yes, it was funny.

Posted by: Matt Adler at March 4, 2005 10:05 PM

Keeping in mind that I'm the guy who wrote the Doc Samson Passover story

Actually, it was a Chanukah story.

Posted by: JamesLynch at March 5, 2005 12:55 AM

About the cartoon: errrrrrrr...

I've heard some priests say that, to make religion more appealing, Jesus et al should be portrayed more like superheroes than their traditional interpretations. (Moses parting the Red Sea with heat vision, Samson's battles in glorious action, etc.) It seemed tacky then, and it's still tacky now.

Posted by: Adam Neace at March 5, 2005 10:08 PM

And another thing about the eggs and bacon line - It seems to me that Jesus probably wouldn't have been eating bacon - ever. I'm assuming that the man would would be the kind of the Jews would also have been about as orthodox as they came. I mean, maybe "Who's for flapjacks!" would have been a better line?

As to the vs. idea - don't you guys watch South Park - Jesus wins, man. Although, that gives me a great "What if?" idea - What if Galactus asked Jesus to be his herald? (Oh, man I'm goin' to Hell for that one...)

Posted by: Tempest at March 7, 2005 03:25 PM

This reminded me of that Superman is a dick page: http://www.nationallampoon.com/supermanisadick/default.asp

Posted by: Ted at March 9, 2005 03:18 AM

So, umm... is this meant to be a serious attempt by Jesus freaks to make the Bible appeal more to kids, or what?

Posted by: Fred Chamberlain at March 9, 2005 07:13 AM

Ted, doubtful since I'd imagine that it could be seen as very offensive. It looks do be done tongue-in-cheek.

Fred

Posted by: Moriarty at March 13, 2005 12:34 PM

Ah... written by wm. stephen humphrey. Much is explained.

He does the TV column for The Stranger (the The Portland Mercury's sister publication in Seattle).

He's weekly column there is pretty so-so, but his faux TV Guide summaries are hilarious.

Spider-Man's Bible Stories is another indicator that he should stay away from essays, and stick to relatively short gags -- they appear to be his metier.

By the way, in a similar vein of humor:

Superman Origin Comics:http://www.jaypinkerton.com/superman/

Batman Origin Comics: http://www.jaypinkerton.com/blog/archives/000223.html

Enjoy.

Posted by: Jim at March 15, 2005 05:38 AM

Did anyone else notice how Eve looked like Gwen Stacy?