The Action Bible

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And, best of all, children really will read this book without prompting by their parents. I'm testing it on two boys (ages 5 & 10). The report for day 1 is that whenever they weren't running around, they were looking at this Bible. Our Voyage Blog is devoted to “testing everything” and finding God in popular entertainment, focusing on comics, fantasy and sci-fi. News & Blog Categories I have two young kids and so I’m always on the look out for illustrated stories and Bibles. My oldest loves to read books and we supplement our family Bible reading time with another illustrated Bible. What I like about The Action Bible was that it rooted its narrative in Scripture. Each section had a subheading with “based on” and then the Scripture reference. That tells me the writer know that their book is a supplement to the Bible and not a replacement.

Powerful graphic-novel style illustrations by Sergio Cariello (who has done work for Marvel and DC Comics) and clear storytelling will help kids to engage with God's word.This comic uses the New International Version (NIV) translation of the Bible and includes every word of the Bible. Brazilian artist Sergio Cariello is the main artist for this series and is a veteran in the comic book industry, working for Marvel Comics and DC Comics. As a seminary graduate who studied the original languages, I am not closed to new Bible translations. I appreciate a wide variety of Bibles, including the Geneva Bible, King James, NKJV, ESV, NIV, NASB, NLT etc. However, when I do come across a new Bible translation, I evaluate it based on its usability and faithfulness to the original text.

Largely regarded as the “most popular” comic book Bible, The Action Bible has quality artwork and an engaging story, often “filling in the blanks” left by the Bible with a unique twist that provides an entertaining biblical scene. At Voyage Comics & Publishing, we have created the first adaptation of the Book of Jonah in the Old Testament using Lord of the Rings‘ author J.R.R. Tolkien’s original translation as inspiration. ( Learn more about Tolkien’s translation here) This is the only Catholic presentation of the Bible in existence and uses the Revised Standard Version-Catholic Edition for its text. The artwork is less dynamic than the previously mentioned Protestant-produced Bibles and is more of an illustration-style of artwork, rather than a more modern-day comic book style. Videos animate the comic-style graphics of The Action Bible to set weekly themes in motion. With their leader as a coach, preteens discover who God is and who they are in Him. While the Bible had a few adaptations in the mid-20th century, it has received a renewed interest during the last 10 years. Many different publishers have been creating their own comic book Bibles and each have their own unique take.The Action Bible targets juveniles ages eight and up with the look and feel of a graphic novel, from its kid-friendly artwork to its comic book style dialog boxes with easy-to-understand language. Because of that it doesn’t follow a specific Bible translation, such as NIV, HSCB or King James. Instead the comic book style format simply tells over 200 Bible stories without further explanation. The book includes mentions of Alexander of Macedon and the celebration of Hanukkah as well as the arrival of the Roman Empire in Israel. Instead of looking at the Bible from a narrative approach, the Word for Word Bible Comic was produced to be more of a “literal” presentation of the Bible. It is explained as, “A word-for-word comic presentation of the Bible, using a bold contemporary style and historical accuracy to bring out the impact and excitement within the Scriptures to a more mature audience(12+ or 15+ age advisory).”