January: New year, new book
January Newsletter
Now that it is the new year, we will be focusing on our next book, The Gospel of Matthew! It is now the run-up to the Kickstarter in March (details below).
New weekly LIVE videos!
I am planning to post a live video once a week going through the pages of one of the comics, talking about things like the meaning of the verses and different scholars opinions, the historical references for the work, the creative choices like character design and colour pallets etc. I believe I will start with the Book of Judges.
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Below is a longer example from the Gospel of Mark. It was created for the patrons on Patreon. This one is a good example of the mixture of information about the scriptures, the historical period and some of the creative decisions involved. (Click on the image below)
Video: Explaining the pages, Mark 8:9b-32
(You can get a video like this every two weeks if you become a patron and support the project for $5+ a month. Here: https://www.patreon.com/WordforWordBibleComic )
Kickstarter for The Gospel of Matthew MARCH!
On Friday, March the 6th at 8 pm UK time (3 pm EST, 12 noon PST) we will be launching the next Kickstarter campaign! God willing!
That's only about 50 days away.
This idea is that the book will be nearly finished and so you won't have too long to wait to receive it! Plus we've got plans to make the books received through KS extra special!
We've got lot's planned and special rewards and bonuses so it's going to be really exciting.
If you have a blog, YouTube channel or the like please let me know if you can feature the project at that time!
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Sneak peek at the Book of Matthew
Matthew's Gospel begins with a genealogy of Jesus. But when reading it in the comic you won't be tempted to just skip over it as you'll even see many familiar faces! This is only two-thirds of the genealogy but many of these characters have actually been seen in the Bible comic before in one place or another.
Progress
I have been able to make much more progress, as I have been able to incorporate the Mark pages into Matthew's gospel where the two coincided. You can see by comparing the two charts how much it has come along in just one month.
Prayer
We are entering the last phases of potentially getting hold of the NIV translation, we believe it will be a step up for the project, so please pray God has his hand on the situation and it goes smoothly.
As mentioned above this is the run-up to the Kickstarter, this is a great opportunity to pray into that. Please pray the campaign will get in front of as many people as possible, that it will really smash it's goals this time and exceed expectations! Please pray that Kickstarter add it to their "Projects We Love" and that I can wisely consider how to set the goals and design the campaign.
Lastly, if you plan to contribute to the Kickstarter as a donation or pre-order, please pray on what you can pledge and if you can help us get the work out.
