Comments for Emperors of Byzantium

Comment on Wallpaper! by Irving

Irving — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:18:38 +0000

The good things are always worth the wait. Look forward to seeing your comic when it is ready!!

Comment on Page 32 by haefen

haefen — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:52:58 +0000

Yeah, I find it really interesting that he was able to spread his word through catchy tunes! It’s certainly creative. I’m glad you enjoyed this page!

Comment on Page 32 by Cody Burkett

Cody Burkett — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:48:23 +0000

THAT IS BRILLIANT.

Love the Arius reference. Not many people know he used songs to relate his theological position, so this is made of win.

Comment on Page 52 by elsolo

elsolo — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:08:18 +0000

Congratulations, Haefen! You did it. A publication that you can hold in your hands, put on your shelf, give to friends. I really like all the additions you made for this edition.

The biggest difference in having a hard copy rather than seeing it on the screen (aside from the absence of color, which I really only missed in the mosaic on the cover page of Chapter 5), is being able to flip back and forth more easily. Which helps me to keep track of the proliferation of Caesars and Augustuses. And to look back on images I especially like, or at parts that really cracked me up.

The thing that comes through, reading it from cover to cover, is how important a story this is. Despite the fact that it is peopled with madmen, murderers and assholes, it is really about one of the most influential moments in human history. I never grasped before that this is how Christianity became established and took so central and influential a place in human history. And of course, you make the story hilarious. What better way to teach or learn.

I think it would make a great text for a secondary or university history of religious studies class.