While actor Alec Guinness is most widely known for his foundational role as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original trilogy of the Star Wars films, he was also a Catholic convert. In fact, by the time he portrayed Obi-Wan Kenobi, Guinness had been Catholic for around 20 years and would frequently make retreats at Catholic monasteries, witnessing […]
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To celebrate the Easter Season we will be giving away a “starter package,” featuring most of our newest products at Voyage Comics. There will be 3 winners picked!! To add your entry, it is really quite easy. This giveaway will end on April 25, 2022. Packages will be shipped on April 26 or whenever a
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Happy Easter! The last several weeks have VERY been busy at Voyage Comics! We completed and shipped out The Phantom Phoenix #2 as well as producing a “collected edition” of the Mission of Joan of Arc, putting together both issues in a single volume. Many of you bought Easter presents and I’ve seen some of your Easter baskets
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Middle-earth and Narnia are the two most iconic fantasy realms of all time. They were imagined by J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, respectively. These two writers and academics were good friends and both devout Christians; Tolkien a Roman Catholic, and Lewis an Anglican. Although in various details Middle-earth and Narnia are very distinct fictional worlds
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One of the more iconic characters in the history of Marvel comics is Matt Murdock. Lawyer by day. Acrobatic crime-fighter by night. While all masked superheroes have a dichotomy between these personas, Murdock/Daredevil is particularly interesting to me as a Catholic. Besides the X-Men’s Nightcrawler, there’s no character in comics whose identity is as closely
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Whenever one treats Gandalf as a “Christ-figure” in The Lord of the Rings, they often point out his sacrificial death on the bridge of Khazad-Dûm and his resurrection as Gandalf the White. There are, however, many other parallels between Gandalf and Jesus. There are also parallels between Gandalf’s mission and the ministry of priests. Incarnation
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Hello there! When I first started Voyage Comics, I was inspired by the symbol of a ship navigating rough waters. It is an image that inspired St. Thérèse of Lisieux as well. “The symbol of a ship always delights me and helps me to bear the exile of this life.” – St. Thérèse of Lisieux I
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Hello there! So far 2022 has gotten off to a great start! A few weeks ago we launched a “pre-ordering” campaign, featuring various perks and rewards for the next chapter in our Phantom Phoenix series. It was a successful campaign, and we are still on track to delivering your orders by the end of the month! However, I
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Jules Verne was by far one of the greatest sci-fi writers of the nineteenth century. Verne wrote over 60 books. While it is debated as to whether or not Verne himself was Catholic, the Catholic Encyclopedia offers this entry: [H]e brought science into the realm of fiction, and whatever may be the final verdict on
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With The Book of Boba Fett coming on the Disney+ scene to steal the thunder from the Avengers’ less celebrated hero who ‘suffers from a branding problem,’ there are many character lessons in which Hawkeye hits the bullseye. The Hawkeye series – named after not only our favorite bow-toting Avenger, Clint Barton, but also (by
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