When the Bible first introduces him in Genisis 1, he engaged in the act of creating. God created the world in the same manner that a novelist might create a story.
The act of creating by definition requires imagination, and Christians haven’t needed imagination more than they do today. The secularization of the arts, entertainment, and popular culture has severely damaged the church’s ability to make a difference in the world. Plenty of people liked God’s Not Dead, but plenty more liked Avengers: Endgame.
Levi Sweeney believes that there is a way to harness these modern trends for the glory of God. “The success of the massively popular, crowdfunded web series The Chosen has proven that faith-based entertainment which also appeals to secular audiences can become a reality”, says Levi. “The solution to winning the culture for Christ isn’t to criticize that culture, but to contribute to it.” Enter Third Day Comics.
As a lifelong comic book fan as well as a lifelong Christian, Levi believes that the kind of success that faith-based entertainment like The Chosen has achieved can be replicated in other mediums. Levi’s company, Third Day Comics, is currently gauging interest in monthly, serialized comic books, original graphic novels, and web comics that dramatize stories from the Bible and church history.
Levi has spent years studying the techniques which have been used to thrill readers with comic book stories about heroes like Batman and Spider-Man. It is the mission of him and his team at Third Day Comics to use such methods to create comics that will both edify and entertain Christians and non-Christians alike. If you or your church like the idea of such comics, use the below contact form to tell us what kind of comics you’d like best.
