In 2007, when this story takes place (it was written in 2006), there was, in fact, no asteroid monument in the Sagan Planet Walk. Since then one has been added: it's not microscopic because it departs from the usual format of 'standard-sized window containing to-scale planet'. Actually it contains a bit of a real-live asteroid, which is cool. But the conversation reflects the reality at the time the comic was written & during which the story is set.
I used a similar filtering process on each panel, but early on I was still learning. (I would like to go and smooth out chapters 1-2, if I ever get to produce a print version (which I'd really like to do.)) I think you'll find it more even as it goes along. (Of course, every once in a while — e.g. b&w panels — I do it for symbolic reasons. I mean otherwise.)
Suzanne Campbell (Guest)
17th May 2018, 6:55 PMeditdeletereply
Loving it so far! But I wouldn't expect an evangelical Christian to recite the Nicene Creed in response to that question. (A Catholic like me probably would.)
My understanding is that the Nicene Creed was shared among most Christian denominations (save, e.g., the Mormons), but obviously I could be way off on its cultural connotations. If anyone out there is evangelical & has a thought, I'd love to hear more views on this.
Super late to this party, but here I am. I wasn't evangelical exactly, but grew up generically Protestant (Presbyterian church in Canada).
In my experience it was the Apostle's Creed not the Nicene that was most common. I suspect that many evangelical churches place little or no emphasis on any traditional creed.
Also, back a bunch of pages, there was the question of confirmation within the evangelical church. As far as I know, that's not really a thing. You would have people officially joining the church, but that wouldn't be called confirmation. For a ~12 year old evangelical a baptism might be a better example of a big event requiring family members to attend.
Thanks for all your comments!
I used a similar filtering process on each panel, but early on I was still learning. (I would like to go and smooth out chapters 1-2, if I ever get to produce a print version (which I'd really like to do.)) I think you'll find it more even as it goes along. (Of course, every once in a while — e.g. b&w panels — I do it for symbolic reasons. I mean otherwise.)
My understanding is that the Nicene Creed was shared among most Christian denominations (save, e.g., the Mormons), but obviously I could be way off on its cultural connotations. If anyone out there is evangelical & has a thought, I'd love to hear more views on this.
In my experience it was the Apostle's Creed not the Nicene that was most common. I suspect that many evangelical churches place little or no emphasis on any traditional creed.
Also, back a bunch of pages, there was the question of confirmation within the evangelical church. As far as I know, that's not really a thing. You would have people officially joining the church, but that wouldn't be called confirmation. For a ~12 year old evangelical a baptism might be a better example of a big event requiring family members to attend.
And thank you for your feedback on both the creed/confirmation issue. Great to get all these perspectives.