| Jesus and Mo | |
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 A sample of the comic Jesus and Mo originally published in November 2006 featuring all four of the five characters who have appeared in the comic to date. |
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| Author(s) | Mohammed Jones |
| Website | http://www.jesusandmo.net |
| Current status / schedule | Published twice per week |
| Launch date | 24 November, 2005 |
| Genre(s) | Humour |
Jesus and Mo is a British webcomic created by an artist using the pseudonym Mohammed Jones. Launched in November 2005, the comic is published on its eponymous website twice a week.
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Set-up
The simply drawn comic features two present day religious prophets, Jesus and Mo. While Jesus is portrayed as the actual Christian prophet, Mo claims to be a body double [1], using casuistry to get around the restriction in Islam of representing the prophet Muhammad pictorially. Jesus and Mo share an apartment [2] and occasionally venture outside, principally to a public house, The Cock and Bull, where they imbibe Guinness stout and engage in conversation and debate with an atheist female bar attendant known simply as Barmaid, who is never drawn [3] but is characterised only as a speech bubble. They also converse with each other on a park bench [4]. A fourth character, Moses, another Abrahamic prophet, appears in a few strips. The Hindu god Ganesh made a one-time appearance; both Jesus and Mo mocked his depicted weight and four arms. It has been shown that they have discovered the comic strip on the Internet, but believe that God is drawing the comics. [5]
Themes
The comic consists mainly of religious satire, often criticizing arguments for religion [6], religious texts [7] and decrees [8] and the actions of believers [9]. As the comic features only Christian and Muslim prophets, these are generally directed at the two religions, though some apply to all forms of theism.
In print
Episodes from Jesus and Mo have been published in paperback. The first 1-50 and 51-100 strips are published in Vol 1 "Where's the soap?" and Vol 2 "Transubstantiated" respectively. Vol 3 "Things Not Seen" contain strips 101-140 of the comic, as well as 10 unpublished strips. [10] The strip is published sporadically in the British magazine The Freethinker[1] and three strips were printed in the Danish newspaper Information[2] and one in their online version on 2007-03-22.[3][2]
References
- (Urdu blog with thumbnail of Government of Pakistan document entitled BLOCKING OF WEB SITE). BBC (2007-10-01). Retrieved on 2007-10-28. (Urdu)
- The Freethinker publishes cartoon special. mediawatchwatch.org.uk (2006-03-08). Retrieved on 2007-10-28. “featuring several Mo-toon fever inspired cartoons, a couple of Jesus-on-the-cross funnies, Jesus and Mo,...”
- Jesus and Mo published in Danish newspaper. comixtalk.com (2007-03-22). Retrieved on 2007-10-28. “2007-03-22 ... the Danish daily newspaper Information has today published three strips from Jesus and Mo in its print edition: danny, good, and badge”
- Mohammad Kamran. "SC seeks legal avenues to ban blasphemous cartoons worldwide", Daily Times (Pakistan), 2006-03-14. Retrieved on 2007-10-28. "The government has blocked all websites that carry caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad"
- Xeni Jardin (2006-03-20). Pakistan bans websites that carry Muhammad cartoons. Boing Boing. Retrieved on 2007-10-28. “Jesus and Mo”
- Peter Nielsen. "Mens vi venter", Dagbladet Information, 2006-03-20. Retrieved on 2007-10-28. "(includes danish text below the comic strip that translates as ... More cartoons can be found on www.jesusandmo.net ...)" (Danish)
