Empire, book one: The Vanishing, will likely hold little interest for most comic
readers out there. Created/written/drawn/and-everything-elsed by Christine Kerrick and
published by O-Positive press, the book deals with the Biblical prophecy of the rapture,
and the events surrounding it (generally called "The Tribulation").
Even as a Christian, I had a hard time paying attention to the story, and I am sure
most people of other beliefs (or lack thereof) would find themselves struggling to make
it through. I find the story to be much too bleak... Sure, one would expect as much
given the subject matter, but I find that life is bad enough without reading bleak
fiction. If anything, Christians might consider it worthy of picking up just to support
a fellow Believer.
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