{"id":3243,"date":"2016-10-07T13:00:39","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T18:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littworldonline.org\/?p=3243"},"modified":"2016-11-18T22:31:48","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T22:31:48","slug":"a-comic-strip-that-borders-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maiglobal.org\/id\/a-comic-strip-that-borders-heaven\/","title":{"rendered":"A Comic Strip That Borders Heaven"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timazi.org\/\"><em>Timazi Magazine<\/em><\/a> of Kenya recently featured part one of &#8220;Big Day,&#8221; a comic strip<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3249\" src=\"https:\/\/maiglobal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Comic.jpg\" alt=\"comic\" width=\"289\" height=\"432\" \/> birthed by friendships made at MAI\u2019s LittWorld 2012 conference. There John and Maggie Gathuku, who lead the Christian youth magazine, met Mexican illustrator Jos\u00e9 Carlos Guti\u00e9rrez (right in photo below) and author Ivanova Nono Fotso of Cameroon (left in photo).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Jos\u00e9 Carlos crafted illustrations for the comic script written by Ivanova, and submitted the comic to <em>Timazi<\/em>. When Jos\u00e9 Carlos\u2019 computer crashed,<em> Timaz<\/em><em>i<\/em>\u2019s designer in Kenya, James Njoroge, completed coloring the illustrations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The seven-page comic, based on the Parable of the Ten Virgins, will be published in three issues of the magazine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3250\" src=\"https:\/\/maiglobal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Ivanova-Jose-Carlos-by-Ian-Darke-cropped-resized.jpg\" alt=\"ivanova-jose-carlos-by-ian-darke-cropped-resized\" width=\"242\" height=\"257\" \/>&#8220;This comic has a great emotional value since I started the drawings and sketches in a hospital room, a few months after returning from Littworld,&#8221; Jos\u00e9 Carlos said. His 21-year-old brother had been diagnosed with leukemia and began chemo treatments. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"> &#8220;He got saved in that same hospital as I prayed with him at the very beginning of his treatment,&#8221; Jos\u00e9 Carlos recalled. On the same day that his brother passed away, Jos\u00e9 Carlos completed inking the comic at the hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Today comic books are the world\u2019s most widely-read type of popular literature, capturing the interest of both children and adults. 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