Therefore Repent!

Therefore Repent!

Infobox graphic novel
title=Therefore Repent!
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publisher=No Media Kings
Idea & Design Works
date=2008-01-15
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main_char_team=Mummy and Raven
origisbn=978-1600101465
writers=Jim Munroe
artists=Salgood Sam
pages=160
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"Therefore Repent!" is a bestselling Canadian graphic novel written by anarchist freelance writer Jim Munroe and illustrated by Salgood Sam. It is set in a post-apocalyptic Chicago neighbourhood after the predictions of Christian fundamentalists concerning the Rapture have come true, the righteous have risen to Heaven and a society divided between Splitters who believe there will be a second Rapture for those who perform good acts after the first and those who do not.cite journal |url=http://www.quillandquire.com/reviews/review.cfm?review_id=5852 |title=Therefore Repent! |accessdate=2008-07-11 |last=Wiersema |first=Robert J. |month=November |year=2007 |journal=Quill & Quire |publisher=St. Joseph Media Inc.] The novel has been called "a progressive, humane rejoinder" to the Christian science fiction novels in the "Left Behind" series.

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The protagonists of the novel are Mummy and Raven, lovers who used to do an act where they dressed up as a mummy and a raven. The novel opens as they arrive in Chicago searching for somewhere to live following the Rapture and squat in an apartment abandoned by its raptured inhabitants. Mummy and Raven are quite happy to live in a world without Christians, unlike the Splitters (George W. Bush among them) who strive to become as Christian as possible in order to ascend to Heaven during the Apocalypse. As the story progresses, Mummy and Raven explore the neighbourhood around their apartment, and become disconcerted as the world becomes increasingly unhinged, with militaristic angels killing "sinners" using machine guns, a dog beginning to speak, and ordinary people beginning to develop magical powers.

Reception

The graphic novel was a critical and commercial success, attracting critical praise from "Quill & Quire" ("an absolutely boundless piece of fantasy that he wisely grounds in very human relationships... [t] o say it’s an imaginative work would be an understatement"), Junot Diaz, [cite web |url=http://thisrecording.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/in-which-it%E2%80%99s-a-briefly-wonderful-life/ |accessdate=2008-07-12 |title=In Which It's a Briefly Wonderful Life |work=This Recording |date=2008-04-10 ] and Annalee Newitz of "io9",cite web |url=http://io9.com/392600/the-rapture-is-real-angels-have-machine-guns-and-dogs-can-talk |title=The Rapture is Real, Angels Have Machine Guns, and Dogs Can Talk |accessdate=2008-07-11 |last=Newitz |first=Annalee |authorlink=Annalee Newitz |date=2008-05-21 |work=io9 |publisher=Gawker Media] reaching the Canadian Top 20 bestsellers list, [cite web |url=http://sequential.spiltink.org/2007/11/weekly-bestsellers.html |title=Weekly Bestsellers |accessdate=2008-07-11 |last=Munn |first=Bryan |date=2007-11-21 |work=Sequential |publisher=Spilt Ink] and garnering Munroe a nomination for the 2008 Shuster Award for Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Writer. [cite web |url=http://joeshusterawards.com/story.asp?storyID=116 |title=2008 Nominees |accessdate=2008-07-11 |date=2008-05-25 |work=Shuster Awards |publisher=Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards Association]

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External links

* [http://nomediakings.org/press/therefore_repent.html PAGENAME] at No Media Kings
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb9w1cUJTPY&fmt=18 Trailer by Salgood Sam] at Youtube.com
* [http://sequential.spiltink.org/2007/11/therefore-repent-in-previews.html PAGENAME in Previews] from Sequential

Reviews

* [http://warren-peace.blogspot.com/2008/03/therefore-repent-its-little-late-isnt.html Warren Peace Sings the Blues]
* [http://www.readaboutcomics.com/2008/02/20/therefore-repent/ Read About Comics]
* [http://www.popimage.com/content/thereforerepentreview2007.html PopImage]
* [http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/03/04/075512.php Sibin Mohan] from "Blogcritics"
* [http://www.outsiderwriters.org/content/view/411/44/ The Guild of Outsider Writers ]


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