Jesus and Mo

Infobox webcomic|
title = Jesus and Mo


caption = A sample of the comic "Jesus and Mo" originally published in November 2006 featuring four of the five characters who have appeared in the comic to date.
author = Mohammed Jones
url = http://www.jesusandmo.net
status = Published twice per week
began = 24 November, 2005
ended =
genre = Humour
ratings =

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.

et-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, [http://www.jesusandmo.net/2005/11/24/body/] apparently using casuistry to get around the restriction in Islam of representing the prophet Muhammad pictorially. As the author is apparently not a believer in Islam, this does not apply to him.

Jesus and Mo share an apartment [http://www.jesusandmo.net/2006/03/23/mess/] 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 [http://www.jesusandmo.net/2006/02/08/baby/] but is characterised only as an out of frame speech bubble. They also converse with each other on a park bench [http://www.jesusandmo.net/2006/07/14/slow/] .

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.

In September 2008, the author introduced animation to one of the panels.

Themes

The comic consists mainly of religious satire, often criticizing arguments for religion [http://www.jesusandmo.net/2007/08/10/sense/] , religious texts [http://www.jesusandmo.net/2006/05/16/wait/] and decrees [http://www.jesusandmo.net/2007/07/17/grief/] and the actions of believers [http://www.jesusandmo.net/2007/08/21/press/] . As the comic features only Christian and Muslim prophets, these are generally directed at the two religions, though some apply to many forms of theism.

In print

Episodes from Jesus and Mo have been published in paperback.Fact|date=October 2007 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. [http://www.jesusandmo.net/the-shop] The strip is published sporadically in the British magazine " The Freethinker" [freethinker] and three strips were printed in the Danish newspaper "Information"comixtalk] and one in their online version on 2007-03-22. [Peter Nielsen]

References

*cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/interactivity/blog/story/2006/03/060303_reba_blogspot.shtml
title=(Urdu blog with thumbnail of Government of Pakistan document entitled BLOCKING OF WEB SITE) |author= |publisher=BBC |date=2007-10-01 |accessdate=2007-10-28 Ur icon
*cite web|url=http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/?p=410 |title=The Freethinker publishes cartoon special |publisher=mediawatchwatch.org.uk |quote=featuring several Mo-toon fever inspired cartoons, a couple of Jesus-on-the-cross funnies, Jesus and Mo,... |date=2006-03-08 |accessdate=2007-10-28
*cite web |url=http://comixtalk.com/mojojesus_and_mo_published_in_danish_newspaper/ |title=Jesus and Mo published in Danish newspaper |publisher=comixtalk.com |quote=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 |date=2007-03-22 |accessdate=2007-10-28
*cite news|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C03%5C14%5Cstory_14-3-2006_pg1_7 |title=SC seeks legal avenues to ban blasphemous cartoons worldwide |author=Mohammad Kamran |publisher=Daily Times (Pakistan) |quote=The government has blocked all websites that carry caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad |date=2006-03-14 |accessdate=2007-10-28
*cite web|url=http://www.boingboing.net/2006/03/20/pakistan-bans-websit.html
title=Pakistan bans websites that carry Muhammad cartoons |author=Xeni Jardin |publisher=Boing Boing |quote=The government has blocked all websites that carry caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad |quote=Jesus and Mo |date=2006-03-20 |accessdate=2007-10-28
*cite news|url=http://luftskibet.information.dk/redaktionsmodet/mens_vi_venter
title=Mens vi venter |author=Peter Nielsen |publisher=Dagbladet Information |quote=(includes danish text below the comic strip that translates as ... More cartoons can be found on www.jesusandmo.net ...) |date=2006-03-20 |accessdate=2007-10-28 Da icon

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.jesusandmo.net Jesus and Mo]
* [http://www.comixpedia.org/index.php?title=Jesus_and_Mo Comixpedia entry]