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Doug TenNapel, creator of Earthworm Jim and graphic novelist, has decided to quit blogging. The first graphic novel I read was Earthboy Jacobus by TenNapel and I have corresponded with him about my own project. Doug wraps up the purpose of his blog with a great point:

Our attempts to prop up the universe to squeeze a few more days out are noble efforts but are just a Band-Aid. Science is just a half-assed Christ hoping to dole out life to the begging masses for a few bucks. Knowing most 75 year olds why in the hell should we live longer? We’re set in our ways by 30 and have few epiphanies after that. Mankind doesn’t need a face lift, he needs a heart transplant, a brain transplant and a mind transplant. That’s where God comes in.

Jesus is not a half-assed Christ. He didn’t offer us crap plus one. He isn’t here to socially improve the world. He didn’t come here to make me quit smoking. The statement Christ makes with his life is radical…he died at 33. He could have rejected the cross, doomed mankind and been within his rights but running from suffering to persue narcissistic comfort isn’t one of his character traits, they are ours’. The human condition was cast in stone when Adam fell from paradise. Call it a myth or allegory but it describes man’s condition well.