Comic review: The Tithe #1- The best comic book in the world

Co-creator and Writer: Matt Hawkins
Co-creator and Artist: Rahsan Ekedal
Publisher: Top Cow Productions/Image Comics
Released: 15th April 2015


Do you know what I think is the most important, vital issue that is threatening the very existence of humanity and the planet Earth today?

Is it international banks and corporations owning and controlling western democratic governments, robbing people of their freedoms through neo-liberal consensus politics and giving people the illusion of freedom through social justice campaigns that obsess over race, gender and sexuality (but only in the west) issues?

I love the masks. Very edgy.

Nope, none of that stuff is important at all. What is REALLY important is Christian television evangelist fraud scandals from 1989. That’s what I’m really concerned about, and that’s why I absolutely love ‘The Tithe’ #1.

This book really is cutting edge. I love how it’s unafraid to hit those evil Christian Pastors where it really hurts, exposing their big Church donation based corruption for all the world to see. These big name US Christian Pastors have been getting away with their scams for far too long now, and it’s about time that somebody like brave writer Matt Hawkins and artist Rahsan Ekedal put their heads above the parapet and exposed these con-men Christian Churches for what they really are.

Co-creators Matt Hawkins and Rahsan Ekedal are taking a big career risk on this one. Just think of all those angry Christians who are going to be screaming blue murder about what is being exposed here.

Writer Matt Hawkins himself knows that there will be a HUGE backlash after what he has said about 1980’s Southern US Mega-Church Christianity in this whisteblowing paradigm shattering comic book, so he’s cleverly put a ‘good’ Christian character in the book as well to rebalance that situation.

It’s a wise decision, as the hard-core, militant, extremist Christian backlash against this book is going to be huge. I just hope that nothing violent happens as what this world needs right now is more people like brave, heroic, intelligent, cutting-edge, scandal breaking warrior writers like Matt Hawkins to really shine a light on the seedy underbelly of those Devilish, evil, satanic, scumbag, disgusting 1980s’s US Churches.

Great job Matt. Great job Ekedal. You’ve created something very special here, very special indeed.



Rating: 10000000000/10 (By far and away the best comic book in the world)