The New Testament Volume One: All Verses Illustrated is a complete sequential graphic-novel rendering of the opening books of the New Testament, with every verse illustrated in order and nothing skipped.
Illustrated by Thomas Fasano, this ambitious first volume presents Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, 1 John, 2 John, and 3 John using the public-domain World English Bible text. Each verse is transformed into a hand-drawn black-and-white panel or sequence, creating a visual reading experience that is part scripture, part graphic novel, and part illustrated manuscript.
This is not a collection of selected Bible scenes. It is not a retelling that moves quickly past the difficult or less familiar passages. Every verse is given visual form: genealogies, journeys, confrontations, teachings, miracles, parables, healings, warnings, prayers, betrayals, trials, crucifixion, resurrection, letters, love, judgment, and revelation. The result is a page-by-page encounter with the text as a continuous visual narrative.
Volume One begins with the Gospel accounts of Jesus Christ: the birth narratives, the calling of the disciples, the Sermon on the Mount, the parables of the kingdom, the miracles, the conflicts with religious authorities, the Last Supper, Gethsemane, the Passion, the Resurrection, and the final commissions. The volume then continues into the Johannine letters, where themes of truth, love, obedience, light, deception, fellowship, and eternal life are carried forward in a stark and intimate visual style.
Rendered in expressive black-and-white linework, the book embraces the intensity, mystery, beauty, violence, tenderness, and spiritual force of the New Testament. Familiar passages are made strange again; overlooked verses are brought into view; the movement of the text becomes visual, sequential, and immediate.
The New Testament Volume One: All Verses Illustrated is not a children's Bible, not a sampler, and not a simplified adaptation. It is a bold, uncompromising visual journey through the Gospels and Johannine letters, created for readers of scripture, students of the Bible, graphic-novel enthusiasts, artists, collectors, and anyone interested in seeing the New Testament rendered verse by verse in sequential art.
Volume One includes:
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
1 John
2 John
3 John
