The Kingstone Bible Trilogy #1

The Kingstone Bible Trilogy #1

by Art A. Ayris (Editor & Writer), Ben Avery (Writer), Michael Pearl (Writer)

The Kingstone Bible Trilogy is a hardcover edition that combines previously released graphic novels/ comics. It is the most complete graphic adaptation of the Bible ever published. #1 in this epic trilogy covers Genesis through I Samuel - the time period spanning creation through the life of David. This one-of-a-kind hard cover graphic Bible is illustrated by top comic artists in stunning, full color art.

Co-writer Ben Avery is a lead writer and editor with Kingstone Comics. His comic book career began when he was selected by Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin to work as the script adapter of the comic book fantasy mini-series The Hedge Knight, based on novellas by the New York Times bestselling author. Post-Hedge Knight, Avery went on to co-write/co-create the critically acclaimed Lullaby and The Imaginaries for Image Comics, co-create and write the children's literature inspired fantasy The Oz/Wonderland Chronicles, develop and write the historical epic Kingdoms for Zondervan, and the sequel mini-series The Hedge Knight II published by Marvel Comics.

Co-writer Art A. Ayris combined a passion for both comics and Scripture in penning large portions of the Kingstone Bible. Ayris' writing spans 25 comics and graphic novels, several film festival wins, as well as Best TV Movie in Hollywood's Next Success contest with his screenplay Alas Babylon.

Genres: Comics, Nonfiction, Graphic Novels, Christian

720 pages, Hardcover

Published October 18, 2016

Reviews

[Alaina P · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 stars ⭐️ This took me 2 YEARS to finish 😭 and it’s only book 1 of 3! This was so detailed and amazing. It shows the Bible visually. Highly recommend!

[jacob van sickle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great! It is a comic book Bible that doesn’t leave stories out. These 700 pages take you from Genesis to the end of 2 Samuel. Read to Grace (8), Annabelle (6), Jack (5), Will (4) and Knox (3).

[Joel Toppen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Illustrations are generally quite good. There are, however, some occasional typos. Some of the stories are a little disjointed or presented in a clumsy way. What I mean is that on a couple occasions, I came upon abrupt plot shifts with little or no explanation.

Is it as good as the Action Bible? Hard to say after just one volume. Obviously, the Kingstone Bible has three times the content. But “more” doesn’t always mean “better.” I’ll withhold judgment until I review the 2nd and 3rd volumes of the Kingstone Bible. For now, I think the AB has better storytelling than the KB.

One last nitpick… I really wish the artists hadn’t depicted Israeli warriors fighting from horseback like medieval cavalry. As a military historian, I find this part a bit irritating. Offsetting this, I love how the writers often include culturally accurate explanations to the stories.

[Ebookwormy1 · Rating 4 out of 5]

This hardcover volume includes previously published titles: The Beginning (Genesis 1-11 & Job), The Patriarchs (Genesis 12-49), The Ten Commandments (Exodus, Numbers and Joshua), The Judges (Judges & Ruth), and The Kings I (1 & 2 Samuel with Psalm 33), for a total of 39 stories.

For a detailed review of the entire series, see
Kingstone Bible Trilogy, Ayris & Avery & Pearl et al, 2016
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

There's more! The next book in the series is...
The Kingstone Bible Trilogy Book #2, Ayris & Avery et al, 2016
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Dwayne Hicks · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would agree that although Kingstone has more content than The Action Bible, TAB is more coherent and readable. The Kingstone Bible flips between dramatically different art styles constantly, sometimes in the middle of a single story. Maybe a later version added in scenes missing from an original? The complex Israelite civil war sequences in Samuel are painful to read, with no consistency in exposition through dialogue vs. narrative captions, and sometimes context is forgotten entirely. My kids were happy enough to stick it out to see if there were any interesting pictures yet to come, but I don't think they actually followed much of the extra content in this vs. the first third of TAB. Who knows, though. It's strange what kids retain sometimes.

[Gary · Rating 3 out of 5]

Generally not as good as The Action Bible, one of the artists in particular, who illustrated the section on Joseph, should only do artwork for horror comics. His rendition of this section is a bit disturbing. And some of this is a little long and somewhat hard to follow. For as much time is they spend on Job and Samson and David, there's nothing here about other memerable people and stories, such as Judah and his stepdaughter Tamar. So, mixed bag. Some of this isn't bad at all, but I still preferred The Action Bible.

[Jordan Baker · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the first of three gigantic volumes that span the entire Bible. It’s super interesting to read this illustrated Bible alongside my Bible in a year plan. There are a few small things that maybe should have been portrayed or interpreted differently, but for the most part it’s a really great collection. Also, the price is phenomenal. An omnibus of this size and quality from Marvel would cost 4x as much. All in all I’m really pleased, and I’m excited to move onto volume 2.

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Brilliantly drawn emotive illustrations that paired well with the text. Some more background definitions and reference could have been helpful. This adapted story template could have been an opportunity to really make clear the connections between different persons however this was often hard to follow. Overall was a very enjoyable read to experience the Bible story through comic form, making even the more tedious parts captivating.

[Floortje]

im not a christian but i really wanted to read these and let me tell you; the story about job absolutely broke my mind

no idea how to rate these so i just won’t lmao

[Jen (The Jenerator) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really enjoying reading this this year as a break from the "norm".

[Benjamin Murray · Rating 3 out of 5]

An overall well done project, but it's pretty clearly composed from a cry specific theological line.

[Stella]

Giving ✨the bible✨ a star rating feels silly goofy so that's not something I'm gonna do