Acknowledgments
Introduction
A Second Shot of Coffee with Jesus
About Radio Free Babylon
David Wilkie is the artist behind the online comic strip Coffee with Jesus and the cofounder of Radio Free Babylon.
"Wilkie's theologically consistent and culturally insightful
webcomic collection puts the son of God in a running series of
coffee-klatch arguments, boasts, explanations, and self-discoveries
while among a cast that includes a preacher named Joe, agnostic
Kevin, troubled Anne, and the self-centered pair of Lisa and Carl,
along with a Clark Gable-look-alike Satan. . . . This is a Jesus
whom the reader need not believe is God in order to appreciate both
his smarts and his pointed encouragement to do better in life."
*Francisca Goldsmith, Booklist, May 15, 2015*
"Those who need more than one cup a day, rejoice: a second shot,
er, volume of the Internet comic strip Coffee with Jesus is served
up. Suit-wearing, coffee-drinking Jesus is back, holding a cuppa,
fielding questions, offering counsel and correction, and regularly
matching wits with a mustachioed Satan. The four-panel strip is all
wit, since it relies on static clip art drawn from the annals of
Sunday school lessons and 1950s advertisements. . . . The comics
are a kind of 21st-century parable: short and provocative, gentle
and non-judgey, examining common questions and (mis)conceptions
about Jesus. They're extra-funny for readers who are churchgoers,
who will get the digs at church-y Christianity. But they also
function as Christian theology 101 in their simplicity, and Jesus
always has the last, wry word."
*Publishers Weekly, March 9, 2015*
"Wilkie is gifted at causing me to think for days, even weeks with
a few sort sentences. One can easily pick up A Second Shot of
Coffee With Jesus and read through it rather quickly, and unlike
more complicated works, reading through this quickly does not
hinder comprehension and retention. . . . Regarding A Second Shot
of Coffee With Jesus, I couldn't put the book down. It was
incredible, as is the entire franchise."
*Kevin Wildman, Englewood Review of Books, July 17, 2015*
"Wilkie keeps dialogue sharp and evocative; believable, though in a
cartoonish, satirical way. The incessant opinions and questions of
Christ's coffee dates sound pretty much like tidbits an
eavesdropper would hear from around a typical American kitchen
table, coffee shop, talk show, pulpit. They're not full
conversations, merely glimpses, one feels, of the hinge moments of
conversations, the borderland place in the vacuum where something
Goes In, where something Comes Out. . . . "The Christ of Wilkie's
pages reassures, convicts, retorts, encourages, rebukes, sees us.
Our opinions, sins, vices are put in short and brutal sentences,
laid before the Son. He sips the black brew and accepts, corrects,
loves. It is good."
*Paul J. Pastor, Books Culture, September 2015*
"These poignant and pointed visual vignettes are rife with good
theology and will have you laughing for days."
*The Light Canada, May 2015*
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