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Manifest Destiny #10 by Chris Dingess5/19/2023 ![]() ![]() First, increasing diversity of stories beyond the superhero, especially in the proliferation of author-owned titles through Image. The change of the Great Awakenings is a helpful analogy because it captures two kinds of shifts that my selections reflect. Are my subscriptions simply the products of obscure personal quirks? Am I distracted by certain styles of art or attracted to certain writers? No matter how I tried to explain why I had certain comics on my list to be set aside monthly when they arrive, I found that the list defied me.Īs I begun to consider why the comics that caught my attention did so, I came to see the collection not as a discrete group but as indications of the wider personality of comics today. Why this historical introduction? I have tried to consider various explanations for how my assortment of monthly comics came to be. Among the innovations of this era was what would become evangelicalism, that variety of Christianity that emphasized the individual, emotional “born again” experience of admitting one’s sinful nature and accepting Jesus’ offer of redemption. ![]() ![]() Panel from _Manifest Destiny_ by Chris Dingess with art by Matthew RobertsĪmerican historians sometimes call the waves of religious fervor in the 18th and 19th century our country’s “Great Awakening.” It is a powerful image–convinced that God’s spirit was calling Christians to renew their commitments–Americans flocked to open-air revivals to hear fiery sermons by orators like George Whitefield. ![]()
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