01 January 2018

Review of Lives of the Saints (and people who lived saintly lives)

I've received a copy of Lives of the Saints (and people who lived saintly lives) collected works volume 2, by George Tautkus. 



Mr Tautkus may be the only purely Catholic comic book artist out there. True, there are 'one off' Catholic comics available, but that's all he produces. Besides his work with the Lives of the Saints, he also has produced an episodic comic strip called 'Krunk'.

In this book he covers numerous Saints, including St Anthony the Great, a/k/a the Anchorite, of the Desert, the Abbot, and, since he is the first recorded monk, Father of All Monks, but my favourite in the book, is the story of St Edmund Campion,  one of my personal favourite Saints. St Edmund was an English Jesuit, martyred for his refusal to recognise Elizabeth I of England as 'Supreme Governor' of the Church in England. 

Mr Taukus' artistic style is interesting, not the normal 'comic book' art, but it actually adds to the stories, and I highly recommend his work!

This, and his other works, can be purchased at Tautkus Studio.

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