''Loaded Bible'' is a series of one-shot

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s (and a comic book mini-series) written by

Tim Seeley Tim Seeley is an American comic book artist and writer known for his work on books such as ''Grayson'', '' Nightwing'', '' G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'', ''G.I. Joe vs. Transformers'' and '' New Exiles''. He is also the co-creator of the Ima ...

, with art by

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, the first of which, ''Jesus vs. Vampires'', was published in February 2006 by Image Comics.

Publication history

A follow-up was released May 2007 called ''Loaded Bible 2: Blood of Christ'' and it takes place right after the first one. ''Loaded Bible 3: Communion'' was released February 2008 and is the conclusion to the first part of the series. The first issue of ''Loaded Bible: Blood of My Blood'' (a 6-issue mini-series) was for sale in comic book shops starting March 2, 2022.

Plot

The story starts with two acts: the discovery of vampires and the fact that the Christian religion has become much more fanatic. Then, a nuclear global war caused by the religion turns The Earth into an uninhabitable territory. Now, the second coming of

Jesus Christ Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious ...

must save

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from

vampire A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the Vitalism, vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living. In European folklore, vampires are undead, undead creatures that often visited loved ones and caused mi ...

Collected editions

The three comic books have been collected into a trade paperback: *''Loaded Bible'' (168 pages, July 2008, ) ''Loaded Bible'' is also available digitally through Devil's Due Digital.

Other media

Halo-8 Entertainment HALO-8 Entertainment is an independent film company specializing in genre cinema, documentaries, midnight movies, music-driven lifestyle videos, and animation. Its most popular releases include arthouse films ''Pop Skull'' and ''Threat (film), Thre ...

has optioned the rights to make an "illustrated film" of ''Loaded Bible'' to be directed by

Matt Pizzolo Matt Pizzolo (born on Long Island, New York) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, bestselling comic book writer, playwright, and entrepreneur, best known for his work as writer of the speculative politics comic books '' Calexit ...

, who had previously done ''

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''.

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References

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External links

Loaded Bible
at Image Comics website
''Loaded Bible'' on devilsduedigital.com
Depictions of Jesus in literature