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🗓️ 26 October 2023
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Some people pour through comic books like they're devotional works, following the lives of superheroes like some study the lives of the saints.
In this redux from the archives, Fr. Mike interviews sacred artist Neilson Carlin about the crossover between comics books and sacred art, and how the desire to emulate superheroes is truly fulfilled when we follow the saints to Christ.
Be sure to check out Neilson's fine artwork (pun intended) at https://www.neilsoncarlin.com/
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0:00.0 | He's not even smart. He needs Lucius Fox and I'm like, you're not even a detective. |
0:04.2 | You're supposed to be the world's greatest detective and you can't even fight. |
0:07.8 | He's with bat managers and it's like this thing. |
0:11.0 | Well, you have thought about this, yeah. |
0:12.4 | Oh man, father so much. |
0:13.9 | Hi, my name's father Mike Smith. |
0:15.0 | This is a sentient present. |
0:16.0 | I am with Nielsen Carlin, who is a sacred artist and how would you describe yourself? |
0:22.2 | Well, a sacred artist, that works. |
0:23.6 | Yeah. |
0:24.0 | An artist who does sacred work. |
0:25.2 | I think it'll, yeah, yeah, that'll work. |
0:27.5 | Here to Holy Painter. |
0:28.8 | I don't know about that. I'm working towards that. |
0:30.5 | But yeah, with God's grace, yes, I'm working in that direction, yeah. |
0:33.1 | You have a background not only with sacred art, but also superheroes. |
0:36.1 | Was that your entry into art through the world of comic books? |
0:39.0 | Yes, I've been drawing since I was a kid very early and I picked up on comic books very early. |
0:43.2 | So I think it was just going to college and seeing a larger art world that showed me |
0:47.1 | some areas that I wasn't thinking about when I was in high school. |
0:49.9 | Why sacred art? |
0:51.0 | Well, sacred art, I got into that about eight years ago. |
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