Don Ensign

And the Christian Comics Movement

Book cover of Don Ensign's portrait. Biography of the founder of Christian Comic Arts Society and creator of the Golden Protector.
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Synopsis

Don Ensign (1948-2014) was a comic book artist, writer, publisher, comics historian and widely considered to be the “Father of Christian Comics Fandom”. He helped mobilize a movement of artists and creators that lives on into this day. This book is a collection of his articles on storytelling and his comics featuring The Golden Protector that will inspire future generations of comic creators.

What's Inside This Book

This book is 200pg, b/w, full color cover, perfect bound.

Features:

• Foreword by Ralph Miley

• Timeline of CCAS

• Becoming A Christian

• Early CCAS Publications

• Alpha-Omega Comic-Con Posters

• Photo Gallery

• Afterword by Kevin Yong

• In Memoriam


Featured Essays:

• What God Has Done

• The History of CCAS

• Christianity and Comics

• Discerning What is Good in Comics

• Comic Books and the Biblical Worldview

• Vision and Perseverance

• A Very Short and Personal History of Christian Comics

• CCAS Exhibit Tables

• First Comics

• Early Christian Comics

• On Captain Marvel Jr.


Featured Comics:

• First Appearance of The Protector

• The Golden Protector: Beginnings

• The Golden Protector: This Jerk Ain’t So Tough

• The Golden Protector: Into the Past

• The Golden Protector: If It’s the Last Thing I Do

• The Rich Man With Many Barns

• Tales of Antediluvia: Doomschild

• FuturePast


Golden Protector Pinups by artists:

• Eric Jansen

• Frank Fosco

• Gabrielle Geske

• Geoff Strout

• James Butz

• Lee Weeks

• Melchizedek Todd

• Mike Abuan

• Montos

• Rob Marsh

• Ryo Azumi

• Sergio Cariello

• Steven Butler

• Wayne Cash

• And more!

From the Back Cover

“There would be no CCAS sharing the light of Jesus Christ in the comic book community, and there would be no Alpha-Omega Con if it wasn’t for the dedication and perseverance of Don Ensign. The Lord used him in a mighty way and the impact of his vision still resonates even more strongly ten years after he went home.”

— Ralph Ellis Miley, New Creation Comics


“Don Ensign spoke softly, but always thoughtfully. And yet, through founding CCAS, he reached more comics fans with the Gospel than the loudest man with a bullhorn standing atop a mountain. God delights in sending a child to defeat a giant or sending a stutterer to confront a powerful ruler. Likewise, I think God delighted in sending a quiet man like Don to reach a whole community centered on communication through pictures and words. . . quiet words.”

— Eric Jansen, God and Country Graphics

Ordering This Book

To order this book, please email:

info(at)newcreationnow.com

You may also write to:

Kevin Yong

PO Box 254

Temple City, CA 91780

www.newcreationcomics.com

All proceeds from this book go back into the organization that Don founded, the CCAS.