Thursday, September 27, 2007
Thought I'd give a mention to this new anti-Jihad graphic novel written and drawn by an interesting sounding cat with a Muslim background named Bosch Fawstin. Here's some of the info:
The online store with lots of pictures of the character.
Fawstin was interviewed on Shire Network News.
Robert Spencer posted about it here.
The author writes:
I’m a graphic novelist who's working on a counter-jihad graphic novel titled The Infidel, featuring Pigman, a ruthless, counter-jihad superhero. The Infidel is about American twin brothers from a Muslim background who have absolute opposite responses to 9/11:
One becomes a counter-jihad cartoonist and the other becomes a born-again Muslim who goes jihad, and their choices force them to come head to head with one another after their break on 9/11. I’m writing this to promote the book, which I will begin releasing in chapters beginning at the end of fall.
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Bosch Fawstin, an ex-Muslim cartoonist who's been working on graphic novels, is now working on a new item called The Infidel (Hat tip: Solomonia). Read More
I'm just curious about his ethnic background. I Googled photos of him and found that he looks very European, and his name doesn't sound Arab or Iranian (Turkish?) Yet he comes from a Muslim family. I wonder if he's of Bosnian or Albanian descent. Just curious.
I heard his interview on Shire Network News, and it was interesting.
That podcast site, by the way, is really good. Even though I'm not right-of-center, which the site is, I really like listening to their podcasts. The hosts are likeable and can be funny. They also get great guests for interviews very often. Recently they had Deborah Lipstadt, for instance.
Joanne,
I am of Albanian descent, as are the twin brothers in my story who are modeled after me. It's as good a visual way as I can find to make it very clear that this is a battle against an ideology, not a race.
Bosch