Chosen [Paperback]

Mark Millar (Author), Peter Gross (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 15, 2005

Imagine you're twelve years old and suddenly discover that you are the returned Jesus Christ. You can turn water into wine, make the crippled walk and perhaps even raise the dead. What do you and your family do, and how does it affect you knowing that you're destined to grow up and take part in a conflict that people have been waiting almost two thousand years for? Chosen has been described in the British press as Spider-Man meets The Book of Revelation. SFX Magazine describes it as Harry Potter for Christian fundamentalists.

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A truck crushes 12-year-old Jodie Christianson, and he is rushed to the hospital. Miraculously enough, he is unscathed. Not unchanged, however, for on returning to school, the erstwhile D student correctly answers every question put to him. He cures one friend's asthma and another's bad vision, changes some water into wine, and after the truck driver's son bullies him, raises the man from a coma. Even before then, Jodie has wondered, Could I be Jesus come again? Faithless Father O'Higgins assures him he isn't, but at the climax of Millar's cleverly developed story, even the priest becomes a believer. An anticlimax is also at hand, and as he reveals in the appended writer-artist dialogue, artist Gross has hinted at it all along. Most readers won't spot the warnings, having been thoroughly absorbed in Millar's skillful characterizations and manipulation of details from the Gospels. Gross' rather bland artwork, made more divertingly kitchen-sinkish by Jeanne McGee's dusty pastel colors, lulls one's attention, too. Few will mind the con job, though. This is a helluva cautionary tale. Ray Olson
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Product Details

• Paperback: 72 pages
• Publisher: Dark Horse (November 15, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593072139
• ISBN-13: 978-1593072131
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 6.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,275,237 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sensational, October 3, 2004

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N. Durham "Big Evil" (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chosen (Paperback)

Mark Millar, mainly known for his run on Marvel's Ultimate X-Men and his excellent Ultimates, as well as his current excellent Wanted title for Top Cow, penned this three issue mini-series for Dark Horse. When a young teen named Jodie miraculously survives getting a semi-truck dropped on his noggin, it is revealed that he is to play a pivotal role in the armageddon to come. Soon afterward, he begins to learn he has otherworldly abilities, and much like Jesus himself, he begins performing "miracles" such as healing the sick, and even a good 'ol fashioned resurrection as well. Millar's story is engaging to say the least, even though the chain of events that string together the story can seem to go a little too quick. The twist ending however is worth the price of admission alone, and Peter Gross' artwork combined with the washed out colors of Jeanne McGee give Chosen a look all it's own. All in all, fans of mad Scotsman Millar should definitely pick this up.

5.0 out of 5 stars An interesting read with a twist at the end, March 16, 2007

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DWD "DWD's Reviews" (Indianapolis, IN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chosen (Paperback)

I will not include any spoilers here - suffice it to say that a 12 year old starts to exhibit powers that Jesus once exhibited - healings, etc. The artwork highlights the drabness and ordinary, humble origins of this boy and hints that others have been waiting for these powers to surface.

The ending has a good plot twist - good enough that I read it 3 times to make sure I got it right.

The end of this edition has a "DVD extras" discussion between author and artist full of the little clues they had put in along the way and their motivations for making this graphic novel. It's a welcome addition.

Good work on this one. I give this one a grade of "A".

5.0 out of 5 stars End of Times, Christ and the Antichrist, February 6, 2007

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Chi Hyon Yi - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chosen (Paperback)

I really enjoyed this book! Is Mark Millar writing the sequel anytime soon? Christ is reborn as a child and a troubled and faithless priest talks to Christ reborn as not being able to be Christ. The Anti Christ is a wealthy business tycoon it seems ready to destroy Christ reborn. I really liked this and it reminded me of the much darker Saviour comics he wrote a long time ago and it brings a tear to my eye that Mark Millar is completing that story in another form. The dark abandoned churches and and extreme religious Christians and priests on bon fires was one of my favorite comics in the past that were never completed. I was pleasantly surprised that he with Grant Morrison took over the writing chores of Swamp Thing, "the poisoned chalice" of Horror Comics he quoted as saying since no one ever dared to fill in the legendary writing Swamp shoes that Alan Moore left behind because he could never be topped. And no one I think ever did better than Alan Moore except for Mark Millar and Grant Morrison and Neil Gaiman's story in Midnight Days Jack in the Green. If you are a fan of Mark Millar's work check these out and I hope there will be a sequel to the Chosen soon before the real Anti Christ and Christ show up demanding and fight over the last copy in a comic book store.