About the Author
Based in Bristol, England, Simon has a degree in graphic design and has been creating comics for over 20 years. He became a committed Christian at the age of 23 and after reading the Bible as an adult was struck by how much of the exciting intrigue, drama and challenging elements are dropped from dramatizations and retellings of the stories.
Passionate about the full Word of God and unsatisfied with the cut-down, child-friendly Christian comics available he was inspired to create this product for mature readers.
He has a wife, two boys and a cat. He helps lead a home group and Bible studies at his local Church and his other interests include metal music, roleplaying games, LARPing, Star Wars, Marvel and all sorts of other geeky stuff.
https://www.facebook.com/Pillario
Below is an interview from a few year back. (Apologies for the sound quality but it has subtitles too).
Which Bible Translation does it use?
English
We have recently obtained the rights to use the NIV (New International Version) translation and our first NIV title is the Gospel of Matthew!
The previous comics employ the World English Bible. It is an extremely reliable translation as it is based on the American Standard Version (ASV), just like the NASB, RSV, NRSV, etc.
“The World English Bible is based on the American Standard Version of the Holy Bible first published in 1901, the Biblia Hebraica Stutgartensa Old Testament, and the Greek Majority Text New Testament.”
Find out more about the World English Bible on their website.
or a Wiki about it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_English_Bible
Spanish
Our newest books will also be available in Spanish using the Nueva Versión Internacional NVI.
https://www.biblica.com/bible/nvi/
Other languages
If you are a publisher interested in licencing the rights to recreate the Word for Word Bible Comic in your own language, please contact rights@rigginsrights.com as we utilise the services of Riggins Rights to manage our licencing agreements.