When Readers Decide Death: The Story Behind 'A Death in the Family'
APR 7, 202652 MIN
When Readers Decide Death: The Story Behind 'A Death in the Family'
APR 7, 202652 MIN
Description
On this episode of Tea Time Theology, hosts Taylor and Ivy sit down with Jonathan Malone to unpack the 1988 graphic novel Batman: A Death in the Family — its reader-voted fate for Jason Todd, striking artwork, and the darker turn in comics.
They discuss theological themes like grief and scapegoating (drawing on René Girard), note problematic Islamophobic elements in the story, and share Jonathan’s ministry information for Wilderness Journeys (https://www.wildernessjourneys.org/) and St. Luke’s Church.