Behold! It's the official 1-minute book trailer for The Brick Bible: A New Spin on the Old Testament:
If that didn't convince you to rush out and buy several copies of this book to give to friends and loved ones this holiday season, you may in fact be Scroogey McGrinch.
With all these amazing items (and posters too), The Brick Testament Shoppe is truly your one-stop destination for all your holiday gift giving needs. Seriously. Do not shop anywhere else.
Just a note to wish everyone out there a very happy Thanksgiving. I am feeling especially thankful to all the friends of The Brick Testament old and new who took the time to speak up on behalf of The Brick Bible on the Sam's Club Facebook page over the past few days. The outpouring of support was amazing.
The story has now been picked up by CNET and Slashdot. With further attention drawn to it, maybe the folks at Sam's Club will see that they have concerned and disappointed more people by banning The Brick Bible from their store than they ever did by carrying it.
My sincere thanks again for standing by The Brick Testament, and best wishes for your holiday weekend. Now go eat some turkey.
I have just been informed that Sam’s Club is pulling The Brick Bible from the shelves of all of their retail locations nationwide due to the complaints of a handful of people that it is vulgar and violent. This despite the book containing only straightforward illustrations of Bible stories using direct quotes from scripture.
The Brick Testament has won tens of thousands of fans across a wide spectrum of beliefs who appreciate it as a fun, engaging way to get a better knowledge of the Bible’s contents. I know that The Brick Bible book will not be right for everyone, but it saddens me to think that a ban at Sam’s Club will prevent thousands of people from coming across The Brick Bible and being allowed to make up their own minds about it.
If you disagree with the decision by Sam’s Club to ban the book, let Sam’s Club know your thoughts on the wall of their Facebook page here.
(Let’s try to keep the dialogue civil, polite, and reasoned.)
The Brick Bible remains available at many other major retailers like Barnes & Noble and Amazon.com, and at many independent bookstores as well. Thanks to everyone for your continued support.
Reviews of the book on Amazon.com are tending toward the extremes, with some praising it as "an amazing triumph", "artistically engaging", and "gutsy, fun, and entertaining", while others decry it as "wrong", "not appropriate for anyone", and urge "please do not buy this book". Who is right, who is wrong? As Patrick Swayze famously said in the movie Road House: "opinions vary".
Those of you savvy enough to pre-order the new Brick Testament book were treated to a pleasant surprise this weekend when Amazon.com sent out a notice that they received stock of The Brick Bible two weeks earlier than anticipated, and they have started shipping orders today!
If you haven't ordered your copies yet, the time to act is now! Amazon is currently offering it at $12.87, a full 35% off the list price, which is crazy ridiculous! With savings like that, why just buy one copy when you could buy five or seven and give copies to your family and friends?
Let people know what you think of the book when it arrives! Reviews on Amazon are always appreciated. If you don't have time for a review, just visit the book's Amazon page and hit the "Like" button. Every time it's clicked, an angel gets its wings!
The new Brick Testament book, which will hit store shelves in mere weeks, has earned a rare "starred review" in the latest edition of the influential trade magazine Publisher's Weekly. Calling it a "curiously powerful graphic novel" and "an eye-opener", the review praises the book for its "world-weary humor" and yet also for playing it straight when retelling the ancient stories from the Good Book. Read the review on PublishersWeekly.com, or view a scan of the print edition on The Brick Testament's Press page.
In other book news, I have been informed that The Brick Bible will be sold at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and also at Sam's Club! Of course, you don't have to wait to find it there or at your favorite local bookstores. You can pre-order your copies from Amazon.com right now!
Of course, God doesn't just show his approval for these moral values by blessing Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Those who know their Bible know God himself outlaws intermarriage with other races, practices favoritism by treating the Israelites differently than all other nations, and occasionally even uses deception to accomplish his goals. So parents, teach your children well. Love one child more than the next. Lie to foreigners that your wife is your sister. Conspire with a loved one to deceive an elderly family member, and you too will be walking in the righteous path of the Lord.
A big, bold, and beautiful collection, 8 1/2 by 11 inches, with 256 pages, and 1,400 illustrations, it retells the Old Testament stories in all their glory, from Adam and Eve all the way to King David, Solomon, and beyond.
It's been a lot of work getting everything done for this new book, but I'm very pleased and excited about the results. Those with eagle eyes and/or a great familiarity with The Brick Testament might notice that the book cover features Jacob's Ladder, a story never-before illustrated on the website! Indeed book will contain about 75 brand new illustrations in addition to all your favorite Old Testament stories from the website.
Hope you'll do your part to spread the word about the new book! Pre-order copies for your whole family, congregation, Sunday School, and/or godless intellectual book club! Or at least hit the "like" button on Amazon! It generates excitement!!
More new content coming to the website soon too. Stay tuned!
If you are standing, you may want to sit down for this. If you are already sitting, you may want to lie flat on the ground. If you are driving, God help us all, because holy shit, THERE WILL BE A NEW BRICK TESTAMENT BOOK OUT THIS FALL!!
Skyhorse Publishing has just received a manuscript with 1,400 illustrations for a book that will cover the ENTIRE OLD TESTAMENT. It is going to be AWESOME!!
Start celebrating now. More details to come in the weeks ahead...
How morally vile an act would you be willing to perpetrate if you were convinced God told you to do it? Would you steal someone's wallet? Would you punch a random stranger in the face? Would you hijack a plane and fly it into a skyscraper? Would you slit your beloved son's throat and burn his corpse?
These are the sorts of questions that the faithful must ask themselves, for one never know when they will be tested. And lest you imagine that, as in our latest set of illustrated stories, God will always shows up at the last second to tell you it was all only a test...keep in mind that sometimes God actually wants you to go through with it.
The Brick Testament Shoppe is having a special for the month of December. When you order a poster, you can now opt to have it signed by the artist at no additional cost. Brick Testament creator The Rev. Brendan Powell Smith will sign the bottom right corner of your poster in shiny metallic ink to create an instant family heirloom to be passed down throughout the generations.
Head over to The Brick Testament Shoppe today! For Christmas orders, please your order before December 15 to ensure it arrives on time. If you are outside the US, best to order right away!
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