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New biographical comic about Jack Parsons

By Psyche | August 27, 2008

Best remembered by mainstream science as John Whiteside Parsons, inventor of the solid fuel that helped make space travel possible, occultists know Jack Parsons as a devoted Thelemite, chosen by Aleister Crowley to lead the Ordo Templi Orientis’ Agape Lodge in California in the early forties.

The  comic, titled “The Marvel: A Biography of Jack Parsons“, is written by Richard Carbonneau and illustrated by Robin Simon.  The story follows Parsons’ life closely, beginning with his childhood and adolescence, carrying through to adulthood. 

A new essay by Parsons was published by Teitan Press in June, also reproducing “Freedom is a Two Edged Sword” in Three Essays on Freedom, and now a new biographical comic.  The beginnings of a Parsons revival?

Via Technoccult.

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Comments:

  1. Parsons was the subject of another comic too – many years ago… I’ve tried to track down a copy, but haven’t had any luck.

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  2. Hrm… it ate my image!

    (http://www.wunderkabinett.co.uk/graphics/jackparsonscomic.jpg)

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  3. Richard says:

    Thanks for reading! Just fyi, that comic cover to which you linked is not for an actual comic. It was a piece of art done for Make Magazine, if I’m not mistaken.

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  4. Amanda Torrey says:

    I am 56 year old
    have been a sexual magician for a long time now
    my mother gave me my first tarot deck when I was 10

    married my husband 24 years ago and we have a teenage son

    Our spirituality stems from a source (could explain at your leisure) that illuminated from our channelings starting in 1999.

    I returned to school 4 years ago and will be graduating in June from DePaul University with a BA in Religious Studies.

    My focus is exploring mystiicsm in a secular world.

    I have an LJ called templewhore affiliated with our combined LJ called TerraIncognita.

    I’d like to see if you might have some chemistry with my path and resources to feed into my academic program as I am looking for valid mystical systems functioning today.

    I found you on WAM’s LINKS and became fascinated with your direction and Spiral Nature feeds into my igoogle.

    I really am looking forward to hearing from you and getting to know you better.

    Amanda

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    • Psyche says:

      Hi Amanda,

      Nice to meet you. Sure, feel free to ask questions or comment on anything you read here or elsewhere.

      If you’ve more private questions or comments you can contact me at psyche [at] spiralnature [dot] com.

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