I was walking though Times Square tonight on my way home from work. Amid the throng in what is arguably the busiest public space in the world, there was a lone evangelist on the sidewalk in front of the subway station, preaching to the crowd as they hurried by.

With the Holy Book raised high in his hand, his message, repeated over and over again was this - "There's no pictures in The Bible - There's no PICTURES in The Bible".

And I couldn't help thinking that people might have paid a lot more attention if he had claimed exactly the opposite....

For those who prefer their holy texts in graphic novel form, check out the latest work from Mike Allred, the creator of Madman. The Golden Plates is Allred's retelling of the story of the Book of Mormon, and apparently fulfills a long held ambition of his.

Which is a shame, because Mike seems like a very talented guy, and his earlier Madman comic book series (for which I believe there is a movie in the works) is bizarrely compelling. But The Golden Plates is a turgid, unconvincing narrative with little structure or pace, unbelievable characterizations and uninspired imagery. This of course, is not to knock The Book of Mormon, of which I have no experience, but I have to believe it's more of a page turner than Mike's adaptation.

I advise you stay well clear, and instead, pick up Red Rocket 7, one of Mike's earlier works, and perhaps THE perfect pop culture graphic novel. Red Rocket 7 tells the weird and wonderful story of a travelling spaceman and his seven clones who landed on Earth in the 50s, only for one of the clones to become intricately linked with the major moments in Rock & Roll history, including Elvis, The Beatles and Bowie. HIGHLY recommended.