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Testament | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Vertigo |
Schedule | Monthly |
Format | Ongoing series |
Genre | |
Publication date | February 2006 – March 2008 |
No. of issues | 22 |
Creative team | |
Created by | Douglas Rushkoff Liam Sharp |
Written by | Douglas Rushkoff |
Penciller(s) | Liam Sharp Peter Gross Dean Ormston |
Inker(s) | Liam Sharp Gary Erskine Dean Ormston Mark Pennington |
Letterer(s) | Jared K. Fletcher Todd Klein |
Colorist(s) | Jamie Grant James Devlin |
Editor(s) | Pornsak Pichetshote Jonathan Vankin Bob Harras |
Collected editions | |
Akedah | ISBN 978-1-4012-1063-2 |
West of Eden | ISBN 1-4012-1201-8 |
Babel | ISBN 1-4012-1496-7 |
Exodus | ISBN 1-4012-1811-3 |
Testament is an American comic book series written by Douglas Rushkoff[1][2] with art and covers by Liam Sharp.[3][4] It was published from February 2006 to March 2008 under DC Comics' Vertigo imprint.
The story takes place simultaneously in the near future and the biblical past to illustrate the most prominent theme: that history repeats itself. This is done by juxtaposing the two timelines, the purpose of which seems to be to illustrate that religion is a continually evolving, living story that is being written by how people, and specifically the protagonists, live their daily lives. Other themes include increasing numbers of fascist governments, human rights, technology, and information economics in the form of a global currency, manna.