Da Vinci Code Sequel Announced!
Thanks to Purgatorio for breaking the news about Dan Brown’s sequel to his blockbuster novel:
According to Purgatorio, in this startling new tale, Harvard professor of Religious Symbology, Robert Langdon, discovers hidden clues in the idyllic, bucolic paintings of Thomas Kinkade and uncovers an ancient conspiracy intent on littering Christian homes around the globe with mediocre works of art.
Within hours of the announcement of this new book, Westminster Professor of Apologetics (and alleged art afficinado) William Edgar was seen sneaking several Kinkade paintings out the back door of his home.
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May 7th, 2006 at 8:05 pm
Here’s the absolutely funniest bit from someone commenting on Purgatorio’s original post:
The Kinkade movement started with a secret society of Baptist women, around a potluck table laden with various renditions of stringbean/ mushroom soup/ potato chip casseroles. This secret society traces its roots back to Martha, the sister of Mary. Rites include vacuuming every day, ridding the world of Jackson Pollock inspired chrome kitchen tables and plastic chairs, and introducing mauve to our living room decor. The gently lit windows in Kinkade paintings hide the nefarious truth, that the light really emanates from gas fireplaces around which fraudulently innocent families chant…â€If you’re saved and you know it, clap your hands! If you’re saved and you know it, clap your hands!â€
May 7th, 2006 at 9:06 pm
Actually, Mark, it doesn’t look as though this book is actually going to go into publication any time soon. Apparently there is a pending lawsuit concerning allegations that many of the key themes of Brown’s book were lifted out of volume 13 of Jan Karon’s Mitford Series….
May 7th, 2006 at 9:18 pm
I doubt anything will come of that. Jan is very tied up with the suit against her by the estate of Laura Ingalls Wilder.
May 8th, 2006 at 9:00 pm
:rotf:
Reminds me of my times at the christian bookstore. “Do you have any Kinkade toilet seat covers?”
May 9th, 2006 at 4:17 pm
That’s hilarious.
May 9th, 2006 at 4:53 pm
i LOATHE kinkade. he makes me barf. one time, i got one of his calendars and edited in little morbid things, like floating bodies. i gave it to a friend for christmas. she loved it.
May 9th, 2006 at 6:23 pm
The funny thing is that at one time he was a serious painter with some real artistic merit. I remember seeing a web site (can’t find it now) that put some of his early paintings up against newer versions of the same scene. It was obvious that he once new how to paint with subtlety and depth.
I don’t know what happened. Perhaps one day he was on the road to Damascus (Virginia) seeking to arrest sellers of Precious Moments dolls when he was blinded by a warm, golden light. A voice said to him “Thomas, Thomas, why do you marginalize My profitability?” He then went on to become the Apostle to the Geriatrics.
May 9th, 2006 at 9:21 pm
i’ll bet that warm golden light was so beautiful that if you tried to paint it, it would look so real that you could read by it. then, if you dimmed the lights, the light in the painting would appear to grow brighter until it shone like the Son.
mark, you crack me up.