#st bartholomew

[tomicscomics]

03/27/2026

Almost at the end.

No cartoon on Good Friday, as usual for Tomics. Instead we'll have an Easter Sunday cartoon. See you there!

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NOT-SO-JOKE-OGRAPHY:

In Matthew 26, Jesus sits to eat a holiday meal with His closest disciples. As they begin eating, He reveals that one of them will betray Him. They argue, each one insisting they would never do such a thing, but Jesus assures them His betrayal is foretold in Scripture. However, He adds, "But woe to the one through whom the Son of Man is betrayed. It would be better for that man if he had never been born." To me, this is the most chilling sentence ever spoken, particularly because it's said by Jesus, Himself. For Him to declare that someone's fate is so bad that NEVER EXISTING would be preferable is straight up horror so vast I struggle to grasp it.

Psalm 41 contains a poem or song by King David about a betrayal he suffered. Jesus reflects on this song while He faces His own betrayal at the hands of His disciple, Judas.

The last few weeks of this Lent have been filled with pretty serious or contemplative cartoons, so here's a little levity to get us over the hump to Easter: Someone referred to my Jesus as a "Soyjak" because I depicted Him smiling with His mouth open, so remember to keep your Jesus's mouth shut at all times, sinners.

[ducissatenebrarum]

The Anti-David: St. Bartholomew by Marco D'Adrate, 1562

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Gotta brag about these miis my girlfriend made for me. The Edmund Fitzgerald, The Truth Is Out There, and St. Bartholomew

[doped3vil]

St Bartholomew

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Saint Bartholomew the Apostle

1st C. Feast Day: August 24 Patronage: against neurological disease, bookbinders, butchers, shoemakers, leather workers and tanners, plasterers, Florentine cheese and salt merchants, Armenia

Saint Bartholomew, one of the twelve Apostles, was introduced by St. Philip to Jesus, who said “Behold, an Israelite in whom there is no guile.” (John1:43-51) His name means “son of Tolomai” and he preached the Gospel in India, Mesopotamia, and Armenia. St. Bartholomew was martyred by being flayed and beheaded. His relics are in Rome, Sicily, and Benevento, Italy, Frankfurt, Germany and Canterbury, England.

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase here: (website)

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All my Czech friends are making rowan berry necklaces for St. Bartholomew’s Day tomorrow—and I am so sad that we don’t have rowan here.

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[consult-sherlockholmes]

Are you still at Bart’s? Your brother just dropped off three tickets to Greece. Did you know about this?

Are we going?

Yes I am still here, using the microscope.

Wait what? Why should he do that? Is this some sort of trick?