Miracle in Spiritual Rock at Christmas Time

Miracle in Spiritual Rock atChristmas Time is a Graphic Drama, a new concept introduced by Lou Rivers,Ph.D., Dramatist, and Jerry Last, M.A., Graphic Artist.This Graphic Drama based on the HolyBible presents Black characters (Earthly and Heavenly) exploring long-heldsentiments about heaven and democratic ideals.This Graphic Drama, satirehumorously tells of heaven presently sending down to earth a Second Savior, aBlack woman.Gabriel III, a gay angel,sponsored by the WASS, organized female angles led by Sojourner Truth makes theannouncement.Histories of the Universe& Guides of the Environment by Larry Gonick, a cartoonist, is a bookcompared to Miracle in Spiritual Rock at Christmas Time. Gonick's booknarrates its stories in a light-hearted satirically humorous style, but ends inforecasting a threatening future.This Graphic Drama also compareswith Where I'm Coming From by Barbara Brandon, cartoonist. Ruby Dee andOssie Davis, internationally celebrated actors, declare Brandon'sbook (Black Women discussing by telephone their personal problems) tickles thefunny bones and tweaks the conscience.Like Brandon's and Gonick'sbooks, Miracle in Spiritual Rocl5at Christmas Time also contains plotdevelopment and humor; it also ends in hope.

Jerry Last, Graphic Artist:* Born and reared in New York * World War II Veteran* M.A. in Art Education from New York University.Studied with Hale Woodruff, Great African-American artist. Studied in Mexicoat School of Architecture - Mural painting. In the TallerGraphicaPopular workshops, he studied with Alfredo Zalce,Pablo O'Higgins and LeopoldoMendez. Book illustrator and stage-set designer. Lou Rivers, the Dramatist:* Poet, essayist, short story writer,playwright, novelist* Born and reared in Savannah, Ga.* B.S. in English, Savannah State University,M.A. in dramatic arts at NYU, and a Ph.D. from Fordham University* Studied playwriting with Walter Kerr, ElmerRice, Gene Frankel, and with John Gassner at Yale University.