Hi author,
You may remember as couple of years back I got into trouble with my employer – the Govenment for some Facebook posts. Including sharing some of your witty and satirical strips. I am very sorry that I did not keep you up to date with my situation. Things were very stressful at the time. In the event, the charges of Islamaphobia and Anti-Semitism were quickly dropped by both my employer and very surprisingly the Labour Party – which I had in effect left by that time in any event. There was still the matter that amongst the posts I shared was one which called Boris Johnson a c**t. The charges against me were reduced from Gross misconduct to Serious misconduct – which entailed me getting a final written warning rather than dismissed. I was then able to retire immediately upon my suspension ending and move to Bournemouth. Although I was largely framed in the sense that Facebook posts shared amongst friends only were hacked and made public and I was treated unjustly by my employer and ended with a stain on a quite exemplary 22 year career, I am quite happy with the situation I find myself in now. So all good. I can now continue to share Jesus and Mo weekly posts and spread the word of your brilliant and witty satire. No one can persecute me for doing so now. All the best and thanks for your support.
Corrigendum: Replace Manc dolts with Manc Colts (MCA). An unsuccessful dummy pass on my part. Could have been a hospital pass. Fatwa scrums are best avoided. And the jihadists aren’t faking an injury flopping on the field, they are just performing salat.
Hi Martin. Sorry for the late reply I’ve only just seen this. That’s good news about your being happily retired. I’m glad it all worked out well for you. Thank you for your kind words.
Best wishes,
Author
Jesus & Mo (the characters) are absurd, blinkered, and oddly very sweet. J&M (the cartoon) is brilliant: sharp, delicious, irresistible. Salman Rushdie
Jesus and Mo cartoons are wonderfully funny and true. Richard Dawkins
Jesus and Mo make the world a better place, bless their little hearts. Ophelia Benson
In a world defined by outrage and offence and liberal spinelessness, Jesus and Mo is a treasure, whose value we should never fail to recognize. Read them. Laugh. And think. Kenan Malik
The brilliant, celebrated, freaking hilarious atheist comic strip ... Greta Christina
...rays of sanity in a befuddled world. Keri Hulme
The liveliest depictions of Muhammad currently available... Malise Ruthven
J & Mo is the funniest and most consistently thought-provoking cartoon strip on the Net. In a saner world, it would run in a major newspaper. Nelson Jones, Heresy Corner
Consistently amusing, frequently thought-provoking and often heart-warming. New Humanist
Jesus & Mo is one of the most wonderful things on the internet.. JT Eberhard
Wittily captures much of the absurdity of religious apologetics. Mano Singham
I love jesusandmo.net cartoons - witty and sharp! Katha Pollitt
Often hilarious, frequently wry, these cartoons do what all the best cartoons do: they tell the truth through humour. Terry Sanderson, NSS President
...a wonderfully acid British cartoonist... Nick Cohen
I love the scrappy mockery of Jesus and Mo. Freedom of speech
includes the freedom to mock any person, any thing, any activity, and
any belief -- and J&M stands up for this unflinchingly Richard Stallman
...empowering, important and deeply progressive, not to mention hilarious... Council of Ex-Muslims
May 29, 2024
Nice: it’s been awhile since we’ve seen the duo perform!
Oh! Oh! Do you take requests? Can you play National Brotherhood Week?
Tom Lehrer’s version from 1967: https://youtu.be/aIlJ8ZCs4jY
Do religions even HAVE any value?
I want Ghost of Perdition please…
I’d like to hear the filk version of “That Real Old-Time Religion”:
We will all se Aphrodite
Though she’s very wild and flighty
She will be there in her nightie
And that’s good enough for me!
Is this the first time that Jesus or Mo has directly addressed the reader(s) of the J&M strip? (“Breaking the fourth wall”)
Aye. I was hopimg for a strip where mo issues a fatwa on all mancs in the hope that some mad fooker will silence the infidel known only as M27Holts. 🙂
Imagine declaring a fatwah
On that blessed old soul, Mahatma,
Or M27Holts
Or other Manc dolts,
Beware, it’s coming
Straight at you.
Errata: Coming straight at ya.
Manc Dolt eh? I’ve been called worse…
Hi author,
You may remember as couple of years back I got into trouble with my employer – the Govenment for some Facebook posts. Including sharing some of your witty and satirical strips. I am very sorry that I did not keep you up to date with my situation. Things were very stressful at the time. In the event, the charges of Islamaphobia and Anti-Semitism were quickly dropped by both my employer and very surprisingly the Labour Party – which I had in effect left by that time in any event. There was still the matter that amongst the posts I shared was one which called Boris Johnson a c**t. The charges against me were reduced from Gross misconduct to Serious misconduct – which entailed me getting a final written warning rather than dismissed. I was then able to retire immediately upon my suspension ending and move to Bournemouth. Although I was largely framed in the sense that Facebook posts shared amongst friends only were hacked and made public and I was treated unjustly by my employer and ended with a stain on a quite exemplary 22 year career, I am quite happy with the situation I find myself in now. So all good. I can now continue to share Jesus and Mo weekly posts and spread the word of your brilliant and witty satire. No one can persecute me for doing so now. All the best and thanks for your support.
Corrigendum: Replace Manc dolts with Manc Colts (MCA). An unsuccessful dummy pass on my part. Could have been a hospital pass. Fatwa scrums are best avoided. And the jihadists aren’t faking an injury flopping on the field, they are just performing salat.
Hi Martin. Sorry for the late reply I’ve only just seen this. That’s good news about your being happily retired. I’m glad it all worked out well for you. Thank you for your kind words.
Best wishes,
Author