Jesus and Mo

From Comixpedia

Jesus and Mo is a twice-weekly webcomic which follows the lives of two prophets and room-mates, Jesus and Mohammed (though as a mark of respect to religious sensitivities, Mohammed is played throughout by a body double). The only other character is the atheist Barmaid, who is never seen, and who likes to tease the the two friends when they are drinking stout in their local pub.

In the 101st strip the character of Moses was introduced. He comes and goes as he pleases.

The four-panel gag strip deals with themes from philosophy and religion using the comedic tools of wordplay, irony, and toilet humour. Its perspective is distinctly irreligious.

Jesus and Mo was begun months before the notorious Mohammed cartoon furore, but received a significant spike in visitor numbers in February 2006 as a result of it. In March of that year it was included in a list of twelve websites banned in Pakistan. It has been reported that it is also blocked by the state-run monopoly ISP of the United Arab Emirates.

It is published regularly in The Freethinker, the world's oldest surviving secular humanist publication, and was the subject of an article in Issue 36 of The Philosophers' Magazine. In March 2007 the Danish newspaper Information published 3 Jesus and Mo cartoons. There were no riots.

In 2008 a selection of Jesus and Mo strips were translated into Danish and published in a collection of anti-religion essays entitled "Gudløs! Religionskritik i dag" ("Godless! Religious criticism today").

The fourth collection of Jesus and Mo strips, "Big Al", received a very kind review in the Danish weekly newspaper "Weekend Avisen" in February 2009.