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Sean Murphy’s six instalment series  Punk Rock Jesus  explores the interaction between faith, reason, the media, and American society. The narrative follows the creation, indoctrination, and apostasy of a clone of Jesus. After the traumatic events that led to his apostasy, this Jesus works to unveil the dangers of faith using his platform as a Punk Rock singer. Underneath this plot exists the sub-narrative of Jesus’ loyal bodyguard, the unwavering Catholic Thomas McKael. Unlike the biblical character Thomas who is remembered for doubting Jesus’ resurrection, McKael reflects an unwavering faith in the cloned Jesus, despite Jesus’ denunciation of his religious identity. This sub-narrative unfolds through a series of flashbacks, providing McKael’s back story and his own traumatic experiences. By presenting Jesus as an apostate and Thomas as faithful,  Punk Rock Jesus  cleverly reverses the biblical depiction of the disciples and Jesus. This article explores the function of borderless frames in the telling of Thomas’ and the clone Jesus’ parallel traumatic experiences, noting the connections to their different character development trajectories in light of the series’ broader socio-political critique of American society, media empires, and the political agenda of the religious right.

Framing Religious Violence: Exploring the Paths to Faith and Apostasy in Punk Rock Jesus