Social Media Release -- It's with some sadness that we are announcing the demise of
Dust. Yes, Dust is biting the dust.

We had a lot of fun. We even had a few people tell us we were making something great. But we were never able to get enough people to join us and so we've run out of steam.

We know this is going to disappoint some of you. We had no intention of being at this point, so we we thank you for you understanding.

Good bye from Dust.

(Mark Carpenter's beautiful and useful iPhone applications can be found at http://sixvoices.com/ )

ComicList Critiques by Charles LePage

Dust #1 (Fire From Heaven)
Dust Press
Alan Close, Kent Dobson

Comic book adaptations of other media are always a tricky venture. Adaptations of the Bible are especially risky. Since you are presumably bringing a Biblical story to an audience that has chosen to read your comic instead of the Bible, there's always the possibility of adding or taking away from the Word of God so as to appeal to said audience. Unfortunately, that means there's the possibility of alienating readers who will not tolerate any deviation. Dust #1 walks that fine line, and for the most part, doesn't go too far off the ranch.

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