Mary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus

"[Mary Wept] includes stories about Ruth, Bathsheba, Tamar, Job, and, of course, Mary of Bethany. Brown doesn’t tell these stories to demean the women involved: he advocates for the legalization of sex work and respect for its practitioners."—Salon

"His evenhanded pace of four small panels on each page keeps the tone understated, and he gets a lot of comedic mileage out of rendering biblical dialogue into modern vernacular...But Brown zeros in on the human drama in each story...and his visual craftsmanship is as sharp as it's ever been."— The New York Times

"Chester Brown’s Mary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus may be the most provocative comic book published this year... Though he tells familiar stories, Brown often pushes them in surprising—and sometimes even shocking—directions... Brown defends [his] conclusion[s] in a series of lengthy exegetical endnotes that capture both the scope of his inquiries and the shape of his own fascinations.”—Slate Book Review

"…this graphic interpretation of tales of sex and personal politics from the Bible is revelatory and brilliant. That Brown is an excellent artist is a given, but the research and documentation here is scholarly and insightful."—Miami Herald

"Mary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus is a spiritual successor, of sorts, to the acclaimed 2011 memoir/manifesto Paying For It... In a way, the 55-year-old Brown has been building toward this book, which combines a deep interest in Christian theology and sex-work advocacy, his entire career."—Globe & Mail

"...a stunning piece of exegesis... a full-fisted counterpunch right to the biblical “souler” plexus."—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

"Brown here is, as always, an original thinker, and his take on the Good Book is oddly uplifting."—Macleans