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"Conception," the standout story from Sean Murphy’s *Punk Rock Jesus Deluxe Edition* (2015), follows Chris—a genetically-engineered clone of Jesus Christ—growing up under the watchful eye of a reality TV show. As his mother Gwen struggles to protect him from the public spotlight, their fragile normal life unravels when she’s fired and locked out, leaving Chris to speak out through defiant graffiti and desperate pleas on camera. The story, written, drawn, and inked by Sean Murphy with lettering by Todd Klein, features a cover by Murphy that captures the series’ raw, haunting tone.
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Reality TV show follows Chris, a genetically-engineered clone of Jesus Christ, from about age 3 to about age 15. His mother, Gwen, tries to give him a normal life, and blackmails Slate to let Chris attend public school. Gwen tries to leave and take Chris, Slate fires Gwen and locks her out. On TV Chris says the show is over until his mom comes back, and spray paints messages like 'I'm a hostage' on walls. Gwen tries to commit suidcide by jumping from a building, but is saved by a flying man. When she wakes up the next day the bruises from where he caught her convince her she didn't imagine it.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).