2024-2025: Open for School Visits
If you are interested in readings, school visits, lectures and/or signings, please contact me via email for my rates and availability at john@johnhendrix.com
The Mythmakers
THE REMARKABLE FELLOWSHIP
OF C. S. LEWIS & J. R. R. TOLKIEN
“…With expressive artwork bringing the key figures’ deep emotions powerfully to bear while also evoking iconic moments from their beloved books, this comes across as a deeply personal project for Hendrix, but that passion makes the telling that much more meaningful for readers, who will come away with a nuanced understanding not only of the writers but of the importance of storytelling on the whole.”
- ★ Starred Booklist Review of THE MYTHMAKERS
A New York Times Best Children’s Book of 2024
The Mythmakers, book release trailer, 2024.
The Faithful Spy:
Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler
Abrams Books for Young Readers/Amulet Books 2018.
Interweaving handwritten text and art in his signature style, John Hendrix tells the fascinating story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and his fight against the oppression of the German people during World War II. Bonhoeffer was a German Lutheran pastor and theologian who was shocked to watch the German church embrace Hitler’s agenda of hatred. He spoke out against the Nazi party and led a breakaway church that rebelled against racist and nationalist beliefs of the Third Reich. Struggling with how his faith interacted with his ethics, Bonhoeffer eventually became convinced that Hitler and the Nazi Party needed to be stopped—and he was willing to sacrifice anything and everything to do so.
• WINNER The Society of Illustrators Gold Medal, Book Category, 61st Annual Show, 2019.
• AN NPR BEST BOOK OF 2018
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If you would like to learn more about my research process for this book, check out this page about my trip to Germany in March of 2016 to follow the footsteps of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
The Holy Ghost
A SPIRITED COMIC, 2022
This collection of thought-provoking, humorous comic strips is a series of conversations between a squirrel, a badger, and a friendly blue ghost who may or may not be one third of the Holy Trinity.
Whether you consider yourself faithful or a nonbeliever, these delightfully off-kilter comics deliver laughter, comfort, and philosophical musings with humble, honest spirit—and just the right dose of playful irreverence. Order here!
Go and Do Likewise!
THE PARABLES AND WISDOM OF JESUS
Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2021
Extending the visual world created in Miracle Man, this new book explores the stories of Jesus. Through parables of the good Samaritan and the prodigal son, the lost sheep and the beatitudes, Jesus taught his disciples the redeeming power of sacrificial love and showed mercy to everyone around him—especially the sick, the poor, and the downtrodden. Order here!
Miracle Man: The Story of Jesus
Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2016
Miracle Man is a beautifully illustrated biography of Jesus Christ by award-winning author and illustrator John Hendrix. For all Christian denominations and perfect for families to share throughout the year, this book will be especially beloved by the faithful as a gift for Easter, communions, christenings, religious graduations, and all other secular holidays.
This book freshly reinterprets some of the oldest and best-known stories in human history and focuses on some of the many miracles that Jesus performed before his crucifixion. Jesus’s miracles are endless. From the large harvest of fish to washing the unclean, healing the sick, feeding the poor, and walking on water, Jesus performs feats that draw in believers that he is the Son of God. Unfortunately it also attracts the attention of nonbelievers, who saddle him with the cross he must bear. After all of his miraculous acts, the book closes with a final wonder for all to see—one that changes faith and religion as the world knows it, forever. The book includes a list of Bible stories that inspired it.
Award-winning author and illustrator John Hendrix offers his most personal work to date. Known for his striking use of illustration mixed with custom fonts, his depiction of the life of Jesus Christ will be cherished by the faithful everywhere..
Drawing is Magic: Discovering Yourself in a Sketchbook
Abrams Books For Young Readers/ Amulet, 2015
A sketchbook is an essential tool for the growth of any aspiring artist, but its blank pages can be daunting to even the most motivated. Obsessed with perfection, many wind up treating their sketchbooks more like portfolios than playgrounds. In Drawing Is Magic, author John Hendrix teaches aspiring and advanced artists to find their unique visual voices and become creative daredevils. Through his freeing, offbeat exercises, drawers learn a sophisticated philosophy of creative thinking—in a way that is totally accessible and fun.
New reprint! Purchase this book!
