I thought John Zmirak was kidding

but he really has co-authored a graphic novel, which Tom Piatak recommends:

Regular Takimag contributor John Zmirak has written a graphic novel called The Grand Inquisitor, which I have just finished reading. I can report that John’s novel is well-written, inventive, and sometimes even profound, and deals with an issue of importance to non-Catholics as well as Catholics--the loss of vitality of much of the Catholic Church since Vatican II. Despite the efforts of John Paul II and now Benedict XVI, many established Catholic institutions in the West now seem to believe in nothing more than liberalism, and the resulting loss of faith in Europe has had serious spiritual and secular consequences. I doubt, for example, that men filled with the faith of Charles Martel, Jan Sobieski, or Don John of Austria would have allowed Europe to be overrun by a quiet Islamic invasion, such as the one we have witnessed in the past few decades. Zmirak’s novel presents an ingenious explanation for how this weakening of the Faith has come to pass, and offers an equally ingenious hope for recovering the former vitality of the Church Militant.

The website for Crossroad appears to be down for the moment.

Edit: Some bizarre responses by Dr. Gutzman to Mr. Zmirak at the bottom of the post. Logically weak, and disappointing. Is Dr. Gutzman Orthodox? Or just a fan of Dostoevsky?

In defense of Dr. Zmirak (not that he needs one, but the comments section has been closed)--
1. It is not an instance of the tu quoque fallacy if one is not trying to deny the critique, but to put it into context and understand what is being conveyed in the novel. Did Dostoevsky intend a serious critique of the Inquisition of the Catholic Church? Or was he resorting to caricature for the purposes of the parable?

2. And the adjective of "silly" was not modifying the novel, but the slur on the Jesuits. (That the group is interested only in amassing wealth and temporal influence and power, etc.) Let us remember that this slur was first promoted by those who opposed the formation of the Society of Jesus, and was later adopted by those who wished to see it dissolved, free-thinkers, men in positions of high power, and so on.