4The Tithe is a book I picked up after learning of the crossover between 3 of the Matt Hawkins books. The book appealed to me as it had the markings of a fun heist plot set against the churches. If you've lived under a rock you might not know the money people hand over at church masses. This book takes a group of modern Robin Hoods and gives them a technological advantage to planning their heists. Hawkins has crafted something of relevance here and it's a shame it didn't connect better with fans...

In "The Tithe" Matt Hawkins spins an entertaining heist story centered around a Robin Hood-esque band of vigilantes who target the corrupt "Cult of Personality" leaders of megachurches. It's fascinating and well paced and exactly the type of heist movie I personally would like to watch or write. The letters to and from the editor at the end provide a intriguing glimpse into Hawkins' motivations for developing this series without railing completely against religion. I found his perspective to mat...

I'm a sucker for a good heist. Give me a story with a well thought out plan and almost flawless execution and I'm hooked from the beginning. The Samaritan are a group of hackers who have targeted mega churches in the US who have been dishonest with how they've been using the millions of dollars that their parishioners have given to the church. They are a modern day Robin Hood since all of the money they take from them gets donated to charities. To be honest this story seems like something I'd ac...

What a fun, original twist on the heist genre - robbing corrupt megachurches and exposing their corruption. I enjoyed this; I only wish it had been longer. There was definitely more room for character development and a more intricate plot. This could have been a 12 issue run. It's clear they started with a 4-issue run in mind, and it got extended, but that's not the same thing: the next arc is more likely to feel like a sequel than a continuation of the story.

I'd seen Matt Hawkins post about this on Facebook a few months ago and when I found it in the bargain bin I had to give it a shot. Excellent decision.This is a great book. Not the typical art style I tend to prefer in books, but the story more than made up for it. Now I'll have to be on the look out for the others in the series.

a third of the way through I wasnt sure that i was into the story but then suddenly I was at the end and realised I had got sucked in. not the most amazing art work and a slow start but enough to read the next vol.

Samaritan are a hacktivist group that also get physically involved in their attacks. Their targets: Christian megachurches and their hypocritical pastors. While successfully “liberating” these megachurches’ funds, diverting them to charities instead of lining the pastors’ pockets, the FBI are closing in on Samaritan - how long can the group stay ahead of their hunters? Matt Hawkins and Rahsan Ekedal’s The Tithe is essentially a heist series, or at least this first volume is, and it does that fai...

Fun, but I doubt if this book is memorable. It was an interesting twist to combine the heist aspect of this story with megaschurches though. Although I think the concept of megachurches could be explored more. Most of the book was characters talking to each other and the why of attacking churches was not really explored.

This was pretty good! Basically have a group who wants to rob the money from those churches and give back to the people. It's pretty great to see, since I hate fucking places like that. But even better you have some pretty interesting characters on both sides, the one stealing the money and the detectives on the case, leading to some really fucked up situations. While it feels it wraps too quickly at times, and other times people's faces look really weird with the art, the overall story was fun

Juuust shy of 5 stars for me because the characters hew too closely to stereotypes to be truly engaging, but the rest of this is rock solid. On the hackers-who-rob-megachurches side we have a heist story, while on the FBI-trying-to-catch-thieves side we have a police procedural. Two great tastes that taste great together, not unlike Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake. Hawkins is great at plot and dialogue, so why none of his books have become TV series yet is beyond me. His stuff...

There are enough IT references in here to keep geeks like me interested. There is also a good amount of believable violence and some almost-Ocean's Eleven-level planning. The story progresses to a 'live by the sword, die by the sword' type setup which breaks up the hackers from the inside. Quite a fun trip.Dwayne Campbell and Jimmy Miller are FBI agents investigating Samaritan, a hacker group of four that are exposing televangelists that have appropriated the donations their churches have receiv...

My fav at this moment. Robin Hood hacker robs the robber churches whilst FBI remains three steps behind.Matt Hawkins scores again with co-creator Rahsan Ekedal.

It is kind of a modern Robin Hood story. We've got a group of activists called Samaritans who discovered some nasty money business going on in some way-too-rich churches and they want to put an end to this. They even sent some proofs to FBI, so the "good guys" could handle it, but since the bureau wasn't working efficiently enough Sam and her team decided to get the millions from those churches and give them to charity.At the beginning everything works fine. Plans are well thought through and ev...

Everything about this comic is ok. Art is ok, plot is ok, writing is ok, characters are ok. And that's about it.

I need to start this review by stating that I was an atheist before having a personal encounter with God, reforming me to a devout Christian. I was a church elder, teach Sunday school, am involved in children's ministry & youth spiritual mentoring, the whole package . However with this being said my favorite christian books include 'I am fine with God, it's Christians I can't stand' & 'Jesus wants to save Christians'. Having worked in a Christian bookshop & been involved other churches I have se...

(Read in issues)I really enjoyed this first arc of The Tithe (although I didn't love the art, but it's pretty good), not in the least because of the content at the end of each issue. Although this first arc is about a group lead by a hacker known as Samaritan pulling off heists of mega-churches suspected in fraud and unethical conduct, Matt Hawkins never comes off as anti-church or anti-religion, despite admitting that he, himself, is an atheist. The researched information at the back of each is...

Rating is closer to 3.75.Going into this book, I thought the premise of this volume was interesting. A group of criminals known as the "Samaritans" rob churches that are committing fraud and money laundering but then donating the robbed good to charities. Overall, it was a solid story with decent artwork but the ending was a little weird yet understanding. Would recommend for anyone looking for that something "different" in the graphic novel world.

Really this should be three and a half stars because in this first volume I am really not a fan of the art. The backgrounds are beautiful, but the people look like wooden puppets and Sam specifically is massively Uncanny Valley territory for me personally. But I didn't want to let the fact that one aspect of the art didn't do it for me interfere with my enjoyment of the book, so four stars it is.

not a bad read, but man, make me care about a character before a sacrifice happens, otherwise there's no emotional payoff.

If you want some think that is thought provoking and engaging. I highly recommend this series.