Free Comic Book Day: Graphic Novels of Bible, Book of Mormon, D&C

Each year, the first Saturday in May is the annual Free Comic Book Day. So why am I mentioning this on my religion blog?

I was thinking, "Hey, wouldn't it be cool if there were a freely downloadable graphic novel version of the scriptures?" And then I realized, "I think my church might actually have PDF versions of its Scripture Stories series available online for free."

Well, lucky for you, it turns out I was right! And they're in nice, convenient PDF format for compatibility with just about any computer, tablet, smartphone, etc.: Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Android, and just about every e-book reader on the market today including all recent Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook, Sony, and Kobo devices can view PDFs.

Without further ado, here are the download links!
(And, of course, these are available year-round, not just on Free Comic Book Day.)

Old Testament Stories from the Bible
English PDF | Español (Spanish) PDF | Français (French) PDF | Deutsch (German) PDF | Nederlands (Dutch) PDF | Dansk (Danish) PDF | Svenska (Swedish) PDF | Italiano (Italian) PDF | Русский (Russian) PDF | Українська (Ukrainian) PDF | Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian) PDF | Tagalog PDF | Vosa vakaviti (Fijian) PDF | Reo Tahiti (Tahitian) PDF | Faka-tonga (Tongan) PDF | Gagana Samoa (Samoan) PDF | Suomi (Finnish) PDF | العربية (Arabic) PDF | 中文 (Chinese) PDF | 简体中文 (Chinese, Simplified) PDF | 日本語 (Japanese) PDF | 한국어 (Korean) PDF | ภาษาไทย (Thai) PDF (Armenian, Cebuano, Croatian, Greek, Haitian Creole, Hiligaynon, Hindi, Hmong, Hungarian, Laotian, Malagasy, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Urdu, and Vietnamese not available)

New Testament Stories from the Bible
English PDF | Español (Spanish) PDF | Français (French) PDF | Deutsch (German) PDF | Nederlands (Dutch) PDF | Dansk (Danish) PDF | Norsk (Norwegian) PDF | Svenska (Swedish) PDF | Italiano (Italian) PDF | Português (Portuguese) PDF | Русский (Russian) PDF | Magyar (Hungarian) PDF | Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian) PDF | Cebuano PDF | Tagalog PDF | Vosa vakaviti (Fijian) PDF | Reo Tahiti (Tahitian) PDF | Faka-tonga (Tongan) PDF | Gagana Samoa (Samoan) PDF | Suomi (Finnish) PDF | Հայերեն (Armenian) PDF | 中文 (Chinese) PDF | 日本語 (Japanese) PDF | 한국어 (Korean) PDF | Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese) PDF | Hrvatski (Croatian) PDF | Ελληνικά (Greek) | Kreyòl Ayisyen (Haitian Creole) PDF | ພາສາລາວ (Laotian) PDF | Malagasy PDF | Polski (Polish) PDF | Română (Romanian) PDF (Arabic, Chinese-Simplified, Hiligaynon, Hindi, Hmong, Thai, Ukrainian, and Urdu not available)

There's more available, too! If you love reading the stories of the Bible, you'll also appreciate the stories of The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ*, which like the Bible is a volume of scripture written by ancient prophets of God, and it includes an account of Jesus' ministry to the people of the ancient Americas after His resurrection:

Book of Mormon Stories*
English PDF | Español (Spanish) PDF | Français (French) PDF | Deutsch (German) PDF | Nederlands (Dutch) PDF | Dansk (Danish) PDF | Norsk (Norwegian) PDF | Svenska (Swedish) PDF | Italiano (Italian) PDF | Português (Portuguese) PDF | Русский (Russian) PDF | Magyar (Hungarian) PDF | Cebuano PDF | Tagalog PDF | Reo Tahiti (Tahitian) PDF | Faka-tonga (Tongan) PDF | Suomi (Finnish) PDF | العربية (Arabic) PDF | 中文 (Chinese) PDF | 简体中文 (Chinese, Simplified) PDF | ภาษาไทย (Thai) PDF | Hrvatski (Croatian) PDF | Ελληνικά (Greek) | Kreyòl Ayisyen (Haitian Creole) PDF | Hiligaynon PDF | Hmoob (Hmong) PDF | ພາສາລາວ (Laotian) PDF | Malagasy PDF | Polski (Polish) PDF | Română (Romanian) PDF (Armenian, Fijian, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Samoan, Ukrainian, Urdu, and Vietnamese not available)
*Learn more about The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ or get a free print copy

There's also a graphic novel depicting stories from and relating to the Doctrine and Covenants**, which covers the restoration of Christ's church in modern times through living prophets and apostles:

Doctrine and Covenants Stories**
English PDF | Español (Spanish) PDF | Dansk (Danish) PDF | Svenska (Swedish) PDF | Italiano (Italian) PDF | Português (Portuguese) PDF | Русский (Russian) PDF | Magyar (Hungarian) PDF | Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian) PDF | Cebuano PDF | Tagalog PDF | Vosa vakaviti (Fijian) PDF | Reo Tahiti (Tahitian) PDF | Gagana Samoa (Samoan) PDF | العربية (Arabic) PDF | Հայերեն (Armenian) PDF | 中文 (Chinese) PDF | Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese) PDF | हिन्दी, हिंदी (Hindi) PDF | Hmoob (Hmong) PDF | ພາສາລາວ (Laotian) PDF (Chinese-Simplified, Croatian, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Haitian Creole, Hiligaynon, Japanese, Korean, Malagasy, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Thai, Tongan, Ukrainian, and Urdu not available)
**Learn more about the Doctrine and Covenants of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Since these are available in many different languages, they could be a great way to help you learn or practice another language.

Looking for other languages not listed here? Post a comment, and I'll see if it's available. Here's a list of possible other languages.

Want to share this with others? Here's a convenient printable sheet of pass-along cards (2" by 2" square, same height as a business card):

Click to download a sheet of 20 pass-along cards

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Arabic Book of Mormon Scriptures

My wife and I recently ordered an Arabic copy of The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ for our Egyptian neighbor. We wanted to invite our neighbor to read some selected passages—the ones we always recommended when we were on our missions—but neither of us reads, writes, or speaks any Arabic, so this clearly posed a problem for us.

Fortunately, after comparing the Arabic and English translations, I was able to learn just enough to decipher the characters necessary to write down selected passages. I spent a few minutes scanning the Arabic words and characters into my computer, and I arranged them appropriately to create a nice, printable list of suggested readings.

For the benefit of others who might want to share an Arabic Book of Mormon with a friend, I decided to post a PDF copy of my suggested readings list for anyone who wants it. The suggested passages include the Introduction, the Testimony of Three Witnesses, the Testimony of Eight Witnesses, the Testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 3 Nephi 11, Moroni 10:3-5, and 1 Nephi 1. Obviously I didn't know how to write in Arabic things like "start from the beginning once you've read the preceding passages," so I wrote those parts in English; hopefully either the reader understands some written English or can have someone else translate those comments. If not, at least it should be clear enough that the giver is inviting the receiver to read the parts written in Arabic.

Download the Book of Mormon Arabic Suggested Readings List.