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I have an idea for a comic book I would like to attempt. It is based in a contemporary setting and sort of outlines the principles of buddhism without actually comingout and saying so.
What I am after is a good source of Buddha stories and what they mean. You know the sort of thing, Buddha said this or did that and what he was getting at.
I had a book by Suzuki once that was full of them but I am sure there is a website whith some somewhere.
Please see Buddhanet's Buddhist Studies eBook Library.
It contains ebooks on the Buddha's life story, Jataka tales, stories of his disciples, stories from the Dhammapada commentary and other suttas.
If you're not afraid to dive into the deep end, then you could start with the Jataka Tales. I haven't got the time to compile my own description, so I've pulled this wiki.
The Jataka tales are a voluminous body of literature native to India concerning the previous births of Gautama Buddha in both human and animal form. The future Buddha may appear as a king, an outcast, a god, an elephant—but, in whatever form, he exhibits some virtue that the tale thereby inculcates.
I went for "Zen Flesh, Zen Bones" in the end.
