Oh man, does Joe Carter ever burrow down into the crevices of Your Working Boy's weird psyche, writing about how those freaky-fundie Jack Chick comics used to scare the hell out of him.
If you never were into Chick comics, consider yourself lucky. I can't remember how I encountered them as a kid, but I became mesmerized by them. That "Exorcist" issue Joe spotlights sent me running to my adolescent anxiety closet. They were the scariest thing going. If you have never seen a Chick comic or tract, you might not be able to appreciate fully what Joe's talking about here. But if you have, if your memories are like mine, Joe's post is golden. And it's illustrated, naturally. Beware flashbacks! Oh no, here comes Alberto...
Here's one of the tamer Chick tracts, but it gives you an idea of the artwork and the storytelling style:
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I got a kick a while back reading Jimmy Akin's account of meeting Jack Chick at the screening of Chick's movie: http://members.cox.net/jimmyakin/x-meet-jack-chick.htm
How long had Chick been working on it [the movie]? Ten years? Fifteen? I tried to recall. “I understand you’ve been working on it for ten years?”
“Fifteen,” he corrected. “I think it will help a lot of pastors. It should get a lot of people sold—uh, saved.”
lol
The Lovecraft tract in the style of Jack Chick was a hoot.
The house in my neighborhood handed out the "First Bite" tract this year.
I love the Halloween themed Chick Tracts. I like “Boo!” a lot, but also “The Devil’s Night” and “The Little Princess.” Someone made a short film of “The Little Princess” - you can see it (and like 10 others) over at http://www.316now.com. It’s a hoot.
I'm actually trying to give the chick tracts the Mystery Science Theater Treatment by giving them reviews on my site. If anyone has any suggestions for ones they would like to see reviewed I would appreciate it.
I pray for the soul of this poor man ... and anyone who goes along with this twisted view of the world. Generalizations, untruths, lies, and yes even hate masquerade in the nightmarish world of Chick Publications as evangelization. He does this work in the name of Jesus Christ and claims to have a personal relationship with the Creator, and out of the other side spews what I can only attribute to evil.
This “Inspired work” may be truly inspired – however the inspiration, is certainly not that of God. For the God I always learned about in the Catholic Christian Faith (by the way Catholic simply means Universal), is one that is incapable of deceit, abhorrence to His creation, and spreading falsehood, for he is ENTIRELY GOOD. There is only one other source for deception, fabrication and loathing … maybe you have heard of him in many of his guises.
I imagine it would take all of 5 minutes to dismantle the repugnant arguments made against the Catholic Church. And I invite anyone who believes this drivel to contact the office of their local Catholic Bishop and ask for an appointment to discuss, in person, the charges that you blindly believe to be true. Or perhaps investigate the writings of the early Church Fathers. Perhaps go to a local Catholic Parish and speak to a priest or even the Parish Pastor. Or maybe you could sneak into a Catholic Mass - and you know what you would find the Gospel Itself every part of the mass is derived out of the Bible every Prayer and Reading, The Creed (Proclamation of what Catholics Believe to be True) and even The Consecration of The Blessed Sacrament (the Holy Eucharist) Itself Directly out of THE BIBLE!! Will you have the Truth in mind or will you simply believe it to be true because you read it in a Jack Chick cartoon tract?
Being a True Christian is a challenge and the war is waging between good and evil -- I hope and Pray everyone will answer their calling to be a true Child of The Light.
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