IN MEMORIUM: that guy who wrote the crazy jesus tracts died

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Young Freud: Nov 26, 2006

Pvt.Scott posted:

That guillotine golf cart thing is the best.

I didn't even notice there's an aquarium supposedly to catch the head and drown it.

So, whatever happen to Alberto Rivera?

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Lowen SoDium: Jun 5, 2003; Highen Fiber; Clapping Larry

First let me say that the art on these covers is awesome.

Second... why does the guillotine golf cart have a little aquarium half filled with water to catch the heads?

# ? Feb 26, 2017 03:14

Gutter Phoenix: Jul 23, 2013; I preferred your last avatar, so I put it back. My apologies to the pedo who purchased your last one (it's always projection).

SniperWoreConverse posted:

The evil rock music one reminds me of an actual super lovely personal failing I had irl. In the olden days I was friends with this kid who was a huge dick, but honestly alright despite that. We were assholes back to him, but he was an important part of the dynamics of our group of high school morons.

One day it turned out he started going to one of these chick style churches because some hot chick invited him. It was a total gently caress job where they convinced him to ritually burn hundreds of bucks worth of really good music, I mean this dude had like a thousand or 500 cds back when that poo poo was NOT cheap. I mean, giant binders of the fuckers. And he had metal classics as well as a lot of really esoteric poo poo too. I had a fuckin cassette player for christssake, this was when dial up was a big deal, it was hard to find the weird good bands that never got popular.

Anyway, we were all like "what the gently caress dude, I would have bought some of those, you don't have to destroy them," etc. Whatever, weird but maybe not that big a deal. He started trying to integrate people from that church into our group and it was a poo poo show. I remember me and this other dude giving one of his church friends a ride home and he started off on this crazy tangent about women and dick size and all this whole nutso thing, and I'm like "holy poo poo dude" making sideways eye contact with my friend who's driving, and this guy is just going and going, really hosed up misogynistic poo poo, talking about whores, sluts, stretched out pussys, really offputting disturbing poo poo. We weren't even replying to him or interacting with the dude and just dumped him off at his destination and went back. Never saw him again.

We had a couple cool chicks in the group and they really hated the fucker and wanted nothing to do with him, and I was like yeah he's a goddamn creep. Like I was a typical goony loser and even I understood that he had really hosed ideas about women.

Our guy ended up drifting out of our group into Jesus land.

That whole scene was bad news and insane. Years later we found out they had pressured our guy into groveling on the ground literally crawling towards a crucifix begging for mercy and poo poo like that. He ended up sharing a house with a bunch of them and the righteous Christians basically conned him out of a ton of money they spent on drugs. Later on he got roped into investing in some kind of Christian dance school that ended up evaporating, along with his cash. Even later I guess came out as trans and they all shunned him. Dunno if he has any friends or family at all now, dunno how he ended up.

I talked about it with people I knew from those days and they're all mostly like "there's nothing we could have done," but I think I could have done something, said something. I legit think finding Jesus ruined his life way worse than it would have been otherwise. I'll feel terrible every time I think about it for the rest of my life, I think. All the signs were there, it was obvious that this was bad news and he was going the wrong way, but I never said anything when I knew better.

The take away is that if u see something, say something, and this story combined with other stuff I've experienced with this kinda religious person has convinced me that they absolutely cannot be trusted in any way and will completely gently caress you over for any reason.

I knew a couple of people who got super-religious right around the end of high school or soon thereafter. It's a weird time, especially for aimless people struggling to figure out a direction in life. It's a shame he wandered into the snare of evangelical Christianity though. Those are some pretty toxic beliefs, especially for impressionable teenagers.

I was a teenage metalhead, so I've always loved the Christian anti-rock material because it's just so ridiculous and out-of-touch, but I've read and heard quite a few stories about people who've grown up with parents that believed in that nonsense, and it was no joke to them. That recent thread on the 1980's Satanic Panic had some prime examples:

https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3809323

That reminds me, The Decline of Western Civilization Part 2: The Metal Years has a short segment with a woman named Darlyne Pettinicchio from the Back in Control Training Center, an organization that specialized in deprogramming teenage metal fans during the 80's. Jello Biafra frequently mentioned them in his old spoken word albums. I can't find anything recent on them, so they either disbanded, or changed the name of their Christian boot-camps. Here's an old article:

Also, here is the first part of a hilarious Christian documentary called Hell's Bells: The Dangers of Rock n' Roll (1989):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKIQ7T-t_V4&t=1s

# ? Feb 26, 2017 04:20

Gutter Phoenix: Jul 23, 2013; I preferred your last avatar, so I put it back. My apologies to the pedo who purchased your last one (it's always projection).

Young Freud posted:

I didn't even notice there's an aquarium supposedly to catch the head and drown it.

So, whatever happen to Alberto Rivera?

Alberto died of colon cancer in 1997 at the age of 61. He claimed that the Jesuits has tricked him into ingesting a cancer-causing poison. Here's a brief write up on the Chick Tract Fan Club website:

http://www.monsterwax.com/nury.html

# ? Feb 26, 2017 04:24

Gutter Phoenix: Jul 23, 2013; I preferred your last avatar, so I put it back. My apologies to the pedo who purchased your last one (it's always projection).

The Crusaders #17 - The Prophet (1988)

Returning from Lebanon, an ABC news correspondent named Rosco runs into an old war buddy at the airport. His pal is Tim the crusader, and he's got Jim and Alberto with him. They all get to talking, and Alberto explains how Islam is actually a Vatican creation, and the Moon god is a phony. Also, the attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II was a false flag.

This is the sixth chapter in the Alberto saga, and the last to be published in the Crusaders series (Alberto Rivera released a seventh volume under his own A.I.C. imprint).

You can read The Prophet here:

http://www.fmh-child.org/Prophet.html

# ? Feb 26, 2017 04:25

Gutter Phoenix: Jul 23, 2013; I preferred your last avatar, so I put it back. My apologies to the pedo who purchased your last one (it's always projection).

The Great Holocaust I (Alberto Part 7): The Martyr Story of Klark Butterfield (1994)

This one isn't a Crusaders comic, but it is a continuation of the Alberto series so I figured I'd include it. It was published by Alberto Rivera's own AIC Ministries, and the quality of the art and printing pales in comparison to the earlier comics drawn by Fred Carter and written/ published by Chick.

It tells the story of former Catholic priest named Clark Butterfield. He wrote an anti-Vatican book called Night Journey to Rome and sent the manuscript to Chick Publications. They declined to publish it, but Alberto thought it was so important that he released it himself under his own AIC Ministries. The material was so explosive that the Vatican and Freemasons ordered Clark's doctor to murder him.

The back cover shows an eighth Alberto comic titled The Plot of Holocaust. As far as I know, it was never published by either Chick Publications or AIC, and most likely never got past the planning stages. The drawing on the cover is from the Crusaders comic Double Cross.

You can read The Great Holocaust here:

http://www.fmh-child.org/TheGreatHolocaust.html

Or here:

https://www.scribd.com/doc/282503009/The-Crusaders-Vol-22-The-Great-Holocaust-Alberto-Part-7

Here's a bit more about the Alberto comics, and anti-Vatican Chick tracts in general:

http://www.fmh-child.org/AlbertoRivera.html

# ? Feb 26, 2017 04:26

Young Freud: Nov 26, 2006

Gutter Phoenix posted:

Also, here is the first part of a hilarious Christian documentary called Hell's Bells: The Dangers of Rock n' Roll (1989):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKIQ7T-t_V4&t=1s

I don't know if it can top "Youth Suicide Fantasy: Does their music make them do it?", the opening of which gave us this delightful image...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9ka0MMtET8

# ? Feb 26, 2017 04:28

Pvt.Scott: Feb 16, 2007; What God wants, God gets, God help us all

The water in the glass case serves two purposes. First, it keeps the head from making a really loud, wet, sickening thud amplified by the container when it falls into the trap. Second, it is glass, so you can still see the head and you get to see the gnarly swirls of blood spread out.

A possible third purpose is as a mocking "final baptism."

E: Anabaptists were drowned by Catholics l. They called it their "third baptism."

:drat:

Pvt.Scott fucked around with this message at 05:04 on Feb 26, 2017

# ? Feb 26, 2017 05:00

Gutter Phoenix: Jul 23, 2013; I preferred your last avatar, so I put it back. My apologies to the pedo who purchased your last one (it's always projection).

Here's a promising documentary from 1984 called Deception of a Generation about the Satanic influence of toys and cartoons:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hnjdq32u-MU

Here's one from 1989 called Devil Worship: The Rise of Satanism.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6IUZ87gGDk&t=986s

It even has an appearance from Mark of the Temple of Olympus, last seen in the amazing Pagan Invasion series!

And who could forget 1994's The Law Enforcement Guide to Satanic Cults?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt_T5EF-uzU&t=1417s

This isn't exactly a Christian scare film, but I feel it's worth sharing anyway. Tragedy or Hope? (1972) tells the story of a young college protester who is visited by the ghosts of his forefathers. They teach him the true meaning of freedom, and then join forces to go beat up the rest of the hippies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhXV-7ujgbU

A better quality version is on archive.org:

https://archive.org/details/Tragedyo1972

# ? Feb 26, 2017 06:07

Young Freud: Nov 26, 2006

Gutter Phoenix posted:

Here's a promising documentary from 1984 called Deception of a Generation about the Satanic influence of toys and cartoons:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hnjdq32u-MU

"SKELETOR IS MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE! SKELETOR IS MORE POWERFUL THAN JESUS!"

This. You have to watch this.

Young Freud fucked around with this message at 07:46 on Feb 26, 2017

# ? Feb 26, 2017 07:43

RoboRodent: Sep 19, 2012

Gutter Phoenix posted:

This is literally the plot to a Sherlock Holmes mystery, "The Speckled Band." Good job ripping off a popular story from 1892, Chick. No one will ever notice that.

# ? Feb 26, 2017 08:15

Mx.: Dec 16, 2006; I'm a great fan! When I watch TV I'm always saying "That's political correctness gone mad!"
Why thankyew!

Gutter Phoenix posted:

never 4get

# ? Feb 27, 2017 03:39

CAPT. Rainbowbeard: Apr 5, 2012; My incredible goodposting transcends time and space but still it cannot transform the xbone into a good console.; Lipstick Apathy

Gutter Phoenix posted:

What about new land mass being crated with tectonic shifts and volcanoes?

And what about the advent of modern medicine keeping most babies alive combined with people still having kids like half of them will die in childhood?

Gutter Phoenix posted:

The Great Holocaust I (Alberto Part 7): The Martyr Story of Klark Butterfield (1994)

This one isn't a Crusaders comic, but it is a continuation of the Alberto series so I figured I'd include it. It was published by Alberto Rivera's own AIC Ministries, and the quality of the art and printing pales in comparison to the earlier comics drawn by Fred Carter and written/ published by Chick.

It tells the story of former Catholic priest named Clark Butterfield. He wrote an anti-Vatican book called Night Journey to Rome and sent the manuscript to Chick Publications. They declined to publish it, but Alberto thought it was so important that he released it himself under his own AIC Ministries. The material was so explosive that the Vatican and Freemasons ordered Clark's doctor to murder him.

The back cover shows an eighth Alberto comic titled The Plot of Holocaust. As far as I know, it was never published by either Chick Publications or AIC, and most likely never got past the planning stages. The drawing on the cover is from the Crusaders comic Double Cross.

You can read The Great Holocaust here:

http://www.fmh-child.org/TheGreatHolocaust.html

Or here:

https://www.scribd.com/doc/282503009/The-Crusaders-Vol-22-The-Great-Holocaust-Alberto-Part-7

Here's a bit more about the Alberto comics, and anti-Vatican Chick tracts in general:

http://www.fmh-child.org/AlbertoRivera.html

Someone set us up the Vatican.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 23:36

Gutter Phoenix: Jul 23, 2013; I preferred your last avatar, so I put it back. My apologies to the pedo who purchased your last one (it's always projection).

Nearly twenty years elapsed between the publication of the sixth Alberto comic in 1988 and the next volume of the Crusaders in 2007, so this seems as good a time as any to mention the handful of miscellaneous Chick comics that aren't a part of the Crusaders series.

King of Kings (1980)

This is Chick's retelling of the entire Bible with all of his favorite conspiracy theories retconned in to the story-line.

You can read the whole thing here:

http://www.fmh-child.org/KingOfKings.html

# ? Mar 2, 2017 17:53

Gutter Phoenix: Jul 23, 2013; I preferred your last avatar, so I put it back. My apologies to the pedo who purchased your last one (it's always projection).

Two new tracts are out today:

Tract #289 - Almost Time

http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/1166/1166_01.asp

Tract #290 - Help

http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/1120/1120_01.asp

I'll post more about these two when I get hard copies of them.

In even more exciting news, an official biography of Jack Chick has been released!

I am ordering a copy today, and will post about it as soon as I receive and read it.

# ? Mar 2, 2017 18:22

Gutter Phoenix: Jul 23, 2013; I preferred your last avatar, so I put it back. My apologies to the pedo who purchased your last one (it's always projection).

The Big Betrayal (1981)

The Jesuits orchestrated the Civil War and murdered Abraham Lincoln.

This comic is based on a book called Fifty Years in the Church of Rome by Charles Chiniquy. He was a Catholic priest who became disillusioned with the church, was excommunicated, and then repeatedly brought up on false charges by agents of the Vatican. Abraham Lincoln successfully defended Chiniquy in court, which angered the Jesuits enough to assassinate him nine years later.

You can read a pdf version of Fifty Years in the Church of Rome here:

http://www.fmh-child.org/Fifty_Years_in_the_Church_of_Rome.pdf

Chick Publications also sells a version of the book:

http://www.chick.com/catalog/books/0180.asp

You can read The Big Betrayal here:

http://www.fmh-child.org/TheBigBetrayal.html

# ? Mar 2, 2017 20:41

Gutter Phoenix: Jul 23, 2013; I preferred your last avatar, so I put it back. My apologies to the pedo who purchased your last one (it's always projection).

The Overcomers (1987/ 1988)

I mentioned this bizarre four-comic series earlier in the thread.

Gutter Phoenix posted:

Speaking of comics, I'm fond of The Overcomers (1987/1988) by Mary Mitchell, in which Guardian Angels that look like Siegfried and Roy come to Earth to protect kids from evil. These are notable for the terrible art, incoherent plot, and portrayal of Jesus with gaping stigmata! Sadly, they are out of print.

They are the only comics from Chick Publications without art by Fred Carter. They are also the only comics that Jack didn't write. I have no clue what inspired their publication, but they sold very poorly, and the series was quickly cancelled. As a result, they are pretty tough to find these days. That's a shame, because they really are something special.

I'll come back to these later. They deserve a closer look, but I want to get through the rest of the Crusaders series first.

# ? Mar 2, 2017 21:49

Gutter Phoenix: Jul 23, 2013; I preferred your last avatar, so I put it back. My apologies to the pedo who purchased your last one (it's always projection).

Jonah (1994)

This comic tells the story of Jonah. It's similar to the tract The First Jaws, and some of the panels are nearly identical, although the artwork in the comic was painted.

Jonah is currently unavailable. It was printed on thick, glossy paper and became too expensive to keep in stock. Besides the Overcomers series, it is only comic from Chick Publications that is out pf print. It's the most recent of the miscellaneous, non-Crusaders comics to be published.

I posted about The First Jaws here:

Gutter Phoenix posted:

Tract #71 - The First Jaws (1985)

You can read Jonah here:

http://www.fmh-child.org/Jonah.html

# ? Mar 2, 2017 21:51

CAPT. Rainbowbeard: Apr 5, 2012; My incredible goodposting transcends time and space but still it cannot transform the xbone into a good console.; Lipstick Apathy

I think I may have discovered Jehova's secret which caused Lucifer to rebel. You see how The Creator is always a asking that one angel if a dude's name is in the Book Of Life? Now, either that angel lost his legs in The War and Yahweh feels bad for him and found something for him to do, that angel is Steve the Gay Angel and this is how the Almighty Father keeps him out of trouble and away from Adam, or...

God never learned how to read. How else would He not know if a dude was in the Book of Life or not?

# ? Mar 2, 2017 22:11

CaptainSarcastic: Jul 6, 2013

Chick's take on the story of Cain was more than a little, um, special. Completely glossed over the Mark of Cain, and appeared to deliberately insert a rebuttal to the "who did Cain marry and where did the population of Nod come from?" by just making extra-Biblical assertions.

# ? Mar 2, 2017 23:06

Gutter Phoenix: Jul 23, 2013; I preferred your last avatar, so I put it back. My apologies to the pedo who purchased your last one (it's always projection).

As I mentioned earlier, almost twenty years passed between the publication of Crusaders #17 in 1988 and issue #18 in 2007. During that period, Fred Carter was busy drawing the artwork for most of the Bible series of tracts (1984-1992), followed by the hundreds of detailed oil paintings he created for the 2003 film Light of the World:

Gutter Phoenix posted:

Anyway, back to the adventures of America's favorite evangelical missionary couple, Timothy and James.

The Crusaders #18 - The Enchanter (2007)

Darlene's husband Jake is murdered by Mormon "Avenging Angels" in retribution for leaving the church. Terrified that she'll be next, Darlene reaches out to the Crusaders for help. They send her money so she can get a bus ticket to her mother's house. Tim and Jim decide they ought to learn more about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, so they seek out an ex-Mormon named David Franks, who tells them all about Joseph Smith and the sinister origins of the his evil church. The comic gives no real resolution to Jake's death, but we can assume his killers will go to Hell, so I guess that's punishment enough.

You can read The Enchanter here:

http://www.fmh-child.org/TheEnchanter.html

# ? Mar 2, 2017 23:44

Gutter Phoenix: Jul 23, 2013; I preferred your last avatar, so I put it back. My apologies to the pedo who purchased your last one (it's always projection).

The Crusaders #19 - Unwanted (2010)

This comic tells the story of Chaplain Dann Slator, who also appeared in the 1982 tracts Reverend Wonderful, and The Letter. Born to drunken parents who didn't want him, Dann grew up during the depression and fought in World War II, narrowly avoiding death numerous times. He was a hard-drinking troublemaker, even long after the war ended. That all changed when he saw an artist give a presentation about the end-times. Dann got saved, and started spreading the gospel by passing out tracts.

The artist isn't named in the comic, but it is clearly supposed to be Jack Chick. Even before Chick started publishing tracts, he made up a series of cartoons similar to what eventually became This Was Your Life! to use as a visual aid when preaching his message. Anyway, Dann started passing out Chick tracts soon after Jack started making them, and has reportedly given out over a million of them over the years. He's still at it as far as I know.

You can read Unwanted here:

http://www.fmh-child.org/Unwanted.html

I mentioned a bit about Chaplain Dann when I wrote about these tracts:

Gutter Phoenix posted:

Tract #54 - Reverend Wonderful (1982)

The cowboy character is based on a real-life man who goes by the name Chaplain Dann, who also appears in the next tract (The Letter). During a lengthy life spent preaching the Good News, Dann has reportedly given out over one million Chick tracts! That is impressive.

Chaplain Dann's autobiography was recently published by the guy who wrote The Art of Jack T. Chick. You can read more about it here:

http://www.monsterwax.com/DannBook.html

Gutter Phoenix posted:

Tract #55 - The Letter (1982)

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CaptainSarcastic: Jul 6, 2013

Luchador versus God - one brave wrestler takes on the ultimate heel in a smackdown like you've never seen before!

# ? Mar 3, 2017 01:30

SniperWoreConverse: Mar 20, 2010; Gun Saliva

lol

# ? Mar 3, 2017 03:42

RagnarokAngel: Oct 5, 2006; Black Magic Extraordinaire

Gutter Phoenix, have you considered putting your posts on a tumblr or a blog or something? Having all the of the chick tracts in release order has been a fascinating experience to see them evolve as Chick's views changed. I'd love to be able to share them with people outside these forums.

# ? Mar 7, 2017 02:51

count_von_count: Nov 6, 2012

Gutter Phoenix posted:

The Big Betrayal (1981)

Ahaha someone needs to let the Milhist thread know that we finally have the definitive explanation for why Meade didn't immediately pursue Lee after Gettysburg: secret Jesuit.

# ? Mar 9, 2017 17:08

Gutter Phoenix: Jul 23, 2013; I preferred your last avatar, so I put it back. My apologies to the pedo who purchased your last one (it's always projection).

RagnarokAngel posted:

Gutter Phoenix, have you considered putting your posts on a tumblr or a blog or something? Having all the of the chick tracts in release order has been a fascinating experience to see them evolve as Chick's views changed. I'd love to be able to share them with people outside these forums.

I'm glad other people find it interesting! I've thought about putting together a website or something (mostly to trade extra tracts with other collectors), but I haven't done so yet. Maybe I'll get around to doing that after I post the remaining Chick stuff here.

There are still a few comics to go (plus the Overcomers series), a handful of books illustrated by Chick/ Carter, the Battle Cry newsletter, and some other miscellaneous items. We're in the home stretch, but there's plenty of great stuff left!

# ? Mar 12, 2017 00:15

Gutter Phoenix: Jul 23, 2013; I preferred your last avatar, so I put it back. My apologies to the pedo who purchased your last one (it's always projection).

The Crusaders #20 - Jesuits (2011)

Jesuits use hate-crime laws to arrest and imprison Protestants.

You can read the entire comic here:

http://www.fmh-child.org/Jesuits.html

# ? Mar 12, 2017 00:16

Iron Prince: Aug 28, 2005; Buglord

just ordered a copy of the biography. seems too interesting to pass up. as always, thanks for always updating the thread gutter phoenix

# ? Mar 12, 2017 00:28

CAPT. Rainbowbeard: Apr 5, 2012; My incredible goodposting transcends time and space but still it cannot transform the xbone into a good console.; Lipstick Apathy

Gutter Phoenix posted:

Those ruddy-faced fellas are wrong about America being "mostly Catholic." I mean, I'm pretty sure most of the people in government and the public school system insisting America is a Christian Nation� aren't Catholic, let alone all the brown people.

# ? Mar 12, 2017 00:51

RagnarokAngel: Oct 5, 2006; Black Magic Extraordinaire

Based on reading chicks other tracts he thought that most protestant church's have been corrupted by the Jesuit illuminati.

# ? Mar 12, 2017 00:55

Pvt.Scott: Feb 16, 2007; What God wants, God gets, God help us all

Uhhh, police would totally go looking for a family whose front door had been kicked in and who were now missing. Even if they somehow didn't think the adults warranted attention, signs of violence and missing children is a loving green light. Homeland security? Really? Lol

# ? Mar 12, 2017 01:20

Gutter Phoenix: Jul 23, 2013; I preferred your last avatar, so I put it back. My apologies to the pedo who purchased your last one (it's always projection).

Iron Prince posted:

just ordered a copy of the biography. seems too interesting to pass up. as always, thanks for always updating the thread gutter phoenix

You Don't Know Jack by David W. Daniels (2017)

I received my copy a few days ago. It's a quick read, full of pictures, and a large portion of it is a defense of Alberto Rivera for some reason, but there's still plenty of interesting stuff. It's basically a print version of the Chick Publications video series of the same name:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=totLO3sV6-Y&t=5s

I found the descriptions of his family life especially interesting. His parents made fun of him for becoming a Christian. His daughter was ridiculed at school, got involved in drugs and witchcraft, and died before the age of 50. I also found it interesting that he wasn't a regular churchgoer.

There is also plenty of talk about where his beliefs came from and how they evolved.

Apparently Fang predates the tracts. He added him into the background of his drawings because he loved animals, especially his dogs. Also, the cat's name is Goldie.

Author David Daniels talks about how he started helping Chick write the tracts starting with the Bob series in 2000 or so. He also helped write the comics starting with The Enchanter. He never mentions who will be drawing the tracts once Chick's backlog runs out, but he'll be writing them. His ideas mirror Chick's pretty closely, so that seems fitting.

# ? Mar 12, 2017 01:35

Gutter Phoenix: Jul 23, 2013; I preferred your last avatar, so I put it back. My apologies to the pedo who purchased your last one (it's always projection).

The Crusaders #21 - Black Angel (2013)

This is the story of an O.G. named Peanut and his time in an Ontario, California gang called "The Black Angels." After discarding his Catholic upbringing and accepting a Chick-approved Protestant version of Jesus Christ, he decides to preach his story to other gang members so that they too have a chance to avoid an eternity in Hell.

According to You Don't Know Jack, David Daniels was the main writer on this comic, as well as the previous one (Jesuits).

You can read Black Angel here:

http://www.fmh-child.org/BlackAngel.html

# ? Mar 22, 2017 16:03

Gutter Phoenix: Jul 23, 2013; I preferred your last avatar, so I put it back. My apologies to the pedo who purchased your last one (it's always projection).

The Crusaders #22 - Unthinkable (2016)

Rachel Cohen meets the Crusaders at the hospital after her friend Rabbi Solomon is beaten to death. They tell her about the history of antisemitism in America, and convince her to give up Judaism in favor of evangelical Christianity.

This is the last of the comics to date. According to You Don't Know Jack, the writing was a collaborative effort between Jack Chick and David Daniels. It's based on the Chick Publications book As America Has Done to Israel by John P. McTernan.

Here is the page for Unthinkable on the Chick Publications website:

http://www.chick.com/catalog/comics/3022.asp

You can read an eight-page exert here:

http://www.chick.com/catalog/comics/3022_m.asp

Here is the page for As America Has Done to Israel on the Chick Publications website:

http://www.chick.com/catalog/books/1289.asp

# ? Mar 22, 2017 18:30

Gutter Phoenix: Jul 23, 2013; I preferred your last avatar, so I put it back. My apologies to the pedo who purchased your last one (it's always projection).

Tract # 289 - Almost Time (2017)

Billy Gibbs wants to know about Judgement Day, but his father forbids him to learn about Christianity. However, he talks to a preacher, gets saved, and converts his family as well. Six months later, after reading the Bible cover-to-cover, Billy goes back to the preacher to ask about Armageddon since the text is a little unclear about exactly what happens. The last third of the tract is classic Chick, and shows his vision of things to come.

You can read Almost Time here:

http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/1166/1166_01.asp

# ? Mar 22, 2017 19:07

Gutter Phoenix: Jul 23, 2013; I preferred your last avatar, so I put it back. My apologies to the pedo who purchased your last one (it's always projection).

Tract #290 - Help (2017)

This is Fred Carter's revision of Soul Survivor featuring black characters. I've compared the two below:

You can read Help here:

http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/1120/1120_01.asp

I posted about Soul Survivor here:

Gutter Phoenix posted:

Tract #283 - Soul Survivor (2016)

# ? Mar 22, 2017 19:08

Sweaty IT Nerd: Jul 13, 2007

That stuff from his biography is interesting. He actually was made fun of for being a Christian by his parents. Of course, it was written by the only other guy in the world to take his tracts seriously so I'm wary of the source.

# ? Mar 22, 2017 19:14

Gutter Phoenix: Jul 23, 2013; I preferred your last avatar, so I put it back. My apologies to the pedo who purchased your last one (it's always projection).

Now seems as good a time as any to post a few miscellaneous items.

Evolution Poster (1973)

This is a full-color 11" x 32" poster of a painting by Fred Carter, similar to the center panels from the tract Big Daddy?. Sadly, it is now out of print, although I don't know when that happened. I bought one from Chick.com way back in 2000, so it was available until at least that time.

Here are four different versions of the centerfold from Big Daddy?:

I posted about Big Daddy? here:

Gutter Phoenix posted:

Tract # 15 - Big Daddy? (1970).

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Gutter Phoenix: Jul 23, 2013; I preferred your last avatar, so I put it back. My apologies to the pedo who purchased your last one (it's always projection).

There have been a lot of Chick tract parodies over the years. I figured I'd post a couple of the more notable ones.

Head Shop or Dead Shop? (1974)

This parody tract was written by P.J. O' Rourke and illustrated by Jeff Cox. It appeared in the December 1974 issue of National Lampoon magazine.

Devil Doll? (1989)

This parody tract was written and illustrated by Dan Clowes, and originally published in the first issue of his comic book Eightball. It was later reprinted in tract form and included in Jello Biafra's 1994 spoken word album Beyond the Valley of the Gift Police.

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