Jack Chick is Dead

[Ian Osborne]

My favorite Chick tracts remain his attacks on D and D.
I was so tempted to post on hearing about Chick's Demise "And Jack Chick fails to make his saving roll Haw! Haw! Haw!")

Good one!

 

[Porpoise of Life]

My favorite Chick tracts remain his attacks on D and D.
I was so tempted to post on hearing about Chick's Demise "And Jack Chick fails to make his saving roll Haw! Haw! Haw!")

Have you seen the movie adaptation?
It's quite a faithful adaptation, but made by people who do not agree with Chick's views (and on a very low budget).

It lacks the 'so bad it's enjoyable' aspect of the Left Behind nonsense, because it's obvious they're mocking the source material, even though they're playing it straight. But it's fun.

 

[shemp]

And now his co-artist has died.

Died: Fred Carter, Little-Known Black Artist Behind Chick Tracts

His name did not appear on his art. Most of the millions who have seen it do not know who he is.

But Fred Carter’s art is unforgettable.

He drew bodies that were heavy—weighted with humanity and the possibility of redemption. He painted biblical characters who seemed real enough that their struggles and stories could be the viewers’ own. He depicted sin so that it was tempting; salvation so it mattered.

And his art was reproduced by the millions. It was distributed across the country and around the world while he remained in anonymity.

Carter—an African American artist who drew gospel tracts, evangelical comic books, and Black Sunday school curricula—died on May 9 at the age of 83.

He was the close collaborator of Jack Chick, pioneer of the popular evangelistic cartoons known as Chick Tracts. According to Christian Comics International, more than half of Chick Tracts were drawn by Carter.

 

[Chanakya]

Never heard of Jack Chick, but the name sounds very ...hedging-your-bets?

But then he's dead, and you don't speak ill of the dead. Except diversification isn't speaking ill, it's sound investment strategy.