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GAF, do you have a moment to talk about... Chick tracts?
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ProfessorLobo
Banned
SICK DREAMS ARE MADE OF FLEAS, MOLDY BREATH AND SCHOOLYARD CHEESE \m/ \m/
I've traveled the world and the seven seas, everybody's lookin for somethin.
Chick tracts are pure gold. And they're international too, I was introduced to them at school where one girl on my class had a Finnish version of the "Big Daddy?" with her. This was in early 90's in northern Finland.
When in the late 90's my secondary school invested in proper internet connection, one of the first things I used it for was searching for that grandfather -comic that I remembered.
I've loved them ever since.
When in the late 90's my secondary school invested in proper internet connection, one of the first things I used it for was searching for that grandfather -comic that I remembered.
I've loved them ever since.
Count Dookkake
Member
My favorite is probably Gomez is Coming.
What a twist!
What a twist!
Lionel Mandrake
Member
Here is my collection of Chick Lit.
Fucking sweet. I have a friend who is trying to collect them all "naturally" just picking up the ones he finds in the wild, and not online or mailing lists. I guess he feels like the hunt is the best part.
Deified Data
Banned
I can only recite this internally like Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) by Eurythmics. Maybe that was the intention. If so, brilliant.
This guy gets it.
I sometimes mull over the possibility of ordering a bunch of copies of my favorite tract and taking it upon myself to distribute it so as to ensure that as many people as possible get to partake in the joy that is li'l Bobby and his precocious antics. I'd be like an end-times Easter Bunny.
Or at least I would be if the rabbit-themed portion of Easter Sunday weren't an attempt by the devil to lure my soul to the lake of fire by seducing me with pagan rituals.
Man, what a dickbag.
"My friend committed suicide and my life is in shambles!"
"lol, I told you you had to find Jesus!"
I honestly imagined Steve Souza of Exodus singing it, didn't even realize it was actually Sweet Dreams :lol :lol
FelixOrion
Poet Centuriate
Man, what a dickbag.
"My friend committed suicide and my life is in shambles!"
"lol, I told you you had to find Jesus!"
The worst thing is the way "sob" is put in there.
It's only slightly italicized. No *asterisks* and it's in the speech bubble. She's basically saying the word "sob."
Fuck.
FelixOrion
Poet Centuriate
Yeah I've been noticing that too. It's strange because it's not Christmas yet.
http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0273/0273_01.asp
Oh wow.
Edit: What I really love about Chick tracts is that they have footnotes and references. Now I really need to see this AIDS video by Jeremiah Films.
NekoFever
Member
My parents were divorced when I was really young, and my dad lived in Texas. He got remarried eventually, and the first time I ever went to visit him I was 11 years old. His new wife was a born again Christian of some kind and she made me read a bunch of these and they scared the shit out of me as a kid. Religion wasn't even a thing in my house, so I had a vague understanding that people went to church and that was about it. It was a very traumatic experience for young me, and I still hate these things.
evilromero
Member
I've lived in OKC my entire life and have never seen these comics in the wild.
I flew into Houston last year and saw one in the bathroom of the airport. Took me back to my childhood. Also my step-mother would go to malls and Walmarts in Dallas and Denton and place them in bathrooms.
evilromero
Member
Thank you professor.
Oh the innocence of childhood. I remember when I was a child we sometimes tried to make spells ourselves, like the "say someone's name three times and look into the mirror" -thing. It was stupid fun but harmless.
That's just what kids do right?
Right?
Don't do witchcraft... Do your HOMEWORK!
That face.
Don't forget what may be one of the finest two panel face spreads in all of tract-dom:
If it weren't for Bobby totally stealing the show I think the healer would be one of my favorite Chick characters ever.
The attentive will also notice that the symbol of the vaguely-named Mental Health facility where the grandfather is tortured is a caduceus with a peace symbol mounted on top. It's that sort of detail that has kept The Last Generation at the apex of my tract esteem for all these years.
eddfromtheriver
Banned
LMAO.
cheststrongwell
my cake, fuck off
Yeah, I've been in OKC since 97 and have only found one. Very sad.
The Culture Vulture
Member
My Aunt and Uncle always pass these out with candy to trick or treaters. The more tame ones I assume.
Perfect Cha0s
Member
That second panel is BEGGING for a photoshop.Don't forget what may be one of the finest two panel face spreads in all of tract-dom:
If it weren't for Bobby totally stealing the show I think the healer would be one of my favorite Chick characters ever.
The attentive will also notice that the symbol of the vaguely-named Mental Health facility where the grandfather is tortured is a caduceus with a peace symbol mounted on top. It's that sort of detail that has kept The Last Generation at the apex of my tract esteem for all these years.
http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0273/0273_01.asp
Oh wow.
Edit: What I really love about Chick tracts is that they have footnotes and references. Now I really need to see this AIDS video by Jeremiah Films.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1_P0sxUgeI
Here you go. It's official!
Like the hat?
Banned
They are great for their sheer what-the-fuckery
it looks so long and boring. i was hoping for a 5 minute "ha look how stupid these people are" type of video but i don't know if this is worth watching
FelixOrion
Poet Centuriate
peaceiscloser
Member
I'm actually sort of surprised about the "Visitors" tract, which is about Mormons. It's one of the more lighter ones, and you'd expect it to be a lot harsher.
The Dungeons and Dragons one is legendary.
Also, what is up with the "deal with the devil" tracts? Does he really think people straight up make literal deals with the devil? Or that we're at risk of it happening?
The Dungeons and Dragons one is legendary.
Also, what is up with the "deal with the devil" tracts? Does he really think people straight up make literal deals with the devil? Or that we're at risk of it happening?
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
He's put out some truly foul cartoons:
I've met people on the intertubes that think this way.
Oracle Dragon
Member
I remember when I was a kid, on halloween one of the houses was handing out copies of the halloween and D&D strips instead of candy. I don't think they got many repeat visitors the year after
killertofu
Member
Uh, mixed babies are the best babies.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Thank you for this. I am learning so much from these.
LaserBuddha
Member
Apparently in the future they will all look like Lionel Ritchie.
peaceiscloser
Member
We must beware the Elf People and the Rabbit People. They will surely destroy our beauty.
It warms the cockles of my heart to see so many discovering the joys of Little Bobby and his adventures for the first time.
Somewhat notably, there's actually a rather po-mo tract about a dying girl being saved by a Chick tract given to her while trick-or-treating.
Notably, the tract itself advocates giving them out alongside the candy, not in lieu of it. Oracle Dragon, you should inform your erstwhile would-be saviors of their mistake. The Culture Vulture, please congratulate your aunt and uncle for properly following procedure.
I'm not sure if this entirely answers your question, but Chick is an ardent fundamentalist in the classical meaning of the word, and even by the standards of American fundamentalism he's relatively extreme. His stance is that the King James Bible is the divinely inspired word of God and that other translations and interpretations of scripture are either misguided or actively malicious. It's not unreasonable to say -- based on the man's body of work and everything known about him and about the religious movement of which he is a part -- that he does believe that the devil and his agents are actively interfering in the lives of people to prevent their salvation.
That's ultimately just my interpretation though, as the man's reclusiveness means we're probably never going to get any direct answers regarding whether the imagery in his body of work is intended to be literal or figurative.
I remember when I was a kid, on halloween one of the houses was handing out copies of the halloween and D&D strips instead of candy. I don't think they got many repeat visitors the year after
Somewhat notably, there's actually a rather po-mo tract about a dying girl being saved by a Chick tract given to her while trick-or-treating.
Notably, the tract itself advocates giving them out alongside the candy, not in lieu of it. Oracle Dragon, you should inform your erstwhile would-be saviors of their mistake. The Culture Vulture, please congratulate your aunt and uncle for properly following procedure.
I'm not sure if this entirely answers your question, but Chick is an ardent fundamentalist in the classical meaning of the word, and even by the standards of American fundamentalism he's relatively extreme. His stance is that the King James Bible is the divinely inspired word of God and that other translations and interpretations of scripture are either misguided or actively malicious. It's not unreasonable to say -- based on the man's body of work and everything known about him and about the religious movement of which he is a part -- that he does believe that the devil and his agents are actively interfering in the lives of people to prevent their salvation.
That's ultimately just my interpretation though, as the man's reclusiveness means we're probably never going to get any direct answers regarding whether the imagery in his body of work is intended to be literal or figurative.
Fimbulvetr
Member
I always have time for these. They're amazing.
Acerac
Banned
It's exactly how I imagined it when I first saw his face.
I can't believe I've never seen this one til now. It is amazing!
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