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A meme image which reads "Socialism is the fire department saving your house. Capitalism is the insurance company denying your claim."

They say that like it's a bad thing.

Don't threaten ME with a good time.

A coffee mug which reads "The best part of waking up is MAGA tears in my cup."

Jesus exorcises a demon from "Manga Messiah" 2006 (MGMS.2006.146).

Jesus raises Lazarus from the grave in "The Manga Bible: New Living Testament" 2004 (MNLT.2004.105).

Jesus recounts the parable of the Prodigal Son in The Kingstone Bible Volume 9 "The Christ" 2016 (CHRT.2016.192).

Jesus attacks the moneylenders in the Temple of Jerusalem in "The Manga Bible: New Testament Extreme" 2007 (MGBL.2007.39).

Honestly, the wide proliferation of "Manga" bibles is so ubiquitous it can be hard to tell sometimes. Clearly these people love to try to appeal to the teenagers by riding the coattails of whatever is popular at the moment.

YouTube video by Jesus Film My Last Day (English) HD

It sorta reminded me of "My Last Day" and I didn't know if we were going to have something else to track down for our archive.

All good though...

Is this from something, or did you generate this using AI?

A panel from tract #227 "The Walking Dead?" (CHICK.227.2011.15B) which illustrates the parable of Lazarus and the rich man. The image depicts the rich man burning in hell with text that reads... "The flames couldn't destroy his soul, because it is indestructible and will live forever. This is the 21st century, and that rich man is still down in hell, burning. And ge will burn throughout all eternity." https://boolean-union.com/dissections/boolunion/BU.CHICK.WDED.DISCT.html

Tract Dissection - "Soul Story" (#043) - Boolean Union A page containing the dissection of Soul Story published by Chick Publications.

...with the MST3K treatment as well if you don't want to make up your own snarky comments.

Hi-res early print, in case anybody is actually interested...

Aww jeez... no idea why that one didn't occur to me. Yep, that one is a classic, all right.

Unforgiven? You're gonna have to be a bit more specific. Black guys ended up in prison quite often in Chick's works.

Tract Viewer (Single)

There's also our Viewers in case you'd prefer to peruse different revisions and variants for each tract instead.

Chick Tracts Index (Release) - Boolean Union A page containing information regarding all Chick Tracts that have been released to date.

You're referring to Robert Fowler's book "The World of Chick?", but that was published in 2000 as so is missing about a quarter century of progress.

May we offer the following instead?

A page from tract #128 "Happy Halloween" (CHICK.128.1996.09) in which Timmy is fatally run over by a car after fleeing in fear from a haunted house. https://boolean-union.com/preview/preview.html?tract=128.1996

A second page from the same tract "Happy Halloween" (CHICK.128.1996.11) in which Timmy is now in Hell and being informed by Satan that he is damned for having died in his sins. https://boolean-union.com/preview/preview.html?tract=128.1996

This isn't even implied subtext to them... it's just text at this point.

Parody Tracts Index - Boolean Union A page containing a list of all Parody Tracts, tracts which are intended to emulate the style of Chick Tracts but are intended as parody.

We would very much be interested in potentially obtaining scans of that for our Archive. Could you perhaps provide any further details?

A page from tract #128 "Happy Halloween" (CHICK.128.1996.09) in which Timmy is fatally run over by a car after fleeing in fear from a haunted house. https://boolean-union.com/preview/preview.html?tract=128.1996

And they picked the one where a kid gets run over by a car... and gave it to a toddler.

Sometimes I wish there really was a Hell.

A page from Jerry Keever's "Witnessing Made Easy: How to Pass Out Tracts for Jesus" (WME.1986.080) which suggests rolling tracts into seales prescription bottles / tubes and then distributing them by either chucking them at roadside pedestrians / hitchhikers, or else tossing them off of bridges into rivers.

It's a very interesting hobby, to be sure. Thankfully, with the death of things like phone booths and cigarette machines it's far less common to encounter tracts in the wild. But if you can get past the pure, unhinged hate it's a fascinating glimpse into Christian fringe subculture.

Tropes - Boolean Union A page detailing common tropes that occur within Chick Tracts and Comics.

"Sinner Slinging" is a trope in Chick's work for a reason.

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...actually just about to work on a retrospective just covering illustrations of people (and particularly infants) drowning in Noah's flood.

That is most assuredly not from a Chick tract. Sounds very interesting, though.

Tract Viewer (Single)

It's definitely no substitute, but may we offer the following...

A panel from tract #245 "Just One More" (CHICK.245.2014.11B) in which a man hands Carrie Nation and suggests "Next time, use a hatchet for maximum damage!" https://boolean-union.com/preview/preview.html?tract=245.2014

A panel from tract #040A "Happy Hour" in which Jerry threatens Janice for destroying his liquor bottles. Janice brandishes one of the broken bottles to defend both her and her brother from him while exclaiming "You touch us and I'll cut you, Daddy!" https://boolean-union.com/preview/preview.html?tract=tractdata_040A_2002

You're not joking...

Tract Dissection - "Boo!" (#106) - Boolean Union A page containing the dissection of Boo! published by Chick Publications.

Only if you get one of the anti-Halloween titles.

But who's watching the house while the Master is away?

YouTube video by G.C. Kinsey "But You Were So Girly!" | The Youth of a Gay Transmasc

Saw this the other day and found it very relevant to this topic.

A page from tract #076 "The Trick" (CHICK.076.1986.04) which depicts Sister Charity orders her servants to adulterate and place curses on Halloween candy to be distributed in order to obtain more "blood sacrifices" for their father, Satan. https://www.chick.com/products/tract?stk=11

We're supposed to be giving out edibles now? F@%$! I thought we were still distributing poison and razor blades. Am I still on the mailing list? Why didn't get the memo!?!

Tropes - Boolean Union A page detailing common tropes that occur within Chick Tracts and Comics.

We call this "Talking Windows". Chick was nothing if not a master of artistic layout.

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A panel from a Chick tract in which a man holds a sign which reads "Forget it... It's all nonsense."

YouTube video by Robert Martens Jack Chick's Boo! The Animated Movie

Just in case anyone would prefer the movie version instead.

A page from tract #106 "Boo!" (CHICK.106.1991B.05) in which Charlie explains their plan to sacrifice a cat at midnight in honor of Halloween, aka "The Devil's Birthday". Satan then laments his lack of a chainsaw to assist him in joining the festivities. https://boolean-union.com/dissections/boolunion/BU.CHICK.BOOX.DISCT.html

A page from tract #106 "Boo!" (CHICK.106.1991B.06) in which Carrie prepares to sacrifice a cat at midnight in honor of Satan's birthday. He then bursts through the door of their cabin wearing a pumpkin on his head and carrying a chainsaw while exclaiming "I don't want the cat as my sacrifice! I WANT CARRIE!" https://boolean-union.com/dissections/boolunion/BU.CHICK.BOOX.DISCT.html

A very Happy Birthday to everyone's favorite fallen angel! You look darn good for your age.

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"Be grateful they didn't kill you."

Well that certainly is a take, isn't it?