Jack Thomas Chick is an 86 year old American publisher, writer, and comic book artist of evangelical Christian tracts and comic books [Jack Chick Tracts]
His comics have been described by the Los Angeles Magazine as "equal parts hate literature and fire-and-brimstone sermonizing". Which is not true at all, since they are more like 90% hate-filled. In the past each page was appended with reference to a specific bible verse.
Disgusting little religious tracts known when I was a kid as 'penny comics' due to their small size, low price and since they were only printed in black and white. And they are still available for 16 cents. But times have changed and larger size comics are available that cost $2.25 each for grander, more colorful bits of hate.
[Like many protestant sects, the folks at Chick seem to have an espticallly intense dislike of the Pope and catholics in general]
I never cease to be amazed at the hatred between the various differing groups of christianity [over 20,000 at last count]. Twenty thousand different groups, with each one claiming that they, and they alone, have the absolute truth about God, J.C. and salvation, etc. etc.
And there are now even embedable online editions of the Jack Chick marvels [although there doesn't seem to be a way of enlarging them so that they are actually readable].
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