Chick Publications are usually available wherever Christianity is sold. They are proselytizing tracts in a unique, pocket-sized, comic book format.

"For 40 years, soul-winners worldwide have used Chick cartoon tracts to witness because CHICK TRACTS GET READ!"
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The man himself, Jack Chick, might not know that when one uses a search engine to find his site, all sorts of places come up (based on "chick") that he certainly would not endorse. As a public service I have put together these safe links for those who wish to explore the Fervent World of Chick.

The English Catalog

My personal favorite is The Death Cookie. Many reasons:

• The blatant admission of their own tactics in the very first panel. Can you say "Embodiment of Freud's Theory of Projection?" I knew you could!
• Step by step, Satan's Plan. Covered by copyright. Any resemblance to other plans are sheer coincidence.
• "The Cookie God" comes from Egypt.
• Checkboxes to save your soul. Don't check "No"! It's there because of Free Will.
• Or maybe it's just that eye-catching title.

Like all blockbusters, it's short on characterization, except for the riveting portrayal of the Devil, working through cookies, to bring down mankind.

My first personal experience with Chick Tracts was one of his alltime bestsellers, This Was Your Life. I was a seventh grader who found it on the school bus. Following my lifelong habit of reading everything that passed before my eyes, I strapped into this roller coaster ride of ethics, afterlife, and damnation as only Chick can tell it.

• The terrifying realization that in the afterlife, one is apparently naked, in front of God and Everybody.
• "His name does not appear, Lord." Greatest scene ever sketched on the theme of Your Permanent Record.
• That unforgettable full page panel of the Lake of Fire, a favorite motif.
• And a happy ending, a bit unusual for Chick Tracts, which prefer to dwell on the Punishments for Noncompliance.

The impact upon me was all Chick could have wished. I was seared to my soul with the desire to lead an upright life. As time went on, this took form in a way (good works) that Chick is apparently opposed to, but alls well that ends well, right? Chick?

As I lived in a geographic hotbed of religious fervor, I was soon exposed to more Chick Tracts, and another standout was Flight 144, the story of misguided missionaries that struck at the heart of my new moral principles.

• Good works don't mean a thing. Not even building hospitals for lepers, so cut that out.
• When it's okay to kill someone in a drunken brawl.
• More delicate PG-rated confirmation that you are naked in front of God & Everybody.
• A Lake of Fire with -new! improved!- added screams.

The World of Chick is a wide world indeed. As my darn logical mind brought up objections, Chick seemed to have a tract for it.

The Sissy? As the website says, Great for truckers and bikers! A muscular characterization of the Lord of Hosts that also takes care of the persistent rumor that Jesus is really one of those compassionate liberal types.

Another thing about Chick's world... there's just no use trying to get away from the Long Arm of the Lord. Seeking refuge in other religions emphatically will not cut it, as we see in:

Who Cares? A recent look at how nice Muslims are also victims of terrorism... and, more importantly, in danger of going to Hell. Part of Chick's New Wave plotlines without Lakes of Fire.

The Visitors Not extraterrestrials (though they are wrong too!) but People From Utah.

The True Path Good thing us Anglo-Saxons came along to save people from Native American spiritual paths. Sorry we didn't come sooner!

Good Ol' Boys Not what you think. The evil ways of Masons. Surprise.

What's Wrong With This? Takes care of Paganism. And Buddhism. No Lake of Fire. Will this new subtlety last?

With these titles, one would think Chick Tracts have a problem with every other religion. Nay! A ringing endorsement of sort-of tolerance is Love the Jewish People.

• Jews should live in Israel.
• Nazis were bad because they didn't let Jews move to Israel.
• Israel has to be there for the beast to destroy.

It's so dang simple, people. I got your Foreign Policy right here!

Chick does warn of the End Times in several other tracts, my favorite being Here He Comes! because:

• It starts with a dramatic rendition of What if You're Driving When the Rapture Comes, which I feel is truly essential.
• Those classic characters: The Great Whore, The Beast, and the False Prophet (don't get them confused.)
• The cool details of Life in the End Times, like the Guy with the Guillotine who only cares about... lunch!
• That great title.

More important stones not left unturned:

The Devil's Night One of many on the Satan Worshipping Holiday, Halloween. Bet you thought it was a Candy Worshiping Holiday. See above, the whole "Satan and the Cookie" thing that shows how it all ties together.

Big Daddy? And on the cover... a particularly Pleistocene looking fellow. Get it? Oh, the luscious ridiculousness of apes in our family tree. Just in case we don't get it, there's a banana in his hand. Or a candle. But I didn't choose it because of the cover, delightful though it is. I enjoy:

• How snotty the biology teacher is.
• How Eddie Haskellish the student is.
• How unusual chimpanzeeish Leaky's Lucy is.
• How messy science is.

Did you know science doesn't have ALL the answers? Why are we even bothering with that whole Renaissance thing?

And last, but very far from least, I have to do a roundup on that persistent preoccupation, gay people. With several titles on the subject, there's no question about its Burning Issueness.

Doom Town is my pick of the pack.

• It makes the distinction between lesbians and homosexuals. Bet you didn't know there was one!
• The heretofore unrevealed extent that gay people hate the Lord and all His Servants.
• It makes no distinction between homosexualilty and child sexual abuse. Bet you didn't know there was one!
• Has a scene of men kissing with a lot of loving baroque details. Somebody really fussed with this panel. Can you say, "Labor of Love?"
• NEW Lake of Fire, AND Mountain of Fire WITH Brimstone.
• Quotes Romans instead of Leviticus. Now that's cutting edge.
• The studly hero, with moustache, who "really cares" about homosexuals. Bet you didn't know there was one!

Closes with a message that uplifts and separates.