Jack Chick has died

[blogslut]

At least I think he has. This from his company Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/chicktracts/photos/a.437041710057.374027.436937560057/10157595360455058/?type=3&theater

Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

Brother Jack Chick passed away Sunday evening, October 23, peacefully in his sleep. He was 92.
He will be interred in a small private ceremony. Condolences can be sent to Chick Publications (see www.chick.com), and they will be taken to his widow. God bless you all...

ADDED: A Twitter link: https://twitter.com/ChickPub/status/790604219376033792

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

1. No, Jack Chick will never die

His hilarious Chick Tracks will live forever.

Seriously, check out the doc "God's Cartoonist", or dig up Dan Raeburn's essay about him in his old Comic 'zine "The Imp". Fascinating stuff.

[NurseJackie]

17. I imagine this ...

[tenderfoot]

2. hmm... wonder if he'll end up like one of his cartoons?

[jberryhill]

6. .

[Laxman]

9. This WasThe First Thing That I Thought Of......

there's an animated version too!

RIP Jack. I've always been a fan of the bizzare and unintentionally funny things in life. Will he be shocked to find out that bigotry and intolerance will keep him out of heaven? I wish I had the artistic skills to do a This was Your Life for Mr. Chick.

[jberryhill]

11. D'jever watch The Jack Van Impe Show?

That thing is fun to DVR just for the reaction shots of his wife Rexella.

Sometimes, I think she is mouthing, "Help, get me out of here."

If you like insane 100% Made In USA religious stuff, it can't be beat.

They alternate between her reading headlines from Breitbart, and him ranting about the end of the world.

[peabody]

25. The amount of predictions from

these guys that have not been true is astonishing; yet, week after week, they go on predicting the end of the world, the lord coming back, the rapture, and so on. I would think by now they would stop and think, "could we be wrong about all this?"

[jberryhill]

26. "The End Of The World Is Nigh" ... and we'll see you again next week...

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. DU's Dr. Strange will mourn appropriately.

[Blue_Tires]

4. Yeah, I hope the cartoon artist community really steps up

with some world-class Jack Chick parodies...

[Dr. Strange]

7. Yea, verily.

[jberryhill]

5. That guy was an original

I'd love to see a Sergio Aragones or Robert Crumb tribute to Jack Chick.





Bigotry through art:

[Brother Buzz]

12. Crumb lampooned him thirty years ago. To wit: Weirdo #17 -The Religious Experience of Philip K. Dick

http://www.philipkdickfans.com/resources/miscellaneous/the-religious-experience-of-philip-k-dick-by-r-crumb-from-weirdo-17/

[exboyfil]

8. The Bible Reloaded

deconstructs Chick Tracks. Here is one with special guest Aron Ra on Evolution.

My condolences to Jack Chick's family for their loss.

[Brickbat]

10. 2016 is THE WORST.

[longship]

13. Who will be eaten first?

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--5HUwlW1m--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/18lsagndf99hgpng.png

[Throckmorton]

23. Well I did tell my second wife that I was dying first this time.

Before we got engaged of course, in case she had her heart set on dying first and all.

I got to die second in my first marriage, and it majorly sucked.

[jberryhill]

27. +1

My wife and I have a bet on this.

[MineralMan]

14. An era of distortion and confusion has now ended.

However, Jack Chick tracts will live on in infamy and shame....

[shenmue]

28. And laundromats

[MineralMan]

31. Yes. Those, too...

[Codeine]

15. No, not Black Leaf!! nt

[backscatter712]

20. Dark Dungeons was truly his magnum opus!

[Are_grits_groceries]

16. We collected his tracts at a bookstore I worked in.

There were always new ones telling us why we would go to hell.

[Kaleva]

18. One of my grandmother's used to hand out his tracts.

[Warpy]

19. I had no idea he was that old

Well, I'll miss the mean old geezer, he provided a lot of laughs over the years.

I suppose Chick tracts, all rooted in the 1950s, will live on forever.

[msanthrope]

21. Good. Nt

[Throckmorton]

22. Did he accidentally eat a "Death Cookie"?

I wonder How Isis and Horace feel about that?

[gratuitous]

24. Dear Lord Jesus, hear my prayer

Please, please, please let this news be picked up by the national media. In this season of darkness and woe, it will be a shining beacon of hilarious light if You would just really let the comments sections really just speak to all of my brothers and sisters for their edification and pants-wetting amusement.

[Drunken Irishman]

29. He's gonna be really angry if God is a gay female lapsed Catholic Jew.

[Warren DeMontague]

30. I got accused of being "mean to Christians", here on DU today

so I'll just keep my mouth shut

[47of74]

32. He's gonna be real surprised when he gets upstairs...

...and finds Saint Peter dressed like this.



Welcome, Mr. Chick! Now, you were saying...?