# More insanity from ol' Jack Chick. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 3, 2004, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-insanity-from-ol-jack-chick/253398 "2004-07-03T19:28:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-insanity-from-ol-jack-chick/253398/21 "2004-07-04T00:05:58Z")
Gotta love that Carter. Nine feet tall and _bad_. It’s just so groovy when Chick gets _down_. Of course, Carter is a total failure at interviewing witnesses, being more interested in converted them than in solving crimes, and his delay in answering the 10-99 probably gets his fellow officer shot or at least crippled by the delay in assisting at the scene - but he _does_ chalk up another potential convert to Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-insanity-from-ol-jack-chick/253398/22 "2004-07-04T01:57:18Z")
I think it’s primary message is that we need a police force made up of little old ladies. Don’t be messin’ wit Granny, yo. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-insanity-from-ol-jack-chick/253398/23 "2004-07-04T02:05:40Z")
Why does Chick think all black men are named “Leroy”? And is it just me, or did it seem like Grandma would have been okay with Leroy killing the cop if he _hadn’t_ been Christian? ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-insanity-from-ol-jack-chick/253398/24 "2004-07-04T19:35:34Z")
> [@Mehitabel](#): > > No Bob, no Haw Haw Haw. Bleh. > > Nice to see a Black hero, and Grandma was pretty cool, but soooo obvious and ridiculous and breaking every reg in the book and \. > > That stringy white guy–“Wait! Jesus…is…GOD!!!” Heelarious. Methinks you’ve been whooshed. Ever heard of satire? ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-insanity-from-ol-jack-chick/253398/25 "2004-07-04T20:23:43Z")
Anybody else get a chuckle when they came to the panel where the deacon’s down on his knees and says, “I love all you **guys!** ”? Me thinks Jack’s discovered circle jerk porn. Notice also, that Jack seems to be saying that you _can_ do drugs and go to Heaven. ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-insanity-from-ol-jack-chick/253398/26 "2004-07-05T02:03:46Z")
I started reading the one about evolution. Shocking. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-insanity-from-ol-jack-chick/253398/27 "2004-07-05T02:14:42Z")
> [@qts](#): > > Methinks you’ve been whooshed. Ever heard of satire? If only. That site is totally sincere. Chick is 100 percent authentic, Grade A, All American Nutbag. Which makes it all the more hysterical! ---
**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-insanity-from-ol-jack-chick/253398/28 "2004-07-05T11:24:32Z")
Just a few liitle changes needed to the ending there. Fourth last panel onwards. “Look at **that!..** I can’t believe it.” “(Gasp) He’s letting his fellow officer bleed to death on the street while he holds a **prayer meeting!** ” “Now we’re all brother’s in Christ. Don’t worry about any charges, I’ll say you were possessed by demons or something. Anyway, Clancy’s in **hell** now, being a cop isn’t enough to get you to heaven!” “Man, I feel so **clean**!” "Yeah, Just be careful and not step in the pool of blood there. " “ **Praise the Lord!.. Junior got Christian immunity from prosecution!** ” "You know… I was thinking of getting a new partner. But now… **I WON’T HAVE TO. YOU’RE GONNA BE SUSPENDED ONCE I PUT IN MY REPORT!"** ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-insanity-from-ol-jack-chick/253398/29 "2004-07-05T17:11:27Z")
_God is My Patrol Partner_ ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-insanity-from-ol-jack-chick/253398/30 "2004-07-05T19:08:56Z")
> [@The Man With The Golden Gun](#): > > [http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/1017/1017\_01.asp](http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/1017/1017_01.asp) > > I can’t even think of a good comment for this bilge. Chick is still alive and drawing? I thought he was long gone by now. Oh, well. I needed the laugh. I can’t seem to hit the Jack Chick Parody site any more. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-insanity-from-ol-jack-chick/253398/31 "2004-07-05T19:10:47Z")
> [@GLWasteful](#): > > **Wolfian** : I actually thought that the illustrations in this one were pretty lousy. Too many soft edges. Almost Aaron McGruder-like. Did you really think that this was an improvement? Hey! I like Aaron McGruder. I prefer the “soft edges” to the extreme veiny close-ups of screaming Jehovah’s witnesses. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-insanity-from-ol-jack-chick/253398/32 "2004-07-05T20:30:39Z")
> [@Kel Varnsen - Latex Division](#): > > How does someone who lived a life of crime and who was shot get through the background check to become a police officier? I was wondering the same thing. Like **LilyoftheValley** , I loved this: _Paw Paw_ _Grandpa_ ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-insanity-from-ol-jack-chick/253398/33 "2004-07-05T23:48:31Z")
Based on the tight black shirt over the rips, I think the Deacon’s a big gym-hittin’ 'mo. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-insanity-from-ol-jack-chick/253398/34 "2004-07-06T06:04:55Z")
Chick seems to be making the point that being a drug addict doesn’t automatically send you to Hell. So why does the Deacon assume the four dead ones were damned? For all he knows all four (along with the witness) might have been good practicing Christians who only did crack on weekdays. ---
**Author:** ![GLWasteful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f05b48/32.png) [@GLWasteful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GLWasteful)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-insanity-from-ol-jack-chick/253398/35 "2004-07-06T13:49:34Z")
> [@Wolfian](#): > > Hey! I like Aaron McGruder. I prefer the “soft edges” to the extreme veiny close-ups of screaming Jehovah’s witnesses. As do I. Make a point of never missing Boondocks, as a matter of fact. That said, though, I had gotten kind of used to Chick’s overblown visuals, and seeing something that is supposed to be him (I’m not sure that it is) is kinda weird. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-insanity-from-ol-jack-chick/253398/36 "2004-07-06T14:44:20Z")
So, are we in for a sequeal or two? The deacon’s partner didn’t find Jesus. Will he? Will the deacon tell him? Will partner reject him and then die when his car collides with a train? So many possibilities! Aw, heck, I saw the way partner was looking at deacon in that last panel. They’re gonna run off to Massachusettes and get married! Don’t they look cute together? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-insanity-from-ol-jack-chick/253398/37 "2004-07-06T15:00:27Z")
> [@GLWasteful](#): > > That said, though, I had gotten kind of used to Chick’s overblown visuals, and seeing something that is supposed to be him (I’m not sure that it is) is kinda weird. Jack T. has been sharing work with a collaborating artist or two for years, but recent material seems to point to having farmed out the art full-time to a new team. with some of the new artists havign distinct styles quite different, both in visuals and writing-style, from Chick’s own (e.g. see also the “Little Suzy” series). ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-insanity-from-ol-jack-chick/253398/38 "2004-07-06T15:32:05Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Lamia_ > And is it just me, or did it seem like Grandma would have been okay with Leroy killing the cop if he hadn’t been Christian? Yeah, I noticed that too. I think if the cop had been a Muslim or a Jew, granny would have been cool with her grandson carving him up! ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-insanity-from-ol-jack-chick/253398/39 "2004-07-07T01:35:39Z")
I just love how everyone is stupid in these things–‘What? Jesus is our savior? Why didn’t anyone tell me?’ Like _Left Behind_ only worse. ‘What? I have to TAKE JESUS INTO MY HEART to be a Christian? Why didn’t anyone tell me?’ Such woeful ignorance of majority culture makes the kittens cry (or masturbate; I’m a little unclear on the details). ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-insanity-from-ol-jack-chick/253398/40 "2004-07-07T17:09:57Z")
> [@Shoshana](#): > > ‘What? Jesus is our savior? Why didn’t anyone tell me?’ That, for me, defines the passive-aggressive nature of these things. I get the definite impression that there’s a limited presumption of duty on the part of the witnesser, whose responsibility lies _only_ in sharing the “good news.” If you haven’t heard about Jesus, then your ignorance isn’t your fault. Once the light has been shined upon you, the ignorant sinner, then no further work must be done; it’s incumbent upon _you_ to accept the wisdom and grace and so on, because now that you’ve heard it your only choices are between heaven and hell. There’s very much an attitude of standing back with arms crossed: “So that’s the Truth. Now whatcha gonna do about it?” Of course, in the real world, _everybody_ has heard about this stuff, but writing comics where the ignorant sinner sticks his fingers in his ears and says, “Would you shut up about this stuff already? How many times are you gonna bombard me with this,” etc., etc., would be combative and repetitive and not very effective. So they have to write stories from a fantasy-world perspective in which nobody has _ever_ heard about Jesus except all the Good Saved Christians, so the message comes as a world-changing revelation. The idea, I think, is to get through that weary defensiveness by presenting a scenario that reminds non-Christians that according to the God Rules, once you’ve heard about Jesus, you’re on the hook, without getting into all that real-world confrontation, but to me the effect is to show us a cast of characters drawn from the same pool of people you see in those infomercials who are incomprehensibly unable to flip a pancake without splattering the cupboards with Krusteaz goop preparatory to pouring hot bacon grease down their shorts. Doesn’t say a lot that this kind of evangelist is hawking Jesus with pretty much the same technique Igia uses to push their Miracle Pancake Turner, but there it is. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-insanity-from-ol-jack-chick/253398.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-insanity-from-ol-jack-chick/253398.md?page=3)