# New chick tract! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 10, 2010, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-chick-tract/563630 "2010-12-10T05:11:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-chick-tract/563630/41 "2010-12-12T17:13:52Z")
Or, come to think of it, she should be going to hell for leaving Joe that money and tempting him off the path to Jaysus. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-chick-tract/563630/42 "2010-12-12T21:31:00Z")
No, no, it’s Aunt Louise who leaves Joe the money, not the Cane Lady in the opening panels. The Cane Lady _reminds_ Joe of his Aunt Louise, who remains a powerful but unseen offstage presence throughout this gripping tract. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-chick-tract/563630/43 "2010-12-13T15:29:21Z")
Anyone else interpret “Bye bye! I won’t forget you!” as an implied threat? ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-chick-tract/563630/44 "2010-12-13T16:56:44Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > But that’s not the implication. Here you have a character whose love of money was the root of all his evil, and was close to being reformed through having lost all his money. In his case, having a couple of mil dumped into his lap was like an addict who’d just about got clean finding that someone’s hidden a huge stash in his mailbox. Arguing from that to the conclusion that all lottery winners are evil would be… [something](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasty_generalization) or [other](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CompletelyMissingThePoint). The devil himself does say “That’s been overdone. Come up with a **better** idea.” which suggests that the lottery is one of his creations. And is that the baseball-capped evangelist in the penultimate frame, hanging out with Satan? ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-chick-tract/563630/45 "2010-12-13T17:12:29Z")
> [@Staggerlee](#): > > And is that the baseball-capped evangelist in the penultimate frame, hanging out with Satan? Yes, it is. He appears to be involved with disposing of the body. Perhaps he works for an undertaker, which explains his rather morbid preaching. (“You’ll still be miserable!”) ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-chick-tract/563630/46 "2010-12-13T17:32:04Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Right. His standard font is Comic Sans Logic. Nice. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-chick-tract/563630/47 "2010-12-13T20:07:08Z")
> [@Capitaine\_Zombie](#): > > Disapppointing story, not insulting enough to anyone with a brain, I dont recognize my Chick there. Where is the storytelling level of the tale where he told all Muslims how stupid they were for praying to a Moon Godess. I want that. > > I’d settle for a little racism. > [@aruvqan](#): > > really, did he just phone that one in? where is the little urchin with huge eyes, and the haha, and the weird confusion about what religions are actually like, and how evil catholics are? 😕 [Jack Chick is 86 years old.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Chick) Give him props just for keeping it up and turning em’ out for this long. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-chick-tract/563630/48 "2010-12-13T20:38:52Z")
> [@Staggerlee](#): > > The devil himself does say “That’s been overdone. Come up with a **better** idea.” which suggests that the lottery is one of his creations. So the lottery is a handy tool for giving money to people who can be seduced by it; it still doesn’t follow that all lottery players are therefore evil. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-chick-tract/563630/49 "2010-12-14T02:11:48Z")
> [@Staggerlee](#): > > The devil himself does say “That’s been overdone. Come up with a **better** idea.” which suggests that the lottery is one of his creations. Actually, I read it as meaning only that the lottery was an overused expedient for situations where Hell needed a plausible way to burden a soul with money. > [@Staggerlee](#): > > And is that the baseball-capped evangelist in the penultimate frame, hanging out with Satan? No, he is a paramedic carrying Joe’s body in the foreground while Satan and Molech rejoice in the background. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-chick-tract/563630/50 "2010-12-14T02:26:48Z")
> [@Staggerlee](#): > > The devil himself does say “That’s been overdone. Come up with a **better** idea.” which suggests that the lottery is one of his creations. > [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Actually, I read it as meaning only that the lottery was an overused expedient for situations where Hell needed a plausible way to burden a soul with money. It _is_ kind of disorienting to have a Chick Tract where Satan is effectively saying, “We need to dial back the implausibility here.” ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-chick-tract/563630/51 "2010-12-15T12:28:59Z")
I just like the idea that God was responsible for the stock crash. I read it as saying that God caused the recession just to save this guy. And then He failed. Is it typical for no one in the tract to be saved? ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-chick-tract/563630/52 "2010-12-15T15:45:19Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I just like the idea that God was responsible for the stock crash. Anyone else find it odd that the stock market crashed and banks all shut down in the middle of the night? (Although I suppose Mr. Evil Greedy Guy and the Missus could’ve been vacationing twelve time zones away from EST.) Also, after losing everything, why doesn’t Mr. Greedy move in with the loaded aunt? Granted, he doesn’t much like her, but he doesn’t seem fond of the father-in-law he crashes with either. ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-chick-tract/563630/53 "2010-12-15T19:39:18Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Maybe Johnny Hart is doing freelance work. Speaking of Johnny Hart, when the Daily Show did a piece on how Christian the B.C. comic strip had become, Jon Stewart got a huge laugh when he pointed out that the 2 female characters are named “Cute Chick” and “Fat Broad”. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-chick-tract/563630/54 "2010-12-15T19:54:27Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I just like the idea that God was responsible for the stock crash. I read it as saying that God caused the recession just to save this guy. And then He failed. > > Is it typical for no one in the tract to be saved? Sometimes. Sometime we even get to see the soul face God’s judgment throne and be damned. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-chick-tract/563630/55 "2010-12-15T20:22:13Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Sometime we even get to see the soul face God’s judgment throne and be damned. Those are my favorites! In this tract, I can’t help but wonder why the imps had such a hard-on for Joe. “He’s our prize catch! Watch him 24/7!” Why? He’s just another ass-kissing schmo. He’s no more of a catch than any bloke off the street. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-chick-tract/563630/56 "2010-12-15T22:59:05Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Right. His standard font is Comic Sans Logic. :smack: I just got that now. BWAH HA HA HA HA! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-chick-tract/563630/57 "2010-12-16T04:23:11Z")
[This one](http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0065/0065_01.asp) is interesting. Note that the revolutionary-state official who sentences the revolutionist to death looks like a Jew in a Catholic priest’s collar. Them non-Christians are all the same, really. ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-chick-tract/563630/58 "2010-12-16T13:32:24Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [This one](http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0065/0065_01.asp) is interesting. Note that the revolutionary-state official who sentences the revolutionist to death looks like a Jew in a Catholic priest’s collar. Them non-Christians are all the same, really. Holy shit, that one is _awesome_. I’m not even sure where to start. There’s the fact that it’s targeting, like, the Weather Underground in 2010; the several incredible panels of horrible violence (I’m partial to the punch right at the beginning, but the policeman getting “shot-gunned” is also great); the weird and inconsistent Second Amendment message (nobody had guns to fight back this terrorist cell that appears to consist of about seven people, but three panels prior they’re almost defeated by civilians’ concealed weapons, and apparently the government even took away the _military’s_ guns); the fact that all the policemen in the country were taken out by prank calls… I also like how the “guy gets taken to Heaven” panel reminds us that this is Paul (the Revolutionist) who just died. The guy the entire comic was just about, in other words. I am disappointed that one of the hippies got taken out by a _tank_ and we didn’t get to see it. I’m also not sure what to make of the “Why are all these foreign troops still pouring in all around us, Paul?” panel. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-chick-tract/563630/59 "2010-12-16T14:59:31Z")
> [@shy\_guy](#): > > Holy shit, that one is _awesome_. I’m not even sure where to start. > > There’s the fact that it’s targeting, like, the Weather Underground in 2010; the several incredible panels of horrible violence (I’m partial to the punch right at the beginning, but the policeman getting “shot-gunned” is also great); the weird and inconsistent Second Amendment message (nobody had guns to fight back this terrorist cell that appears to consist of about seven people, but three panels prior they’re almost defeated by civilians’ concealed weapons, and apparently the government even took away the _military’s_ guns); the fact that all the policemen in the country were taken out by prank calls… > > I also like how the “guy gets taken to Heaven” panel reminds us that this is Paul (the Revolutionist) who just died. The guy the entire comic was just about, in other words. > > I am disappointed that one of the hippies got taken out by a _tank_ and we didn’t get to see it. I’m also not sure what to make of the “Why are all these foreign troops still pouring in all around us, Paul?” panel. And THIS is where y’all benefit by having a decades-long Chick connoisseur (sp?) here … This is actually a reprint from the early 1970’s. Only the panel about Gun Registration, the Roman Collar that later appears on Comrade Gregory, and maybe the phrasing of his earlier explanation about the coming new order are new. The timing of this is odd. Maybe it’s because Chick fears the socialists will go violent since their man Obama is selling out. _G_ ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-chick-tract/563630/60 "2010-12-16T19:07:01Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > And THIS is where y’all benefit by having a decades-long Chick connoisseur (sp?) here … > > This is actually a reprint from the early 1970’s. Only the panel about Gun Registration, the Roman Collar that later appears on Comrade Gregory, > and maybe the phrasing of his earlier explanation about the coming new > order are new. > > The timing of this is odd. Maybe it’s because Chick fears the socialists will go violent since their man Obama is selling out. _G_ I suspected it might be that old despite the 2010 copyright. The artistic style is much better than Chick’s, and exactly like that of the guy (whoever he was) who used to illustrate Chick’s _Crusader Comics._ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-chick-tract/563630.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-chick-tract/563630.md?page=4)