Subject: The Chick Tract "The Birds and the Bees"
Date Received: June 1, 2006
From: Látnok
To: pockybox


With the exception of the letter from the Haygoods, the entire trickle that is my reader mail consists solely of comments about my Jack Chick coverage. By the fourth letter in, no one had anything bad to say about the articles (though the site colors were put up on the block). I guess that means there are more people who are against Chick than with him (though if you read his work, you'd know that). I'm frankly surprised my Bible poking hasn’t gotten me any flak, but I can attribute that to the tolerance of Christians. Naw. Maybe they just don't use Google.

My response to this positive letter from Látnok, besides clearing up which gay dentist from The Birds and the Bees I accused of being a child molester, the majority of my response consisted of talking about some of Chick's demon designs I thought were cool. Not Chick's intention, I'm sure.

I've decided to stop posting these kinds of letters. I've proven my point that we've been getting some recognition, so unless the letter is particularly interesting (or the sender pays me for the privilege of being publicly acknowledged), I'm going to try to reframe from posting any more letters up here of this sort. But I will read, respond, and keep everyone's, you know, for evidence...


From: Látnok
To: pockybox


Chris:

I love your "analysis" of Jack Chick's evangelical tracts. In "The Birds and the Bees," isn't the shorter gay dentist patterned after actor Nathan Lane, right down to the hairstyle? I presume he's the one who's supposed to look like a child molester. We also have to wonder why one of the demons looks so much like an earwig...

Thanks for your insight!

Látnokt

From: pockybox
To: Látnok


Thanks for writing in about the "analysis" (which I assume you're privately referring to as "unrelenting ass kicking")! Yep, the short dentist was the target of my child molester comment. I mean, look at him. No wonder he went gay, since sticking with child molestation would land him in jail, where he would be doing non-medical oral examines anyway. Might as well cut out the middleman and just be gay, I say!

Since you've probably read at least a few of Chick's tracts, you'll notice a whole variety of demons, created based on Chick's current mood. My favorite demon design was in Chick's highly obscure (and homosexual, but well-written) Wounded Children tract. Actually, it was Satan himself doing the tempting, and the design was pretty good. I rather liked his character even more, because he acted like his victim's best friend, almost without any ulterior motive. I'll be writing about it and archiving the tract sometime soon.

What's odd is Satan and his demons are supposed to be fallen angels, yet look nothing like the part. Yeah, we could argue that being kicked into Hell could have scarred them or something, but I'm not buying it. I'm fascinated by the Lucifer graphic novel and how it deals with his history, so check it out. Interestingly, some Christians scholars contest that Lucifer the fallen angel and Satan are two different beings altogether. Ah, the reliability of the Bible!

Since you liked my critique of Chick's views on homosexuals, you'll love my attack on the Religious Right, coming up in the next update, which should be any month now. Stay tuned!

-Chris