Jack T. Chick facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Jack Chick
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One of the few extant photos of Jack Chick.
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Jack Thomas Chick
April 13, 1924 |
| Died | October 23, 2016 (aged 92) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Publisher, comic book creator, writer, evangelist |
| Known for | Chick tracts |
| Spouse(s) | Lola Lynn Priddle (1926–1998) aka Lynn Chick (1948–her death) Susie aka Susy Chick |
| Children | Carol (daughter, d. 2001) |
Jack Thomas Chick (April 13, 1924 – October 23, 2016) was an American publisher, writer, and comic book artist. He mainly wrote evangelical Christian fundamentalist tracts and comic books. His comics have been described as hate literature by the Los Angeles Magazine. He was born in Los Angeles, California.
Chick's company, Chick Publications, claims to have sold over 750 million tracts, comics tracts and comic books, videos, books, and posters designed to spread Protestant evangelism from a fundamentalist Christian point of view.
His views have been spread around the world, mostly through the tracts and now online. They have been translated into more than 100 languages. Chick is an Independent Baptist. He is an firm believer in the King James Only movement, which says that every English translation of the Bible more recent than 1611 promotes heresy.
Chick Publications
Chick Publications is known to have released over twenty-three full-color "Chick comics" since its founding. They are full-size comic books, and most were first published between 1974 and 1985. The first eleven form the Crusader comics series, which follows the stories of two fundamentalist Christians and addresses topics such as the occult, Bible prophecy, and the theory of evolution.
Chick Publications also distributes "Chick tracts", small comic tracts with religious messages. Most of these can be viewed in their entirety on the company's website. The most popular Chick tract was "This Was Your Life!". It has been translated into around 100 languages.
Death
Chick had limited personal contact with the public; he gave only one known professional interview after 1975. The lack of available public information about him created some speculation that he was a pen name for unnamed authors. Chick died in his sleep at age 92, his body discovered on the evening of October 23, 2016 in his home at Alhambra, California. The interment was private.
In the wake of Jack T. Chick's death, a biography, You Don't Know Jack: The Authorized Biography of Christian Cartoonist Jack T. Chick by David W. Daniels, was published by Chick Publications in 2017. The book contains a number of previously unpublished photographs of Chick.
See also
In Spanish: Jack Chick para niños
