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 Los Angeles, California |
| Died | October 23, 2016 (aged 92) Alhambra, California |
| 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) |
| Website | chick |
Jack Thomas Chick (April 13, 1924 – October 23, 2016) was an American cartoonist and publisher, best known for his evangelical fundamentalist Christian "Chick tracts", which presented his perspective on a variety of issues through sequential-art morality plays.
Many of Chick's views were controversial, as he accused Roman Catholics, Freemasons, Muslims, Jews and many other groups of murder and conspiracies. His comics have been described by Robert Ito, in Los Angeles magazine, as "equal parts hate literature and fire-and-brimstone sermonizing".
Chick's views have been spread mostly through the tracts and more recently, online. His company, Chick Publications, says it has sold over 750 million tracts,comics tracts and comic books, videos, books, and posters designed to promote Evangelical Protestantism from a Christian fundamentalist perspective. They have been translated into more than 100 languages. Chick was an Independent Baptist who followed a premillennial dispensationalist view of the End Times. He was a believer in the King James Only movement, which posits that every English translation of the Bible more recent than 1611 promotes heresy or immorality.
Chick was born in the neighborhood of Boyle Heights in Los Angeles, California, and later moved with his family to Alhambra, where Chick was active in the high school drama club. According to Chick, he was not religious in high school. After graduation, he continued his drama education at the Pasadena Playhouse School of Theater on a two-year scholarship.
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