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Archive of Chick Tracts (archive.org)

submitted 1 year ago by Rolando@lemmy.world to c/13thFloor@kbin.social

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Chick Tracts are booklets meant to convert the reader to christianity by any means possible: guilt, doubt, threat, etc. They are often sexist, racist, homophobic, and so on. Nevertheless, they are an fascinating example of effective propaganda.

Anyway, someone has grabbed all the Chick Tract images that were available on the official web page, and put them on archive.org. So now you can go read them without giving the official site traffic, and download them for yourself.

A couple of my favorites:

Dark Dungeons. An infamous anti-Dungeons and Dragons tract. Was turned into an independent short film which is well worth watching.
Party Girl. Harmless party? Or demonic conspiracy?
Hi There. This is a comic book about hell. The last scene of the main character is oddly compelling.
Bewitched. Another satanic conspiracy... and hippies are the victims!
That Crazy Guy! Should Suzie get in the back seat of Craig's car this Saturday at 2am? Read this to find out!
Titanic. Before the movie... there was the tract!
No Fear. Trigger warning: suicide.
The Hunter. Satan needs souls... will Curt come through?

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[–] livus@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Got one of these tracts a few weeks ago, blast from the past that made my day.

Everyone used to love these things: all it takes is tippex and a ballpoint pen and you've got a comic about whatever you want. Kind of like the 90s version of a meme generator I guess.