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Originally Posted by peter12
Truly an evil man. I was given his comics as a child too. I kind of got off on his sado-masochistic depiction of sin which was an early insight into adulthood, I guess.
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Have you watched the documentary, which was made before Chick died? It is included in the link above, if you have not.
Yes, Chick was a despicable douchbag, but he was also a genuine cartoon figure, which continues to be fascinating to me. As a conspiracy theory junkie, Chick's career, worldview and writings are must-read material because he and his followers continue to weave together every bizarre idea ever forwarded to support their chicken-little, persecution complex of apocalypticism. The current spokesperson for Chick Publications, David Daniels, is a massive proponent of
the King James Only movement, and propagates this amazing idea that 19th century master con-man and forger
Constantine Simonides—a fierce rival of
Constantine von Tischendorf—manufactured the
Codex Siniaticus in an effort to forward a illegitimate form of "Alexandrian" Christianity. (FYI, Simonides's wikipedia page is hilariously biased and inaccurate.)
It's all fascinating stuff.