Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Weird Tract Number 123: "Act Now To Stop Obama's Nazi Health Plan!" by the Lyndon LaRouche PAC

 Troy Davis writes:

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This isn't a religious tract; the Lyndon LaRouche movement is a secular political cult but it contains elements of a quasi-religion. Lyndon LaRouche (1922-2019) was a Marxist-turned-reactionary who became best known as a perennial presidential candidate. This 16-page magazine from 2009 has an inflammatory message about then-President Obama's plans for national health care. 

I received this tract from a Larouche zombie outide Sean Hannity's August 2009 Freedom Concert in San Diego. At the concert, I was seated directed behind Hannity's wife and kids. It was a surreal event.

I always enjoyed mocking Larouchies when I was an employee at USC and they would set up tables on the sidewalks adjacent to campus. LaRouchies swear to a vow of chastity so they were notoriously humorless when I mocked them. Typical condescending remark made to a LaRouchie: "Do your parents know you're doing this?" 

The Museum of Weird and Demented Religious Tracts is a project of Les Zazous Postmodern Art Galley of Bellaire, Ohio. Read the Welcome Statement of The Museum here.

For more on the gallery, check out the web site here and the gallery's Twitter handle is @ZazousLes.  The Twitter handle for the museum is @WeirdTracts

The index of tracts for the museum's website is here

Contributions of weird tracts to the museum can be made by mail: send your weird tracts to Les Zazous Postmodern Art Gallery 3475 Guernsey Street, Bellaire, Ohio 43906.



Monday, September 7, 2020

Weird Tract Number 122: "Teenagers Talk . . . Wild Oats and Harvest" by Haun Publishing Company

 Troy Davis writes:


I hate this four-page booklet published by Haun Publishing Company of Pasadena,Texas. It's the story of a young woman who suddenly discovers that she is dead and is waiting in line for judgement. She is surrounded by her family and ancestors who witness a giant screen in which her earthly thoughts, not actions, but thoughts are projected. Apparently, she had unclean thoughts. Therefore, she is thrown into the lake of fire. Apparently, Haun Publishing's God likes to add insult to injury by having one's relatives witness your most intimate thoughts. Yuck!

The Museum of Weird and Demented Religious Tracts is a project of Les Zazous Postmodern Art Galley of Bellaire, Ohio. Read the Welcome Statement of The Museum here.

For more on the gallery, check out the web site here and the gallery's Twitter handle is @ZazousLes.  The Twitter handle for the museum is @WeirdTracts

The index of tracts for the museum's website is here

Contributions of weird tracts to the museum can be made by mail: send your weird tracts to Les Zazous Postmodern Art Gallery 3475 Guernsey Street, Bellaire, Ohio 43906.

Wednesday, September 2, 2020

Artifacts from the Museum's Collection: Jack Chick's High School Yearbooks

 Troy Davis  writes:


The museum has high school yearbooks for all four years (1939, 1940, 1941, 1942) that Jack Chick attended Alhambra High School (just east of Los Angeles). Chick's freshman and sophomore yearbooks contain only his class photo. Chick's junior and senior years were more eventful; Chick participated in various student organizations and plays (Chick was an actor who attended the Pasadena Playhouse actor's studio after the war; he gave up acting after being thoroughly disgusted by the misogynistic casting-couch atmosphere in Hollywood; when I had lunch with Chick in 2004, he discussed the matter (Chick's disdain for Tinseltown's amorality is covered extensively in the book You Don't Know Jack: The Authorized Biography of Christian Cartoonist Jack T. Chick by David Daniels). 

A couple of Chick's classmates also became famous: Hall of Fame baseball player Ralph Kiner (Class of '40) was two years ahead of Chick.. Comedian and voice actor Stan Freberg (Class of '45) was a freshman when Chick was a senior. When Chick was in grade school, Hillary Clinton's mother Dorothy Howell Rodham and future Dallas Cowboys executive Tex Schramm attended Alhambra High.

One notable thing about Alhambra High School is the number of published works by its alumni. Chick is the top published author of all time with over a billion books sold. Alhambra grad, novelist Clive Cussler (Class of '49)  was no slouch; over 100 million of his works have been published. It's remarkable that two publishing giants attended the same high school within a few years of each other. 

Chick's senior yearbook contains his first published artwork, a cartoon of a hapless visitor to a dude ranch containing an anecdote with words whose first letters spell out the word "Alhambra." 

NOTES ON JACK CHICK: In my introductory post, I listed just a few of the many rare and valuable objects from The Museum's extensive Chick-related collection . . . The role of Ralph Rushtoi in the publishing careers of both Jack Chick and another comics-based tract writer Vic Lockman. . . I discuss the role of Bill Bright's prolific tract The Four Spiritual Laws in leading to a format change in Chick tracts that was a key reason why they have become much more popular since the late 1960s . . . My thoughts on Jack Chick's spreading of the peace symbol/broken cross mythology . . .  Jack Chick's retro-futuristic car in the scarce 48-page version of "The Beast" . . . Chick tract parody "Constitutional Rites" . . .Jack Chick's cold war tract "Ivan The Terrible" . . . Article on Chick by fellow Catholic-baiting Bob Jones University magazine . . .Catholic-bashing tract by Chick's protege Alberto Rivera . . . Knock-off of a Chick tract by James Lloyd:"Left Behind" . . . Chick tract parody "Donald Trump Is The Antichrist; Prepare for the Rapture!" . . . The extremely rare 1970 Chick tract "Operation Somebody Cares" . . .The rare Chick Publications comic book "Jonah" by Chick and Fred Carter . . . The museum's prized cultural artifact, original art by Jack Chick . . .

"Closet Witches" by Jack T. Chick (audio-cassette interview with Dr. Rebecca Brown and "Elaine") . . .

The museum has a rare copy of the oversized 1964 Version of "This Was Your Life" by Jack Chick (Distributed by Rushtoi Publications) 




appreciation of the deranged nature of the original 1972 version of the Chick tract "The Last Generation" . . .The museum has a rare copy of the oversized 1964 Version of "This Was Your Life" by Jack Chick (Distributed by Rushtoi Publications) 


The Museum of Weird and Demented Religious Tracts is a project of Les Zazous Postmodern Art Galley of Bellaire, Ohio. Read the Welcome Statement of The Museum here.

For more on the gallery, check out the web site here and the gallery's Twitter handle is @ZazousLes.  The Twitter handle for the museum is @WeirdTracts

The index of tracts for the museum's website is here

Contributions of weird tracts to the museum can be made by mail: send your weird tracts to Les Zazous Postmodern Art Gallery 3475 Guernsey Street, Bellaire, Ohio 43906.

 

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