Monday, August 30, 2021

Weird Tract Number 138: "You Will Be There!" by Life Messengers

 Troy Davis writes:

You will be there life messengers

"You Will Be There!" is a 6-page fold-out comic book done by Life Messengers around 1980 (which is around the time Life Messengers went out of business). Unlike previous Life Messenger comic book tracts that had a format similar to Chick tracts, this one is a short unstapled pamphlet. It shows an unremarkable debate between a white guy skeptic in a business suit and an unseen believer/narrator. The only interesting elements of the tract are the usual good artwork by veteran comic book artist Deryl Skelton (who also drew Life Messenger's "The Lonely Cabin on the 40-Mile" which was featured by the museum here) and an unintentionally funny panel about evolution (see below). The story of Life Messenger is here.

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.

life messengers tract comic book


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