Editing Jack Chick (section)

== Career ==
From 1953 to 1955, Chick drew a single-panel cartoon, whose text was written by P. S. Clayton, titled ''Times Have Changed?'' It thematically resembled the ''[[B.C. (comic strip)|B.C.]]'' comic strip and ''[[The Flintstones]]'' animated cartoon, but predated both.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://library.osu.edu/blogs/cartoons/2013/05/16/found-in-the-collection-jack-t-chicks-times-have-changed/|publisher=Ohio State University Library website|title=Found in the Collection: Jack T. Chick's "Times Have Changed?"|date=May 16, 2013|access-date=June 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915070930/https://library.osu.edu/blogs/cartoons/2013/05/16/found-in-the-collection-jack-t-chicks-times-have-changed/|archive-date=September 15, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> These were syndicated by the [[Los Angeles Times Syndicate|Mirror Enterprises Co.]] in Los Angeles area newspapers.<ref>Holtz, Allan. [https://strippersguide.blogspot.com/2008/12/obscurity-of-day-times-have-changed.html "Obscurity of the Day: Times Have Changed,"] ''Stripper's Guide'' (Dec. 3, 2008).</ref>

After converting to Christianity, Chick wanted to evangelize others, but he was too shy to talk to people directly about religion.<ref name=Independent /> Chick heard from missionary Bob Hammond, who had broadcast in Asia on the [[Voice of America]], that the [[Chinese Communist Party]] had gained significant influence among ordinary Chinese in the 1950s through the distribution of small comic books.<ref name=OfficialBio /> Chick also began working with a prison ministry and created a flip chart of illustrations to use with his presentation. He hit upon the idea of creating witnessing tracts, which could be given to people directly or indirectly.<ref name=Independent />

While working for the AstroScience Corporation (a maker of tape recorders and avionics for the U.S. government) in [[El Monte, California]], he self-published his first tract, ''Why No Revival?'' in 1960. He paid for it with a loan from his [[Credit unions in the United States|credit union]]. He published his second tract, ''A Demon's Nightmare'', in 1962.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gothamcenter.org/blog/who-cares-jack-t-chick-on-911|title="Who Cares?" Jack T. Chick on 9/11|website=The Gotham Center for New York City History|date=December 2015 |access-date=June 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604104358/http://www.gothamcenter.org/blog/who-cares-jack-t-chick-on-911|archive-date=June 4, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> He decided to create more tracts and began "using his kitchen table as an office and art studio".<ref name=OfficialBio /> Christian bookstores were reluctant to accept the tracts, but they were popular among missionaries and churches.<ref name=OfficialBio />

He officially established Chick Publications in 1970 in [[Rancho Cucamonga, California]].<ref name="DailyBulletin">{{cite news  | last = Baber  | first = La Rue V.  | title = Spreading the "Light"  | publisher = The Daily Bulletin  | year = 2003  | url = http://www.chick.com/catalog/videos/filmreview.asp  | access-date = February 20, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080212185908/http://www.chick.com/catalog/videos/filmreview.asp  | archive-date = February 12, 2008 | url-status = live  | df = mdy-all  }}</ref> Initially, Chick wrote and illustrated all of the comics himself, but in 1972 he hired another artist to illustrate many of the tracts.<ref name=Independent /> [[Fred Carter (artist)|Fred Carter]] illustrated tracts anonymously until 1980, when he was identified in an issue of Chick's newsletter ''Battle Cry''.<ref name=ThisRock /> Carter also painted the oil paintings seen in ''[[The Light of the World (film)|The Light of the World]]'', a film Chick produced that related the Christian gospel.<ref name="ChickFilm">{{cite web | title = The Light of the World: A Film by Jack T Chick | publisher = Chick Publications | url = http://www.chick.com/catalog/videos/lotw.asp | access-date = February 20, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080218025551/http://www.chick.com/catalog/videos/LOTW.asp | archive-date = February 18, 2008 | url-status = live | df = mdy-all }}</ref>

=== Chick Publications ===
{{Main|Chick tract}}
[[File:This Was Your Life.gif|thumb|''This Was Your Life!'' is a Chick tract that was translated into over 100 languages. Chick Publications described it as its most popular title.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.chick.com/catalog/assortments/0915.asp | title=English Tract Assortment Pack | publisher=Chick Tracts | access-date=June 30, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160730151620/http://www.chick.com/catalog/assortments/0915.asp | archive-date=July 30, 2016 | url-status=live | df=mdy-all }}</ref>]]
Chick Publications released at least 23 full-size "Chick comics" since its founding. They are full-color comic books, and most were first published between 1974 and 1985. The first eleven form the ''Crusader comics'' series, which follows the stories of two fundamentalist Christians and addresses topics such as the [[occult]], [[Bible prophecy]], and the [[theory of evolution]].<ref name="ComicsList">{{cite web | title = Crusader Comics | work = Comics List | publisher = Chick Publications | url = http://www.chick.com/catalog/comiclist.asp | access-date = February 20, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080218025454/http://www.chick.com/Catalog/ComicList.asp | archive-date = February 18, 2008 | url-status = live | df = mdy-all }}</ref>

Chick Publications also distributes "Chick tracts", small comic [[tract (literature)|tracts]] with religious messages. Most of these can be viewed in their entirety on the company's website. The most popular Chick tract is "This Was Your Life!". It has been translated into around 100 languages,<ref name="NonEnglish">{{cite web | title = Tract Languages | work = Non English Tract Look Up | publisher = Chick Publications | url = http://www.chick.com/catalog/TractLookUp.asp | access-date = February 20, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080223062757/http://www.chick.com/catalog/TractLookUp.asp | archive-date = February 23, 2008 | url-status = live | df = mdy-all }}</ref> and many other tracts are available in widely spoken languages such as [[Arabic]],<ref name="TractsArabic">{{cite web | title = Stock Arabic Titles | work = Non English Tract Look Up | publisher = Chick Publications | url = http://www.chick.com/catalog/tractlookuplist.asp?language=Arabic | access-date = February 20, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080226161709/http://www.chick.com/catalog/tractlookuplist.asp?language=Arabic | archive-date = February 26, 2008 | url-status = live | df = mdy-all }}</ref> German,<ref name="TractsGerman">{{cite web | title = Stock German Titles | work = Non English Tract Look Up | publisher = Chick Publications | url = http://www.chick.com/catalog/tractlookuplist.asp?language=German | access-date = February 20, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160918071255/http://www.chick.com/catalog/tractlookuplist.asp?language=German | archive-date = September 18, 2016 | url-status = live | df = mdy-all }}</ref> Spanish,<ref name="TractsSpanish">{{cite web | title = Stock Spanish Titles | work = Non English Tract Look Up | publisher = Chick Publications | url = http://www.chick.com/catalog/tractlookuplist.asp?language=Spanish | access-date = February 20, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080226162458/http://www.chick.com/catalog/tractlookuplist.asp?language=Spanish | archive-date = February 26, 2008 | url-status = live | df = mdy-all }}</ref> and [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]].<ref name="TractsTagalog">{{cite web | title = Stock Tagalog Titles | work = Non English Tract Look Up | publisher = Chick Publications | url = http://www.chick.com/catalog/tractlookuplist.asp?language=Tagalog | access-date = February 20, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080226162534/http://www.chick.com/catalog/tractlookuplist.asp?language=Tagalog | archive-date = February 26, 2008 | url-status = live | df = mdy-all }}</ref> Several of Chick's tracts have been translated into less widely-spoken languages as [[Blue Hmong]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chick.com/catalog/TractList.asp?language=Blue%20Hmong |title=Complete list of Chick cartoon gospel tracts |publisher=Chick.com |access-date=June 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105000807/http://www.chick.com/catalog/TractList.asp?language=Blue%20Hmong |archive-date=November 5, 2011 |url-status=live  }}</ref> [[Huichol language|Huichol]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chick.com/catalog/tractlistcustomwcovers.asp?language=Huichol |title=Complete list of Chick cartoon gospel tracts |publisher=Chick.com |access-date=June 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130022551/http://www.chick.com/catalog/tractlistcustomwcovers.asp?language=Huichol |archive-date=January 30, 2013 |url-status=live  }}</ref> [[Ngiemboon language|Ngiemboon]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chick.com/catalog/tractlistcustomwcovers.asp?language=Ngiemboon |title=Complete list of Chick cartoon gospel tracts |publisher=Chick.com |access-date=June 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206155039/http://www.chick.com/catalog/tractlistcustomwcovers.asp?language=Ngiemboon |archive-date=February 6, 2012 |url-status=live  }}</ref> [[Luba-Kasai language|Tshiluba]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chick.com/catalog/tractlistcustomwcovers.asp?language=Tshiluba |title=Complete list of Chick cartoon gospel tracts |publisher=Chick.com |access-date=June 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206160909/http://www.chick.com/catalog/tractlistcustomwcovers.asp?language=Tshiluba |archive-date=February 6, 2012 |url-status=live  }}</ref> and the constructed language of [[Esperanto]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chick.com/catalog/tractlistcustomwcovers.asp?language=Esperanto |title=Complete list of Chick cartoon gospel tracts |publisher=Chick.com |access-date=June 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206160955/http://www.chick.com/catalog/tractlistcustomwcovers.asp?language=Esperanto |archive-date=February 6, 2012 |url-status=live  }}</ref>