Back On Tract's Journal (original) (raw)

Below are the 3 most recent journal entries recorded inBack On Tract's LiveJournal:

Tuesday, November 9th, 2004

HOOOOOO boy, here we go! So yeah. I took this ball and ran with it, right out of the ballfield and off on tangents and haven't posted anything since, but I have been reading. A lot. And people have been giving me their thoughts and suggestions. Prepare for a minor avalanche of links. And if you have something to post as well, by all means, go ahead and post it here!!! And judiciously link to this group so we can feed the brain more.

Much as I suspected, this tract parody idea has already been done as is evidenced by a quick Google search. That doesn't mean doing our own would necessarily be redundant or ineffective! In fact I think there has been no better time to do such a project than now. For real. We just have to be wary of legal issues.

I'm linking to a parody tract that, while accurate in terms of offensiveness and style, is not what we're going for. Wrong target audience. This thing isn't likely to change anyone's mind. But wow, the art and adherance to Chick formula are spot on:

http://www.weirdcrap.com/chick/intro.html (click the Archive link and then "The Holy and the Homo")

So that was some slightly off inspiration. For an attitude more in line with what I'm talking about, the following site is great. (Remember the Brick Testament - Bible stories done in Legos?)

Poppy Dixon's Adult Christianity

and the reason my search found them:
CHIC tracts which are not fleshed out tracts so much as a page of promotional flyer type slogany stuff.

So I'm thinking if we could come up with a combo of that first link for style and the second for attitude, with an extra dash of earnestness and empathy for the duped, it would be phenomenal.

I've changed my mind about the theme of the first tract, and thinking it would be smarter to go for "Morality" as an umbrella theme (since "morals" were the most important issue polled among Bush voters.... *cough*) and then go on from there. Thoughts? Definitely want to throw in the not bearing false witness against thy neighbor commandment re: Bush's administration.

Thanks again, in advance, for helping get this going!

Thursday, November 4th, 2004

3:03 pm
[backontract]

Reference List I'm starting to compile a reference list... please comment below to add to it.

The lost religion of Jesus : simple living and nonviolence in early Christianity /
by Akers, Keith.
New York : Lantern Books, 2000.
ISBN:
1930051263

12:03 pm
[backontract]

Welcome! Welcome and many thanks to themowingdevil for the tract idea!

Still just setting up house here, but we will need a LOT of help and ideas to get this going. I hope to hear from those with cartooning interest/experience as well as those familiar with Bible scriptures. I should mention that you need not actually be a Christian, but obviously, having background knowledge helps. I hope some advisors will come on board.

The plan: Using these as a starting point, to create and covertly distribute cute little comic books (tracts) to heavily propagandized areas in the United States, speading ideas of tolerance and respect rather than fear and hatred.

The goals: to show that Christianity and morality are NOT the sole domain of right wing fundamentalists and and to work toward uniting this deeply divided and deluded country... maybe even get Bush and his cronies out of the White House in the process, but I'm getting ahead of myself.

The tracts after which these will be modeled are infamous for their hyperdramatic personal stories of salvation/damnation peppered with relevant quotes from the Bible. Given the recent passage in 11 states banning gay marriage, I think an excellent topic to launch this series would be Cheney's gay daughter.

Here's a VERY rough basic storyboard:

illustrations of Edwards and Kerry repeatedly mentioning that Cheney's daughter is gay...
Cheney thought bubble: "WHY do they keep going on about that? I KNOW she's gay!" (tortured expression)
"But.... but... but I LOVE her! I DO love my daughter!" (weeping in acceptance and love)
ending quote from the Bible
general message to be included in the back of all "Back On Tract" tracts

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