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Chick Tracts Cause Church Conflict

A local TV news station has found a rather different twist on the outrageous and offensive comic book standard trope.

And it's fromthat most venerable of comic book institutions, the Jack Chick tracts, where fundamental evangelist Christianity meets EC Comics in a mix of intolerance, hatred and speech balloons.

And one picked up by a seven year old girl from her front porch, inside a brochure for the local church.

"It was about a dad getting drunk and killing the mother and the kids being left to fend for themselves," Brandi Gillette said.

The story in the illustrated bible tract involves an alcoholic father who beats his wife. She dies while he's at the bar and he skips the funeral. Finally, the starving children are forced to confront the father with a threat of violence.

"The little girl in the story smashes the liquor bottle across the counter and says, 'I'll fix you,'" Gillette said.

The story ends after the children bring the dad to church. He's saved. And the little girl says, "Daddy, this is my happy hour."

They followed up with another report, after the church defended the comic book outreach programme…

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