Every work by famous comic book missionary Jack Chick is a work of artistic, philosophical and theological genius, but his latest tract, Fairy Tales?, is something special.
Harry Garner is just an ordinary kid. Like every kid, he believes in Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny. But one day, Harry discovers that his parents have been lying to him. The jolly fatman who omnisciently watches his every action and bribes him for good behavior? The ephemeral pixy with a fetish for his disembodied bicuspids? The creepy anthropomorphic pink rabbit defecating chocolate all over his lawn? Lies! All lies!
Harry has but one recourse: he must murder his lying parents. He does so. But when the chaplin comes by Death Row and tries to convince him that there another invisible old man omnisciently watching all of his actions and ready to bribe him for his good behavior with a land of milk and honey called 'Heaven,' Harry — for whatever reason — isn't willing to believe him.
The comic ends with a quite real God upbraiding Harry for not believing in him, and sentencing him to burn in hell for the rest of time. The lesson's clear: you need to be selective about what imaginary magical beings you indoctrinate your children to believe in, lest one of them turn out to be real. And it's better to err on the safe side, because the Easter Bunny doesn't make you spend eternity in a boiling lake of excrement if you don't believe in him.
Fairy Tales [Jack Chick Official Site]
Update: Can't resist including one more image. It might just be me, but I think Harry may have had a screw loose before he learned the truth about Santa. It's after the jump.
