"Light of the World" Bible Tract Series (25) ⇑ ⇓
At the dawn of the new millennium, Jack Chick decided to temporarily deviate from his customary practice of authoring tracts on seemingly random subjects and published a series of 25 works in what was dubbed the "Light of the World Bible Tract" series. These tracts loosly follow the exploits of Bob Williams, a highly devout Christian man, as he goes about his daily life and encounters (and combats) the vast array of worldly sins and vices that plague the modern bible-believing Christian.
"For Black Audiences" Series (20) ⇑ ⇓
In an attempt to better minister to the lost who are also people of color, Chick's fellow artist Fred Carter redrew the art from several of his previously published tracts. Between 2006 and his death in 2022, Fred recreated numerous older tracts with completely new art, swapping out the predominately (or exclusively) Caucasian casts for black ones but keeping the same plots, messages and nearly all of the same dialog. Most were redrawn with completely original art, although a couple retain Chick’s original art with Carter drawing new faces over the characters. Over the years, he also created a number of other, original tracts specifically aimed at Black individuals.
"Hot Topics" (6) ⇑ ⇓
While Chick wrote numerous tracts over the years that could be considered "controversial" there were only a handful that were considered so politically incorrect that he felt the need to address the backlash he received. To this end, he released a book in 2008 titled Hot Topics in which he engages in a pseudo-interview with David W. Daniels to go over his original motivation and thought-process behind the creation of the following tracts. It features tracts that had been out of print for many years, and even one (Home Alone?) which wouldn’t even go INTO print for some years more.
"Li'l Susy" Series (5) ⇑ ⇓
At the end of 2003 and into 2004, Chick created a ‘mini-series’ of tracts, with a Caucasian female child called "Li’l Susy", whose purpose was to provide a young child in which younger audiences could relate and identify with for the purposes of Chick’s ministry. Her tracts include topics such as evolution and sexuality, likely targeting the presence of such topics in the American education system, represented in the series by Susy’s substitute teacher and arch nemesis, Ms Henn.
"Stories from the Bible" Series (20) ⇑
Between 1985 and 1992, Jack Chick, Fred Carter, and a Secret Third Guy created a series of tracts written as dramatic retellings of Bible stories. These tracts feature some of Fred Carter's best artwork, drawn at the height of his skills, but he wasn't the only artist illustrating the series. A third artist - whose identity was never disclosed, but is believed by some to be renowned fantasy artist Greg Hildebrandt of all people - was hired to illustrate some of the series and provided art for ten tracts overall. While purporting to be straightforward retellings of stories found in The Bible, Jack Chick, being Jack Chick, couldn't help but attempt to tie the stories in to his usual bugbears in manners that are tenuous at best, such as randomly having The Pope drawn as The Antichrist in Miss Universe, using a Gay Pride parade as a framing device in later prints of Doom Town, or randomly going off on a tangent about abortion in The Royal Affair.
The series ultimately fizzled out after 21 out of a planned 25 tracts. Carter turned his efforts towards painting the illustrations that made up Light of the World, and the Third Artist never worked for Chick again, with much of their artwork - apparently not considered up to scratch - redone by Carter for later reprints.
The 21 completed tracts in the series are not all still in print, but are collected together by Chick Publications in their book "Stories From The Bible".












































































