You may remember that in episode 90 that we looked at a series of Christian scare books from the late eighties focused around toys. Well folks, today we have another installment of our in depth coverage of 30 year old news that probably has no bearing on the modern day. Do Christian parents and educators still think this way? Are there, perhaps, Christian scare websites out there for us?
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Tonight on SHOW we look into the dark, complicated world of the late 1980′s, discussing Christian scare books meant to explain all the dark influences behind YOUR favorite toys and cartoons. Those guys don’t like anything, so you’re sure to hear valuable information about how the Smurfs and Cabbage Patch Kids are destroying this nation’s wholesome Christian values!
Art by Cleverfoxman.
(Forgot to post last night because this week’s schedule has been a lot of non-routine strangeness.)
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Hey folks! We are here at FC, and just gave our panel earlier. It was a huge success, and soon we will endeavor to post the stream. Thank you to everyone who showed up! For our other fans who couldn’t log in to the livestream or be at the panel, we have an episode about horrible Christian Movies for you! They’re full of life lessons, thievery, and lies. Enjoy, and see you soon!
Art courtesy of Lusopakak.
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Thanks to Xaxoqual for reminding us to post this thing! We’re in the company of others and grew quite forgetful!
Tonight on SHOW, we go back to the late eighties to talk about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Those crazy guys that love pizza in weird configurations and have at least TWO extremely desperate self-insert fans covered on that show Totally Obsessed. However, we’re covering the turtles in book form. Just you wait!
Today’s Holiday-themed SHOW art is courtesy of Sharpt00th!
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Christian Witch (2010)
Discussed in: Episode 58
Source: My friend found an amazing advertisement on the free table at APE, a badly smudged xerox promoting what was apparently a comic called “Christian Witch.” The flier contained no email address, website or table number; nothing but the author’s actual physical address and multiple copyright notices. I only found out later, by pure luck, that the author had a booth at the show, so I stopped by to chat with him. Darren Linzie’s earnestness was frankly charming, so I had to buy the first two issues of “Christian Witch” as well as another comic called “Taskforce” and something called “The Afrimericans,” which actually seems to be a series of ads for other comics that Linzie hasn’t made yet. I think you’ll agree that this is a brilliant example of outsider art. We are only posting the very first issue of Christian Witch in hopes that it encourages more people to seek out Linzie and patronize his art. Seriously, please support this man’s comic efforts; we are all richer for his work. If you ever have the chance to buy his comics, DO IT. You will not regret it.
Plot: The story of “Christian Witch” is a little hard to follow, so I’ll explain briefly. It mostly seems to be about aliens attacking an “art and soul” festival in Oakland. A superhero based on the author fights and defeats them, with the help of two women (neither of whom appears to be the Christian Witch). Meanwhile, the real Christian Witch is in church because her dad won’t let her go to the festival, but then a half-demon elf named Mister Sir Jonah appears to warn her that her friends are in danger. The issue ends with her friends being menaced by someone called Taskub, whom in Issue 2 is revealed to be a “devil tribesman(?)”.
After the main story, we see a series of single page comics, reminiscient of the short strips you sometimes see in the back of Archie comics. My favorite is the Gloriou$, the richest girl in Oakland. Linzie mentions Dan DeCarlo as an inluence somewhere, so I assume that he was inspired by Veronica Lodge.
This is our favorite moment from “The Filling Station,” a religious childrens’ show broadcast on TBS in the 90s. We found an episode at a local thrift shop, which contained this precious moment. Be sure to tune in to future SHOW episodes where we talk about “The Filling Station” and other oddities in depth.
Meanwhile, here’s the dust jacket:
Scruffy’s Search (2011)
Discussed in: Episode 43
Source: Christian Comic Booth at Comic Convention / God and Country Graphics
Plot: An anthropomorphic dog with an eyepatch searchs in vain for spiritual filfulment. He fails to see Jesus’s presence all around him because he’s blinded by his lust for earthly pleasures like dancing, pastries and free flu shots.
This week on Show, we look at some of the greatest published works in our fine millennium: Christian comics! Christian comics bring us some of the most true and holy facts to help us find enlightenment and salvation in our lord Jesus Christ. Help us figure out why there are no Islamic, Jewish, Buddhist, or other religion comics! Wouldn’t that be great? Hinduism has a pantheon practically PACKED with superheroes!
Make sure you have faith AND works! Although we’re still not positive which one is more important than the other.
This week’s SHOW art is courtesy of Sigil!
And just for fun, here’s the Paraman vs Terriflex comic that we mentioned:
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