This cartoon never went anywhere.
Why?
Because after I finished it and was ready to submit it, I got this feeling that I’ve seen his “birthmark” idea before…somewhere…
Kind of a “cartoon-déjà vu” moment…
A few years went by and I was thumbing through an old “Far Side” book — and there it was…
…I had ripped off Gary Larson…unintentionally, but still…I’m not messing with Larson!
So, I pulled “Goliath’s Birthmark” from submission.
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Who started the “turn-around-and-greet-your-neighbor” thing?
If I had to guess, it started at some huge “Mega-Church” where you really had no idea who was behind you or in front of you.
To me, it’s just a good way of spreading the flu — or worse.
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Some of you may be familiar with the Ektachrome version of Jack Chick’s This Was Your Life! tract found in 10 parts over on the Ektachrome Transparency Blog.
Here’s a one-page ”teaser” of This Was Your Prosperity Gospel Life! …
For those of you interested in reading the rest of the pages, use the following link…
http://indiscriminateink.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/twypgl_pano.jpg
…this link will allow you to view the entire 10 parts (19 pages including front and back covers) in one vertical panorama.
Copy it, email it, print it — I don’t care — there’s no money involved, so back off, Jack … Chick!
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For the first time in a little more than a week, the temperature here in Northwest Florida climbed into the mid-60’s — almost beach weather. The bright sun, warm(er) temperatures and the pale white Canadian tourists have me thinking about sunscreen…
Another episode of Global Warming hits Florida tomorrow and the temperatures will plunge into the 40’s (daytime high) and the 20’s (night time low).
I’ll bet there will still be Canadians on the beach.
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This idea came from a former co-worker of mine – a photographer – who named his boat Location.
When someone would call the office looking for him, the receptionist would say, “I’m sorry, he’s on location.”
Just another cartoon inviting you all to come to Florida — and avoid the Global Warming up North. Things are cheap in the off-season…
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This cartoon is based on the New Testament passage, quoting Jesus as saying, “…till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the Law, till all be fulfilled.” (Matthew 5:18, KJV)
To give this quote some context, this verse follows “The Beatitudes” and is part of Jesus’ “Sermon on the Mount”. Immediately before this verse, Matthew 5:17, Jesus says, “Think not that I have come to destroy the Law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.” (KJV)
This statement attributed to Jesus demonstrates his uncompromising stance on the Divine inspiration of the Torah and the writings of the Hebrew Prophets – most of which are unknown and unread by modern day Christians.
A “jot” was the smallest of Hebrew letters – yodh (י) – or in Greek, iota (ι) – and a “tittle” was the smallest of stroke extensions that differentiate one letter from another. An example, beth (ב) and kaph (כ) – the letters appear similar except for tiny differences in stroke shape and length.
Dr. Bart D. Ehrman, Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, is the “Dr. Ehrman” referred to in the cartoon. Dr. Ehrman is not (to my knowledge) an archeologist, but he is a renown expert on New Testament manuscripts and textual criticism, having studied, taught and written extensively on the subject of how our modern-day scriptures came to be.
In one book, Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why (2005), Dr. Ehrman states that Divine inspiration of original Scripture is a moot point since a vast majority of Christians have never seen or had access to an original manuscript.
“Not only do we not have the originals, we don’t even have the first copies of the originals. We don’t even have copies of the copies of the originals, or copies of the copies of the copies of the originals. What we have are copies made later – much later. In most instances, they are copies made many centuries later. And these copies all differ from one another…there are more differences among our manuscripts than there are words in the New Testament.” (p.10)
But, even Dr. Ehrman agrees that the vast majority of these textual differences make absolutely no difference in basic Christian doctrine. There are a few that do – for example; Is the Doctrine of the Trinity explicitly taught in scripture? Is Christ a “unique God” himself? Does Luke teach that Jesus’ death provides atonement for sin?
If you enjoy history, intrigue and are curious about the historical evidence regarding the development of our modern day texts, read Dr. Ehrman. You don’t have to agree with him to enjoy his research and writing.
NOTE: No jots or tittles were harmed in the writing of this post. ~ Ekta.
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Luke 2:9 “And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.”
The Littlest Shepherd — he’s always the weird one.
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Large churches usually have them — the “Casual” Sunday Service — that service were you can “come as you are”, no suit, no tie, no dress shoes – hey – no problem.
In other words, dress as though you were doing nothing important…
I don’t know about you, but if I seriously thought I was going to “worship God”, I’d wear the best I have — clean shirt, new shoes, silk suit, black tie…
NOTE: There is a real “Pastor Dave”. This is not based on the idiot preacher featured in That 70’s Show. The Pastor Dave I know now owns a successful carpet cleaning company — and rarely preaches.
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Dedicated to those of you suffering through this latest blast of Global Warming…
So, what does Satan eat for breakfast? According to tradition, he consumes the souls of the damned.
I say he has doughnuts and coffee.
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Las Vegas has a great convention center — and, I wondered, if they ever hosted religious conventions? And, if they do, what it would be like if, say, 10,000 or 20,000 Baptists invaded the town…
A friend of mine said the only difference would be a shortage of beer…
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Pastor Gordon Godfrey of Marcus Pointe Baptist Church, Pensacola, Florida inspired this panel. Pastor Godfrey suffers from “Short Man Syndrome” (uh, he’s short, as in buying suits in the “Boys” department at JCPenney) and, like Lord Farquahr in Shrek, Gordo is constantly “compensating for something.”
You can read more about Gordo here.
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I’ve noticed that some pastors are not big fans of criticism – as though their very words and actions come straight from the Lord God Himself.
It would be nice to be able to let God know how His “Field Reps” are doing – you know – in case He’s been out of the office or something…
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When I think back to all of the years I spent in church — we were never given this option.
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Believe it or not – I once heard this at a conference for ministers. It was suggested that nothing fills a church auditorium like a Prophecy Conference. Need a bump in the attendance? Turn to the Book of the Revelation and get jiggy wit it.
Prophecy Conferences – ever been to one of these? They are a lot like a MUFON Conference (Mutual UFO Network) or a Star Trek Convention (not many Klingons mentioned in the New Testament). Whether it’s Alien Abduction, Gene Roddenberry or Tim LaHaye (a Bob Jones University grad, by the way), these attendees are all looking for the same thing; purpose, belonging and the satisfaction of knowing that in the Future I will be OK.
The term “prophet” has been twisted around to mean “fortune teller.” That’s not what a prophet is or was.
A prophet was nothing more than a designated spokesman for God. This man or woman (yes, there were prohetessesssss) preached sermons, gave advice and would occasionally pronounce judgments upon those who misbehaved in the eyes of God. And those occasions were apparently a prophet did predict an event – and the event came to pass, how are we to be sure the event didn’t happen first, then the prediction was “remembered” (a la Perry Stone and 9/11)?
Check out the records of these so-called “End-Time” Profiteers.
Where is the evidence of their “fore-knowledge”?
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Not the most original idea — I admit.
But I’ve always wanted to put a cheap tie and “TV Preacher” hair on a crustacean –
Just one of those dreams I had that is now fulfilled…
PREACH LOBSTER!
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When I originally had the idea for this, I had in my mind that the pastor studying the “Dummy” book was the dummy – you know, it’s Saturday night, he needs ideas for a Sunday sermon…
But almost everyone who saw the cartoon interpreted it as the pastor studying sermons to be delivered to dummies in the church congregation.
Works either way.
In fact, the more I think about it, the latter happens more often than the former. When I take a moment to listen to Televangelists preach what they call “The Truth”, one would have to be a dummy to accept what these over-paid, under-educated blow-hards say as truth.
A good rule-of-thumb: Always fact check. Always ask questions. Most of so-called “doctrine” wouldn’t exist if congregations were more inquisitive.
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Other than classical music and opera (which I refer to as “death by music”), I absolutely despise and loath “Contemporary Christian Music” (CCM), a.k.a., “Christian Rock.”
So, what could be worse than CCM?
Christian Gangsta Rap.
Better yet, preachers doing gangsta rap – “Preechas Wit ‘Tude”
Knowing nothing about gang signage, I made up my own; notice the “3-in1” sign.
Feel me?
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You can check out any time you like — but you can never leave…
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Living here in Florida, I see a lot of this – not necessarily behind the wheel of a swerving church van – but usually piloting a Mercury Marquis, an older model Cadillac or Town Car, or, in some cases, Buick Park Avenues.
All you can see is a tuft of gray hair and two sets of knuckles gripping the wheel. Occasionally you can see two magnified wide eyes staring at you from just above the dashboard.
Teenagers should start off with small slow cars — like a Geo Metro — and as they age and show some maturity, they should be allowed to drive larger more powerful vehicles until they reach – oh – 70 years of age.
After that their vehicles should shrink again — back to a Toyota Yaris or a Honda Fit. That way, like the teenage driver, the seasoned-citizens will be less likely to hurt someone.
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The Laying on of the Hands…
This was drawn in 2003 and published the same year. To me, having mechanics pray and lay hands on a problem car makes as much sense as a preacher laying hands and “healing” a sick or troubled person.
The outcome will be the same.
In December of 2008 I picked up my copy of the Wall Street Journal and almost wet myself laughing at the front page photo (below):
The similarity between my cartoon and the front page photo cracked me up — how could anyone take this seriously? Religiosity at its best – or worst.
For more information on what was happening at this Detroit-area church, read this post from the Ektachrome Transparency Blog.
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Think your church is too big? It probably is…
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What is Dormsbury? Get caught up here.
After finding what was left of these 28 year-old cartoons in a 9×12 sketch book purchased at Bi-Lo in Greenville, SC back in 1981, I had to decide the best way to resurrect them.
Some of these strips were copy machine copies of the originals – one strip was just a pencil sketch.
What follows are the scans of the original, unaltered frames (as they appeared straight out of the old sketch book) and the final version which you can see in its entirety here.
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This cartoon is based on all of the times I’ve went to the beach and been told by my significant other “not to look.”
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Am I the only one who thinks that there are WAY too many Chicken Soup books?
Just a small sampling from the chickensoup.com website:
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Organized religion has never been kind to women.
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Back in 2002 and 2003, this cartoon was submitted to a couple of magazines but was returned unpublished.
The cartoon pointed out the obvious: “the ministry” is always centered around someone — it’s always about somebody — if it was “not about me”, then the whole thing would collapse.
Early in 2004, Christian author Max Lucado published a book with the exact title, It’s Not About Me.
Did Max steal my title? Maybe. I’m still talking to my attorney.
If Mr. Lucado did steal my title, the joke’s on him. (I’m sure he’s crying all the way to the bank.)
It’s Not About Me is all about Max Lucado. His name is on the book in letters as large as the title — his picture is on the book — people purchase and read the book because Max Lucado wrote it.
Come on, Max, it is about you.
Max Lucado -- title thief
Oh — and stop stealing my ideas.
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Church Youth Pastor — one of the worst jobs in the world, in my opinion.
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Former President George “W” Bush inspired me to do two things:
1) draw this cartoon (taken from his State of the Union address, 01-29-2002 — the copyright date is misleading, this ‘toon was first drawn & pubished in 2002 and then later republished in 2006)
2) leave the Republican Party
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This is a traffic sign on Brent Lane in Pensacola, Florida near the intersection with Interstate 110 — just a about a block from Pensacola Christian College.
Maybe it’s me, but the first thing that popped into my head was “No Erection Allowed” — and it’s not because I have a dirty mind – no. I believe it’s because I once heard a preacher, Paul Vanaman, tell a group of ministerial students (a.k.a., “preacher boys”) that they couldn’t be ministers if they walked around with “a stiff dick.”
“Stiff dicks,” Vanaman said, “have no place in the ministry!”
Hilarious – but probably true. I know porn viewing and affairs are a real problem among “ministers of the Lord.” It’s all of those “stiff dicks.”
Anyway, I’ve always thought that sermon-ette should be titled, “No Erection Under God’s Direction.”
But — it could mean just the opposite – an ad for Viagra — “don’t let this happen to you.”
Of course, Vanaman would hate Viagra.
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My Grandma’s “Giant Print” KJV Bible used to fascinate me. I used to tease her that it took 5 pages for them to print: “In – the – beg – in – ning” …
I imagined the following combination: a Large Text Bible, gravity, reading in bed and the reduced stamina and strength of an unfortunate senior citizen. The result — see above.
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In any religion, Fundamentalists are the anchovies.
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Yesterday, I heard from a church elder of a small church in the rural mid-west. They are having a rough time trying to find a pastor for their small church (about 50 people, but growing).
The reason it has been so hard to find a pastor?
Salary. They can’t afford to pay much. The new pastor would have to find part-time employment outside of the church in the local community — kind of like Paul the Apostle was employed as a “tent maker” when he wasn’t preaching.
Well, as soon as a potential new pastor finds out he has to work (what!), that’s the last this church ever hears from him –
– and the search continues.
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My take on Prosperity Gospel.
Prosperity Gospel and its related teachings reveals a “god” that is no different than all of the other “gods” in legend and mythology.
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A few months ago, I was coerced into attending a performance of Nicky Chaver’s Academy of Arts performance of “Creation.” I knew I was in for a long evening when the disembodied voice of the narrator (Ken Hines, I think) declared:
“Science changes, but God’s Word never changes.”
Uh – okay – the whole nature of science is to re-evaluate, explore, test, discover, hypothesize and change if need be. If, like the Bible, science never changed, we’d still think that the Earth was the center of the universe and that epilepsy was the result of demon possession. This statement written by Chavers demonstrates the elemental lack of understanding most fundamentalist Christians have about science.
So, thankfully, science does change.
Religion, especially false religion, often fears curiosity, doubt, discovery, freedom and science. If religion possesses ultimate Truth, what does it have to fear from science?
Avoid any religion that tells you to “ignore that man behind the curtain!”
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I figure if the Devil does dance – and he must, because every good Fundamentalist Christian knows all dancing is evil – then the Devil must do disco.
As you look at the cartoon, imagine the Bee Gees singing, “You should be dancin’, yeah, dancin’, yeah….”
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One day I thought, what if the “great fish” mentioned in the book of Jonah wasn’t so “great”?
Back in the very early 1980’s, two animators at Bob Jones University, Terry Davenport & Bruce Polhamus, had this great idea for a series of kid’s cartoons based on Bible characters. There were storyboards worked up, pencil tests and I remember some cel painting going on. If I remember correctly, the “pilot” film was the story of Jonah.
But the whole idea was shot down.
Why? Because the BJU Administration Gurus decided that it was “disrespectful” to animate Bible characters and turn them into “cartoons.” It might confuse the wuttle kiddies out there and they may think that Jonah was just a fairy tale…
After all that work — and it looked really good, too — the drawings, the cels, the film was set aside — in favor of some stupid movie about gophers or squirrels or something…
So, I present my un-animated Jonah — with all due respect, of course.
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The original submission did not use the word “damned” — it used “darned”, which, in my opinion, just sounds dorky. “Damned” sounds so much better.
Sometimes you just can’t beat a good swear word.
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Religious intimidation will get people to do things that they would never, ever do under normal circumstances.
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Every Baptist preacher I know would love to have a dog like this one…
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My kids watched a movie called All Dogs go to Heaven (or something like that). That’s where this cartoon came from.
I tried to make this a Leave it to Beaver scene – the Mom washing dishes, Dad reading the paper and “The Beaver” asking a simple question with no answer.
Some of my favorite elements: the newspaper is called Daily Hydrant (what newspaper isn’t full of piss), the food still-life (bone) and my parents had a floor lamp exactly like the one next to the La-Z-Boy recliner…
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Bet you know a pastor like this… I could name a few.
(oops – I think I did)
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