It is with great sadness that we learnt last week of the shocking death of our dear friend Jack T Chick. Jack, who had been a great supporter of SIDES since we sent him a copy of issue 1, and had begun to write us a regular column exposing the works of Satan in these last days passed into his Maker's arms from Ita Nim Mulli asylum last Monday.
It was not until Thursday that the shocking facts behind his death were made known. Jack's long time friend and companion Alberto Rivera broke down and confessed to a hideous plot to rid the world of Jack's scathing attacks on the Catholic Church. Apparently Dr Rivera, who had written many books for Chick publications had all along been playing the role of a double agent, and was in fact still a top Jesuit, answerable directly to the Black Pope in the Vatican. In a cunning ploy to destroy the ministry of Chick, Alberto had dreamed up a plan whereby he would pretend to have seen the light of Christ and "reveal" to Jack the truth behind Catholicism. Top Jesuit brains believed that by having the truth revealed by someone who would be viewed as a religious loony then no-one would ever believe it! Unfortunately their plan backfired and Chick's comic book stories of the horrors cooked up by the Jesuits and Masons had tremendous influence, and led many out of the Catholic Church. Desperate to stop this trend Alberto revealed more and more of the secrets of the Vatican, each more surprising and unbelievable than the previous, hoping that eventually the truth would be too much for people to take. Eventually, with Chick's tracts being directly responsible for thousands leaving Catholicism every week the Black Pope ordered drastic action.
A crack team of Jesuit trained soldiers infiltrated Jack's house late Saturday night and abducted Jack's wife. They then took over a nearby radio transmitter and started beaming fake reports of the disappearance of millions of Christians during the night. As Jack awoke he found his wife missing, a tap in the kitchen running, and radio reports of missing Christians. For the first time in several decades he suddenly experienced doubt. Those articles that had sought to expose him as a deluded freak suddenly flooded through his head. The resulting mental breakdown saw him admitted to the nearby Jesuit owned Ita Nim Mulli asylum. There he was administered large quantities of drugs over several days - a combination that was eventually lethal. Police are holding Dr Rivera for further questioning.
Jack's funeral was a quiet affair. He had lived alone with his wife for over twenty years, and had few friends. It is believed that Bill Schnoebelen, who had previously escaped a life of vampirism with Jack's help, will take over at Chick Publications. However Jack's flair, and eye for the truth will undoubtedly be missed.
RIP Jack T Chick