© Mustafa Al-Habib
1989 - 2000
Newsgroup: alt.comics.spacemoose
ANTLERS OF THE DAMNEDPlease note that much of the fan mail is unsigned. Many of these people wrote me private e-mail and were probably not expecting their comments to be broadcast in this manner. I have also edited out irrelevant comments and lengthy signatures. Jack Chick: In order to get the most out of Antlers, one must understand that it is a direct satire of the wonderfully retarded religious cartoon tracts of Jack T. Chick. I tried to imitate and pervert as many details of Chick's cartoons as I could fit in the strip, from the title frame, lettering, drawing style and Bible citations, to the angel character, heavy-handed religious message, and the goofy questionaire. Locked antlers: During the uproar, I engaged in a verbose e-mail debate with one of the strip's detractors, Steven McClanahan. The discussion moved on to the intellectual validity of religion and faith. I thought fans might be interested in what we both had to say, so I have provided it all on a separate page. - Mustafa Al-Habib |
Fan mail October 16-24, 1996 | ||
Antlers of the damnedI don't know how I knew it, but somehow I just knew before even hitting your site (again. and again, and again) today that there was something truly special waiting for me. I was not disappointed. Truly this new strip represents a new artistic milestone for you. A milestone which may well be tied around your testicles before you are cast into the nearest lake of fire. Or something like that.I laughed, I cried, I screamed with joy. "Hilariously mildly amusing!" - John Gumseat, BS Times "I laughed so hard, I pissed my pants!" -- Joel Siegel "Must be some kind of Bergman rip-off." -- Sickle 'n' Ebert No, really, this is really your really best Space Moose yet. The shading thing, wow. The sophisticated new speech bubble graphics. The new characters. All indicative of an artistic talent in a state of growth and improvement. How do you do it? I mean, the satirical Bible references. Sid 3:16. Oh, shit. Woo. *sigh* my day is now complete. You know what I'm gonna do, though, is I'm gonna run off about a hunnerd copies of this sucker and fold 'em up pretty and then go hang out on Sproul Plaza (home of the Berkeley free speech movement as long as you don't say anything interesting) and hand them out to people and see how long it takes for me to get arrested. Gosh. This could make you famous. Or me, maybe. Yeah.
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Okay, well, back to work for me. More Space Moose. And don't spare
the lash.
Dr. Paul Vetter DerangedHello, I just read your most recent strip and was amazed at all of the detail that you put into it. The veins in the eyes, the shading, the dog humping space. But at the same time, I was also wondering. "What the heck were you smoking"? It's mental! It's deranged! It's funny in some sick twisted and offensive way... Anyway... What WERE you smoking?
Lloyd Majeau Oh yeah!Almost forgot to mention it - I loved _Antlers of the Damned_! Very well done! The imitation of Chick's style turned out great! Chick was never quite so subtle as to draw an angel with an engorged choad. Come to think of it, Chick was never subtle.Few things bite as deeply as satire - this is easily one of my favorite Space Moose cartoons yet!
HereticHi. I'm an ex-U of A student now University of Waterloo student who likes to keep readin' Space Moose on the web. I'm also a HUGE Jack Chick fan. Needless to say I loved "Antlers of the Dammed". You had the artwork and style down perfectly. Rather than rubbing the Bible between my legs, I actually prefer to masterbate on it. I find the King James version is the only thing that "gets me home" these days. Well... that and "We Like 'Em Big" magazine.Keep up the good work.
Nico Spronk |
DeprivationI must say that I blew a spleen when I read "Antlers of the Damned". Looks like you spent a lot more time on the Artwork on this one. Not much else to say except that my involuntary sleep deprivation experiment has reduced my already minute attention span to less than 15 seconds.
Iain "Spleen Damage" Getty Accepting ChristThe last strip was great. From what I have experienced of Alberta, I am sure you will be getting some quality letters for the 'DETRACTORS' page. Make sure you post them for all your fans to enjoy!
JC is in my heartMock not, oh fool of earthly desires!I once accepted Jesus Christ as my personal savior; it was a request from my boyfriend. It turned out he had the spiritual gift of tongues. Christianity was well worth the effort. And I learned how to dance in church aisles. And ate a lot of good salads from the church Moms.
Yours in Christ, Antlers of praiseSomehow, I have a feeling that you've had more than a few people complain about this strip. Fortunately, I'm not one of them. It was great, as usual.
Dean Tessman |
The Gateway October 24, 1996 | ||
Space Moose angers manyI would like to address the creator(s) of Space Moose regarding the Thursday, October 17th comic, which referred to Jesus Christ.I am a Christian. But I don't shove the Bible in your face. I may present my viewpoint, but I don't harass you to become a Chirstian. It's your choice. Why do you feel it necessary to lash out so offensively at my faith and discredit my beliefs? I find it ironic that the Gateway states that "the Gateway doesn't print anything sexist, racist, homophobic, or libelous" (BIG PRINT, page 7, Thursday, October 17, 1996), and yet this gets printed. So what you're saying is that it's not acceptable to slam women, different races, or homosexuals, but yet it's still OK to trash religious groups? If you're not sure about the existence of God, whether Jesus really is the Son of God, or whether faith in Jesus is really the way to Heaven, then I have one question: wouldn't you rather err on the side of caution and respect the possibility? (Just in case there IS an afterlife?) All I know is, Jesus has touched my life in wonderful ways that you can never understand until you give Him a chance. And as much as I'm enjoying life right now, death doesn't scare me because I have confidence in God's promise that it's the beginning of a more peaceful life than I can ever imagine. Your comic strip made me angry. But more than that, I felt sorry for you.
Melissa Hilderman Thrasher's just badI must say I was deeply disturbed and appalled by the cartoon Space Moose, entitled |
"Antlers of the Damned." How dare you defile my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, I think it is very sad that in today's society we lift up characters such as Beavis and Butthead and degrade the likes of Christ and Christianity. If this had been a cartoon degrading homosexuals or any other religious group it would not be tolerated. This is very sad, and paints a true picture of society and the "values" that will take us into the next century. God help us all.
Jim Laird No time wastedI will not waste my time criticizing or insulting the author of Space Moose as, A: he is unlikely to change, and B: he probably revels in the letters of shock and repulsion that he receives regularly. Instead, I will focus on the newspaper which publishes Space Moose: our own, open-minded, Gateway. In the last (Oct. 17) issue of Gateway I read the Space Moose comic and was shocked, not at the content, which I have come to expect, but that this particular strip was published. In this strip the author demonstrates an intolerance against religion. He presents religion as delusion and ridicules both the figurehead of Christianity and the beliefs. In the opinion section of the newspaper it reads: "the Gateway doesn't print anything sexist, racist, homophobic, or libelous." Though this statement does not specifically identify intolerance against religion as being censored by the Gateway, the general message given is: intolerance as a whole will not be published.If religion is in fact open to defacement within the pages of the Gateway, then the editors are missing the point. Religion, as much as many would like to believe otherwise, is closely tied to culture and race. Was religion not one of the focuses of Hitler's persecution of the Jews and Roman Catholics? |
The author of Space Moose is certainly not intelligent or powerful enough to be of the same danger Hitler was. However, this is not an excuse to print intolerance, which the Gateway should not mistake as acting open-minded.
Michael Taerum Turning the other cheekI am writing this letter in response to Mustafa Al-Habib's Space Moose comic in the Thursday October 17, 1996 edition of the Gateway. I was totally offended by Thrasher's twisted and obscene interpretation of Christianity which was made to look like an evangelistic tract.The most offensive part of his comic was in the last two frames; especially the last frame where Thrasher directly makes fun of the Christian statement of faith and conversion. I feel hurt by his mockery of Christianity as stated by: "Rub the Bible vigorously between your legs every day to get to know Christ better." Being a Christian myself, and a member of Campus Crusade for Christ, I know that my relationship with God is meaningful to me and in order to know Christ better, this involves reading the Bible daily. I know that this is not my belief alone. Many other Christians also agree with me and should stand up to anything that is against their beliefs. Now to conclude, and in the true spirit of Christianity, I invite you, Mr. Thrasher to drop by the club office (SUB 040-H) where we can enlighten you about what we truly believe as Christians.
Edward Wong Also in this issue appeared a comic strip entitled Academia, re-printed here without permission. |
Fan mail October 25-29, 1996 | ||
Antlers of...I must say, that strip's a god damned masterpiece....thanx for makin my day!
Blasphemy rulesThis is definetly one of your greatest strips. Keep pumping out the blasphemous material.
Michael Martin Only praiseWhile I'm sure you have more fun reading the e-mail that trashes Space Moose (and you) I'm afraid I'm a fan.I wanted to let you know I've carried around "The Prof has a boner... Guess who else has one" in my wallet since it was printed in the Gateway, and I've added "Antlers" now as well... keep it coming...and keep it sick.
Lori Villner Good workI just thought I'd tell you that 'Antlers of the Damned' was the greatest Space Moose ever!Keep up the good work! BTW, the fundies who didn't like it deserve a good slapping. Of course, offending them is a *good* thing :-)
Elladan Damned antlersTwo words: fucking cool. Ignore the shit and abuse you're getting from the bible thumpers; though I know their letters in the Detractors section did amuse me. :)
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I wish I were living in Edmonton again, as I'd certainly go about
distributing copies of the strip now.
Keep up the good work, Adam.
Loren Lasecki Anti-tractsFirst, I've gotten many compliments on the Fellatio Barn-T. Secondly, Antlers of the Damned is awesome. In our modest room here we have a collection of chick tracts on the wall. They are such a fucking joke and I'm glad you did a parody of them.That first detractor letter, that had a statement about "you'll never understand how christ has touched my life". what a crock. It's probaly touched Ms. Hilderman's wallet, that's for sure, especially if she's Catholic. We plan to distribute "antlers of the damned" in every place where we found chick tracts. We've printed 500 copies in the lab already, all laser quality. No train station in Philly will be without one. It's time christians came to grips with their crock o' crap comics. Later and Best of Luck fighting for [The Net Atheists],
The Vatican Council of Villanova University Antlers Detractors: Fuck ThemI'm sorry, but I don't understand why Christians feel so oppressed. After all, who started the Inquisition? The Jews? Who burned innocents for being witches? Pagans? Who started the Crusades? The Muslims? What a crock of shit. |
The largest fucking religious group in the world, and they whine that they're coming under attack. Fuck them.
I hate getting hassled by Jesus freaks, and I assume you do too. I get bothered by some born-again every time I walk out my door (I unfortunately live near a Planned Parenthood). Some fucking Gideon even forced me to take a free Bible even though I told him I already owned one (I actually do). I can't count how many times I was going to burn in the Fiery Pits just for walking out of the train station. I even had some tract-giver from the Brooklyn Redemption Center tell me I was damned for running in a high-school cross country race on a Sunday instead of going to church. I don't especially enjoy being called a moron for finding your strip funny, but I've been called much worse by much better than that McClanahan fuck. I happen to be a grad student at MIT, so I won't let his raving about banning shit get me down. (Does he even bother to read what he wrote? It seems like he left out a few words, so it doesn't make a damn bit of sense.) Sorry if I wasted your time with my ranting, but whiners really piss me off. Thanks for writing Space Moose.
Chris Lake |
The Gateway October 29, 1996 | ||
Pay no attentionIn regard to the letters of disdain against Space Moose; do you people really feel that you are so almighty that you are beyond sarcasm? Sure, it was a tasteless cartoon, so what? Is your faith in your religion so wavering that it can be undermined by a badly scribbled moose? I don't know about you, but the day I let some second-rate cartoonist send me into a state of fevered rage is the day I become and artsie. Remember sticks and stones...?
Josh Erick A little adviceWe laud the attempts of the present Gateway staff to improve the content and stature of the Gateway. We gladly pass on the positive comments which we hear from students concerning the improved quality of this year's efforts.It was with some surprise, therefore, that we read the cartoon, "Space Moose" in the edition of Oct. 17, 1996. The caricature of Christianity presented in the cartoon is nothing short of slanderous and hurtful to Christians, and offensive to people of all religions. Particularly offensive is the questionnaire which mocks the genuine spirituality of Christians by confusing it with prudishness. It also implicitly accuses Christians (once again) of intolerance and forcing themselves on others. How ironic that the cartoonist him/herself has displayed such an intolerant view of Christian faith and practise. If this kind of portrayal had been made of any religion other than Christianity, charges of bigotry and racism would already have been publicly aired. How incongruous then that Christians are the ones portrayed as vicious and judgemental, sexually obsessed and coercive in their beliefs. |
While it would be impossible to prevent the cartoonist from entertaining his/her one-sided notions of faith - perhaps, (s)he has generalized from a bad experience - and everyone can utter in private any religious opinions or prejudices, this does not mean that every opinion is entitled to a public forum. We urge the editorial staff to be more critical in its judgment of what enters this newspaper.
We wish you all the best in producing what is definitely a more readable version of the Gateway than we have seen in some years.
Sincerely yours, Grateful for ballsFirst, I'm grateful the Gateway has the balls to print Space Moose.I'll tell you why I like Space Moose. After wading through the masses and looking at everybody's vacant stares, listening to all those bleating voices, following apathetically, accepting the institutions and the system, it really pleases me that there's somebody out there that isn't apathetic, isn't one of the herd, questions and challenges the institutions and conventions. |
My blood runs cold to think of a Christian-run agenda. What comic strips would we have then? Charlie Brown? (No, too sexual.) Denis the Menace? (No, too violent.)
Regarding letters that come in, what nerve to talk about intolerance. Christianity thrives and wallows in intolerance: homophobic? You bet. Sexist? You bet. Have you picked up a copy of the Alberta Report lately? Those of you who haven't will find that it is a bastion of Christian, right-wing, ultra-conservative thinking that subtly spews out homophobic, sexist, pro-Christian "intolerance" propaganda. One writer complains that, "I am a Christian. But I don't shove the bible in your face." Perhaps she as an individual doesn't push Christianity, but the Christian mandate is to be pushy: how many Buddhists do you see on the street shouting dogmatic rhetoric? How many cultures and indigenous societies has Christianity destroyed or eliminated in their effort to "convert" and "save"? What arrogance and righteousness. These Christians that responded so angrily are hypocritical. Isn't there something in the bible that goes something like this: before you point out a speck in your neighbour's eye, take out the log that is jammed in your own? So, Mr. Thrasher, keep up the good work! The more demented and repulsive your comic, the better. I want to read your comic and have to turn my head away in shame; shame that comes from being associated with you through my humanness. "Take us to the next century" with your perversion. You're going to hell, you know. Repent! Repent! "How dare you defile my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ." "God help us all." Hilarious.
Chris Bourque |
Fan mail October 30-31, 1996 | ||
God SquadThat was the funniest Space Moose yet I think, or one of them. I decided I should write you a little fan mail seeing as how the 'God Squad' was giving you a rash of shit. ...Well thats all for now, keep up the good work, there are a lot of fans out there, I have personally turned many people on to your comic. Later.
Mugwump Levity and disbeliefFirst off, when I read "antlers of the Damned" I just about pissed myself laughing. I couldn't believe you actually got away with being able to print that. What, did you slip some PCP into the editor's insulin or something =B-) ?I just finished reading the detractors page as well and, as I expected, there were several not-so-amused individual's letters. 'Course, I had to laugh just as hard when I read those. Keep it up, big guy!
Kevin Konowalec GRRRRRRRR !!!!!Mr Thrasher (if that even is your real name);I am deeply appalled at your latest "effort", OH, MIRANDA. As a rock star, I am sick and tired of the constant barrage of spandex-bashing and heart-shaped-guitar-mocking that I have to endure each and every day of my life - and that the Gateway sees fit to print each week. Sure, it's taboo to make fun of Christ or organized religion or fags or bitches and sluts, but when it comes to defecating on the wonderous and honorable modern-day Greek Gods - the stars of Classic Rock - your University's substandard rag seems to conveniently turn the other cheek. Where would the youth of today be without the likes of David Lee Roth and Steve Vai? They'd all be DEAD - following in the wobbling heroin-stained |
footsteps of their precious king, Cobain. Either that or gay. So to you, and all like you, I dedicate a scornful power ballad.
Actually, Adam, it's Dwayne Martineau. I was bored at work and figured I would come down on the only strip no one seems to be coming down on. By the way: "Antlers of the Damned" - delectible. May the great work continue.
Keep it comingI must say, all of the letters of complaint Antlers of the Damned has generated makes me like it even more. It's funny how the whiny bible beaters complain so loudly when their religion is poked fun at, yet they think nothing of yammering endlessly to someone who doesn't share their beliefs in an attempt to convert the "unbeliever". Xstians, if you don't want to be persecuted and poked fun at then stop persecuting the so called heretics you claim are all around trying to steer you from your false enlightenment. Adam, keep up the good work, I do love your cartoons.
Fuck 'emFuck the Detractors, Keep Up The Good work......
Thomas James Serink Geez...Well, I just finished reading most of the silly riff raff in your "Detractors" mail section, and I really can't understand what the heck is on these peoples minds?!. Some of those "people" who wrote anonymously couldn't even spell properly. I must admit, I never really knew about Space moose the strip, until this year and I'm actually surprised that it even went on this long. Everyone at my office LOVES Space Moose (we even have a couple of ideas if you are interested) and I think it would be a real shame if it ever stopped. |
It's alot more deeper that just vulgar jokes and lewd gestures. It's about being able to laugh at the things that either gets people down, or the daily grind of life. If people don't seem to like this type of humor, I can't really understand why they read it so often. In today's society we should be able to laugh at anything without fear of reprisal, but unfortunately, everyone is too busy trying to be "Politically correct" and "Socially Acceptable". It's just too bad that "most" people can't see past the fact that the sole purpose of this strip is to make people laugh, and it does, but to all of those wanna be politicians, go away. "If it hurts when you poke yourself in the eye.... then for god's sake man, DON'T DO IT!". Long live the Moose.
Andy Makim Antlers detractorsFunny - somehow I think that a letter signed by Eleven *fans* saying they _loved_ the cartoon wouldn't be considered "valid" by its detractors. I mean, strictly speaking, such a letter would be worth just as much...
Don Papp If you got a minute...I really enjoyed the letters from thin-skinned religionists on your detractors' page. Especially the guy who somehow managed to compare your goof-assed cartoon making fun of intolerant Christian ignoramuses with the slaughter of 6 million Jews in Nazi Germany. Talk about a lack of perspective. Somehow these people think that all suffering and insult is completely equal and that as long as you can stake some claim on victimization or intolerance, you get to be as cool as 6 million dead Jews or enslaved Africans or something. Anyway. I'm sure you don't take this stuff to heart.Keep 'em coming. Dr. Paul Vetter |
The Gateway October 31, 1996 | ||
Ha ha ha ha ha haI applaud the attempts of the current Gateway staff to improve the content of the Gateway. I rarely pass on positive comments (I'm not your secretary!), but I do enjoy reading the paper.It was with some surprise then, that I read the cartoon 'Academia' in the Oct. 29th, 1996 edition. The caricature of Space Moose presented is nothing short of slanderous and hurtful to all Space Moose fans everywhere. Particularly offensive is the insinuation that eternity with Space Moose would be anything less than |
pleasurable. The comic mocks the genuine humour of Space Moose by confusing it with serious writing. If this kind of portrayal had been made of any other comic strip, charges of intolerance and bigotry would already have been publicly expressed.
It is obviously impossible to prevent a cartoonist from entertaining his or her own notion of humour, but not every opinion is entitled to public forum. I can only hope that the Gateway will be more critical in its judgement of what it chooses to print from now on.
Kevin James |
Objection...I object to the Space Moose cartoon of the October 17. I fail to see how you can censor racist, homophobic and other hateful slants and then allow a cartoon like this to be printed. I myself do not follow any particular religion, but I am, nonetheless, offended by this cartoon. I would be just as offended by cartoons that derided race or sexual preference. I am offended because trash like this fosters an intolerant attitude when tolerance is the way to succeed in the world.
Leslie McKeague |
The Gateway November 1, 1996 | ||
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The following letter was submitted but never appeared in the Gateway because managing editor Jill Dixon felt it expressed nothing new.
Two wrongs don't make a rightWhen I was about 6 years old I was skating with my dad and a little boy pushed me over when he was skating by. So I grabbed my dad's hockey stick and slashed him in the gut. My dad immediately grabbed my arm and dragged me over to the boards and proceed with his "2 wrongs don't make a right" speech. I didn't understand. So he put it into simple math. |
1 rotton apple + 1 rotton apple = 2 rotton apples. (It doesn't equal 1 good apple.) This is why Space Moose was wrong. Whether Chrisians "shove" bibles in our faces or not, it doesn't give anyone the right to discriminate against them. If they are wrong, the world has not been righted if we are wrong, too.
Discrimination is always wrong. No one person has the right to decide that it's okay to publicly victimize homosexuals, but not okay to do the same to Jews. We do not have the right to allow prejudice on the basis of color, and condemn those who are gender biased. |
There are gay parades, women's rallies, church crusades, freedom marches, and special interests groups who promote their lifestyles and beliefs. There will always be people who disagree with them, but it doesn't give people the right to publish slander. I realize this topic may have been exhausted already, but this is a point we have all missed. In the future I hope the Gateway staff is more aware of the intolerance they are presented with.
T-L MacLellan |
Fan mail November 2-19, 1996 | ||
ProI happen to be a christian and I was not offended in the least by your cartoon Antlers of the Damned. I don't know what the hell all the other losers are whining about, but I really think the guy that said he reads the Bible daily should get a life. Anyway, I sent this mail to tell you to go to Church one of these days and take a look at everyone as they listen to the priests long winded spiel on who did what to so and so. I go weekly, I don't mind it, but something has really gotten to me in the past month or two. They all seemed brainwashed. Go there and listen to them when they (the congregation) speak, it's like some wierd collective intelligence, or some wierd Cult type thing. Anyway, since this is the time of the week to go to church, I would strongly suggest that you go and try not to laugh out loud. I can see it now...
"Kill the Laughing Heathen!" Anyway, I just think you might be able to use the information you glean from a church visit in a cartoon you might do later. Just a thought. In case you wish to post this on your detractors against some of the other detractors, I just want to make the following statement. I do believe in God, I do believe in J.C. and the Boys, I do believe in life after death. But, I also believe that people can be so heavenly minded that they are of no earthly use(hint,hint guy who reads Bible all day).
Lloyd Majeau DUMB ASS DETRACTORS!I was reading some of those detractor letters, and boy there's a lot of them. The one that is the stupidest is the one signed by all the different religious ministers on caapmus. Here's why: JT CHICK claims that Catholics, Jews, Muslims, e.c.t are not christians, but rather, the damned. So, the ministers should have supported "Antlers of the Damned" because it makes fun of a cartooiest who considers their religious practices to be contrary to the way of jesus. Check out the offical Chick page at and you'll see that he has tract titles "Catholics are not Christians" and "Silly Sahleem", both which bash Catholic, Muslim, and Jewish faith.Antlers of the Damned Forever.
The Vatican Council of Villanova University Stick it to ChickAntlers was in my opinion your best yet. I have been waiting for a long time for some one to do a sick parody of a Jack Chick comic. Will there be more strips like Antlers any time soon. If you do make fun of some of chick's crazy conspiracy theories.
Gary Burnaska |
Up with nihilismJust read the detractors for Antlers of the Damned, god those silly christians! Keep up the good work. Oh yea, I ran off 5 photocopies of AOTD and passed them out at a local punk show and they were a smashing success. :)
Rybread Celsius Once were ChristiansI think it is funny just how many people this comic offended. I knew that you would offend people and actually, I am surprised that you have not recieved more letters. Personally, I liked the comic. I have been in hospitals where they have had those tracts done by Chick, and even at age 10 I found them personally offensive and propaganda, and I WAS a christian at the time. I personally don't really think that you are poking fun at christianity, but if you are, fine. I think alot of people are missing the point and what you were actually doing was poking fun at those religious tracts, which are offensive anyways. If you have had any other complements about that strip, I would be interested in seeing them.Keep up the good work.
Chris Canine-sodomyWell, I thought it only fair to drop you a note. Read "Antlers of the Damned". Added "being sodomized by big dogs" to my list of phobias. Read "Detractors". Realized that no one seems to get the joke. Unless I missed the mark, you're spoofing those goofball, fundamentalist, mini-comics that show up everywhere.I got it. I see those comics all the time. I thought the one about evolution was drop-dead funny. The New York Times called it "a Judeo-Christian Pud for the 90s" I just wish they'd bring back those Christian Archie comics. Anyhow, I thought I'd drop you a note. Can't say I find canine-sodomy funny (but then who does?), but I enjoyed the obscure reference.
"Calgary" Chris Stewart Antlers of the damned...againYou've got CHAPLAINS now detracting the cartoon???? Bravo! A true achievement! I got the biggest kick out of the part when he says:"and everyone can utter in private any religious opinions or prejudices, this does not mean that every opinion is entitled to a public forum." Oh yeah?? Why the fuck not?? It's called freedom of speech. They don't like it, they can go live someplace else. I think they see the truth in the parody and they don't want to believe they're really like that. Fuck 'em.
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...Congratulations, anyways, on getting the clergy involved! Maybe you'll get a bishop or something eventually...there's a goal! Or you can do what I did...send a resume to the Vatican for the position of Pope. Incidentially, I
never actually got a reply.
the devil will get youHAH! gotcha! ... Keep up the good work adam - this planet needs more people like you.silly christians
Blake Fithen alt.atheismI just finished reading what the "detractors" had to say about this strip. I laughed so hard I almost fell out of my chair. It reminds me of the self-righteous ramblings some of the "christians" put on alt.athesim (Check it out for a good laugh). Anyway, I just wanted to say I love your strip, keep up the good work.
Joe Cox Hee hee heeJust stumbled upon the fame and furor of "Antlers of the Damned". What these dorks don't realize that Jack Chick (the founder of these styles of religious propaganda found in bus stops, airports, libraries and other public venues) is the fundamentalist wacko.There is a really good archive based on this man's work. I invite you to check it out [site referred to no longer exists] - Netscape or Microsoft IE 3.0 recommended! They would just LOVE a copy of "Antlers of the Damned" for their parody page.....
Justin Wondga Higher education...I heartily enjoy the strip, which goes double for "Antlers of the Damned." Obviously, most people have never heard of Jack Chick or his humorous tracts on the lighter side of damnation, or its appeal would have been broader. Alas, the uninformed public strikes once more. It's the job people like you to educate through ... example.
Chris Denschikoff EvangelismThe other reason I love Antlers of the damned is that I used to work with a God-Squad type. He was always bugging the shit out of me, preaching all the time, and giving me.....Chick tracts! Only I didn't know they were Chick tracts at the time. Now years later I see your parody, and imagine giving him your comic. He'd blow a fuse for sure. Thanks again and keep up the great work.
Mugwump |
The Gateway November 5, 1996 | ||
Space loverIf I were to find the Bible to be offensive, would I be justified in initiating a publication ban or an immediate review of morality and belief in society? The majority of Christians would be hard-pressed to say "yes". Why then, does anybody believe that it's either their right, duty, or business to express outrage or compose illegitimate criticism towards the harmless, messageless bantering of the comic, Space Moose, its only motive being to entertain? If a community encompassed an action such as suggested by various campus chaplains against so-called "immoral" |
propaganda, parallels could be drawn with the many infamous book bans that were so frequently seen throughout history.
We live in a society in which there are diverse morals and values. The Gateway attempts (reasonably successfully) to publish material that appeals in one way or another to most of the students at the University of Alberta. Although one specific comic may not intrigue the personal desires of each and every student, there is no reason to delete it from the program - just don't read it!
Colin Robblee |
Alberta retortNowhere in any magazine we have published in 24 years will you find any kind of venomous hatred spewed by the Gateway ("Rub the Bible vigorously between your legs every day to get to know Christ better," etc., Space Moose, Oct. 17.)
Link Byfield |