Fred Carter (artist)
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Fred Carter is an artist best known for his work for Jack Chick's tracts since 1972. Like his employer, he is very reclusive and little is known about his personal life. By all accounts, he is an African American, and Chick has described him as being a pastor.
Most consider him to be a much better artist than Chick, using richly detailed shading techniques rather than the simplistic line art sketches of Jack Chick. He originally worked anonymously for Chick Publications, creating speculation as to the identity of Chick's "good artist", until Chick acknowledged Carter's work in a 1980 issue of his newsletter Battle Cry.
Apparently Chick has gone back to drawing several of his own tracts, as the change in artistic style is very evident. The two collaborated on Chick's 2001 film The Light of the World, presenting Bible stories through oil paintings by Carter.
Carter is currently reworking numerous tracts, drawn originally by both himself and Chick alike, for African American audiences. Reworked tracts appear bimonthly alongside Chick's new work.
