Fred Carter (artist)

Fred Carter (born June 22, 1938) 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. He is an African-American, and Chick has described him as being a pastor.

Carter uses richly detailed shading in his art. He worked anonymously for Chick Publications, until Chick acknowledged Carter's work in a 1980 issue of his newsletter Battle Cry. 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 alongside Chick's new work.

An interview with Carter appears in Kurt Kuersteiner's 2008 documentary God's Cartoonist: The Comic Crusade of Jack Chick.

Comic books

• The Big Betrayal (the Lincoln assassination, 1981)
• The Crusaders (series of 18 comic books featuring a black and white Christian duo, 1974 to 2008)
• Jonah (Jonah and the whale, 1994)
• King of Kings (the Bible in pictures, 1980)

Graphic novels

• Going Bananas (1979)
• A Solution to the Marriage Mess (1978)

Original tracts

• "Allah Had No Son" (1994)
• "Apes, Lies and Ms. Henn" (2004)
• "Back From The Dead" (1982)
• "Bad Bob!" (1983, rev. 1999)
• "The Big Spender" (1982)
• "The Contract" (1976)
• "Dark Dungeons" (1984)
• "The Deceived" (1990)
• "Doom Town" (redrawn version, 1991)
• "First Jaws" (1985)
• "Frame Up" (1972)
• "The Gay Blade" (1972)
• "Going Home" (1991)
• "Going to the Dogs" (1992)
• "The Greatest Story Ever Told" (1987)
• "Hi There" (1975)
• "Hit Parade" (1979)
• "Holocaust" (1984)
• "How to Get Rich" (1978)
• "Kings of the East" (1975)
• "The Last Generation" (1972)
• "The Letter" (1982)
• "Li'l Susy" (2003)
• "The Little Bride" (2004)
• "Lisa" (1984)
• "Love the Jewish People" (1976)
• "Macho!" (1982)
• "Miss Universe" (1987)
• "The Only Hope" (1985)
• "The Present" (1993)
• "Reverend Wonderful" (1982)
• "Room 310" (1973)
• "Satan's Master" (1986)
• "Sin Busters" (1991)
• "The Sissy" (1978)
• "Soul Story" (1977)
• "The Story Teller" (1985)
• "That Crazy Guy!" (1980, rev. 1992)
• "Titanic" (1983)
• "The Traitor" (1990)
• "The Tycoon" (1993)
• "Unforgiven?" (2007)
• "The Visitors" (1984)
• "The Wicked Magistrate" (1989)

Reworked tracts

• "Fame" (2006)--new version of "The Star" (2006)
• "Free at Last!" (2007)--new version of "Set Free!" (2007)
• "Hard Times" (2006)--new version of "Somebody Loves Me" (1972)
• "It's Your Life!" (2006)--new version of "This Was Your Life!" (2002)
• "Oops!" (2008)--new version of "Somebody Goofed" (2002)
• "Soul Sisters" (2006)--new version of "Best Friend" (1996)
• "Who Is Allah?" (2006)--new version of "Allah Had No Son" (1994)
• "Who Loves You?" (2006)--new version of "A Love Story" (2002)

External links

• Fred Carter at the Internet Movie Database