Âé¶¹´«Ã½

Comment and Technology

Publish on the web and be damned

By Annalee Newitz

11 January 2006

HOWARD HALLIS is a comic book artist who made a big mistake. He used his website to publish parodies of Chick Tracts – Christian comic books chronicling the adventures of mixed-up teenagers who are rescued from lives of sex, drugs and Dungeons and Dragons when they find Jesus. Hallis drew a “Cthulhu Chick Tract” in which the confused youths eschew Jesus in favour of Cthulhu, H. P. Lovecraft’s infamous, slimy demon of the deep. Soon after Hallis posted it, his internet service provider received a letter from lawyers representing Chick Publications, ordering the ISP to take down Hallis’s comic…

Sign up to our weekly newsletter

Receive a weekly dose of discovery in your inbox. We'll also keep you up to date with Âé¶¹´«Ã½ events and special offers.

Sign up

To continue reading, today with our introductory offers

or

Existing subscribers

Sign in to your account
Piano Exit Overlay Banner Mobile Piano Exit Overlay Banner Desktop