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Faithmouse is a long-running independent online Catholic/Christian editorial cartoon. = It used to be known primarily as Right-Wing (with links and posts on sites suc= h as Alan Keyes Renew Ame= rica and Newsmax) but is currently a non-partisan ca= rtoon with a following on a number of pop culture boards to which I regularly contribute. It isn’t an= ti-Christian satire, but I hope an increasingly honest and upfront cartoon with a truly Christian attitude

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http://faithmouse.blogspot.com/2006/04/= sincere-proposal.html

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Aft= er I posted the above, many of my previous fans abandoned the cartoon, which has continued to head off into a more self-critical direction.

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A r= ecent post, including an insightful breakdown of four of my recent cartoons-=

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/di= scuss/duboard.php?az=3Dview_all&address=3D389x2968804

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A n= umber of Flash-based archives are posted on my blog. Thousands of additional pieces can= be found by searching ‘faithmouse’ and ‘faith mouse’ in major search engines and on forums and on blogs= which discuss the cartoon. A wider variety of results can be gained by searching ‘faithmouse’ with additional terms. = Portal Of E= vil and the Faithmouse Megathread at Something Awful are the best maintained recent archives and forums,= and features most recent cartoons.

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Most sincerely,

Dan= Lacey

The following is a badly organized partial collection of commentary and posting regarding the cartoon which I have discovered online. More can be discovere= d by searching my past blog posts.=

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DarthVersace

Jul 26, 2001

I am The Everything.

All right, DAN. His work's evolved for the better ever since he dropped the punditry. I've mi= ssed his lunacy.

Y'think there's any way he could be lured int= o BSS? This thread, specifically?

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Aug 07, 2002

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All right, DAN. His work's evolved for the better ever since he dropped the punditry. I've mi= ssed his lunacy.

Y'think there's any way he could be lured int= o BSS? This thread, specifically?

Seeing as he somehow got convinced to get a SA account despi= te the fact he basically accused the place of holding the nails, I wouldn't expect it to be too hard.

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Psion

Dec 13, 2002

CRANKY OLD MAN

Heresiarch posted:

When you're pre-ordering something obscure through Amazon, t= he number of "customers who bought this" is very small, so the "Customers who bought Gunnerkrigg Court: Orientation also bought" listing is eclectic.

Ha. That's pretty interesting.

Tea-san, I don't know if you can comment on this, but are you getting abo= ut as many or fewer or more preorders than you (and your publisher) thought?=

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Neeksy

Mar 29, 2007

Je pense, donc je suis une figure anthropomorph= e.

I... really don't know what to make of this Faithmouse. Is there some kind of context or history I'm missing out on?

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Aug 25, 2004

Tantum via caeli = per ferro incendioque est.<= br>

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I... really don't know what to make of this Faithmouse. Is there some kind of context or history I'm missing out on?

Formerly uber-Christian cartooni= st Dan Lacey used to draw a religious cartoon with such messages as "aborti= on is bad, yo" and "fuck the liberals!= " but coupled with psychotic symbolism that a schizophrenic couldn't make s= ense of. And then he went crazy.

Now he draws the same comic with essentially the same message, except now= Gay Bear fantasizes of having sex with Jesus and one of the female characters named Taint masturbated with a huge butt plug while dreaming of Barack Obama.

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DarthVersace

Jul 26, 2001

I am The Everything.

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I... really don't know what to make of this Faithmouse. Is there some kind of context or history I'm missing out on?

Faithmouse used to be (i= n my opinion) a very dry, predictable, uninspired political strip that parroted neo-conservative, fundamentalist Christian values without offering anythi= ng in the way of insight or analysis on the behalf of its creator (Dan Lacey= ). He bashed the ACLU (even when it was repeatedly pointed out to him they frequently went to bat for religious freedom), bought into the "acti= vist judges" and "War on Christmas" panics (the primary antagon= ist in both being a lesbian pagan judge with a buzzcut), and had a character that was an aborted fetus, Never= born. He also had that ridiculous but all-too-common habit of depicting American Christians as under siege and mercilessly persecuted, despite the fact th= ese strips were done during the most frothing, fervent days of the Bush administration. Back then, Faithmouse, for me, vacillated between banal and sneering, neither of which made it worth reading.

But a while back, I can't really pinpoint when, Dan started experimenting with the strip in completely unpredictable ways. He introduced a character called Gaybear, a gay Christian bear who got = hard-ons for Christ. Then Poot, a giant walking ass who ate things, then shat them out broken and wasted. (Consumerism?) His comics always had a slight problem with being indecipherable, because he was so preoccupied with the symbolism of every= thing he drew; he eventually stopped caring about making the things accessible = at all. His shit seriously went Dada for a while. It was extraordinary.

He has a new character, Taint, who is an evil Faithm= ouse. (Made even more interesting by the fact that Faithmo= use is basically Dan's wife in mouse form.) Taint is pregnant and wants an abortion, constantly naked, has a huge stable of intimidating sex toys, w= orks at a strip club (or as the cigarette girl in a casino), and is covered in tattoos and piercings. Dan really likes drawi= ng her. A lot. Sometimes masturbating.

The latent Freudian in me wants to ask about his mother.

DarthVersace fucked around = with this message at Mar 03, 2008 around 17:21

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Oct 16, 2003

~*~dOiN' It~*~

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The latent Freudian in me wants to ask about his mother.

I would love for him to call into Lovel= ine.

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Jul 23, 2006

Wait a minute! That's not a turtle at all! That's a fucking dinosaur!

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I don't think concepts really matter. When stated plainly as= a concept nothing really sounds interesting. If you want early criticism, w= ork out an actual comic idea: not an outline of what you plan to do, but an actual scene or chapter. A concept could be taken in a million different = directions and turn out awesome no matter how retarded it initially sounds, so it's better to show people what you're actually going to do with it if you want criticism.

This sounds like excellent advice, and I= 'm going to start making something of it right now.

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FAITHMOUSE

Faithmouse is a personal= tour of a madman's imagination and it is a wonderful, wonderful thing.

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A s= election of comments previous to my 'A Sincere Proposal' post-

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One of the most unusual and most delightful web sites around, Faithmouse.com is sure to become one of your favorites. There you'll meet a creative conservative Christian artist who has mixed the best of Bill Buckley and Bugs Bunny to come up with a great new hero whose comments on contemporary culture are of great value.' ~Denny Hartford, = Vital Signs Ministries

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I first encountered Faithmouse at Men's News Daily. At f= irst I didn't get much of it, but eventually, with the help of the blog I figured out what was going on and now find it quite informative. I am an atheist, b= ut I try hard not to be a jerk about it. Even when I disagree with a given carto= on (or series or them,) I find the faith expressed touching and the artistic talent impressive. I wish I had either, but since I have neither, I simply enjoy the cartoons for what they are: one man's remarkable statement of fai= th in an indifferent world.
Good luck always, Faithmouse.~emailer John Q <= /o:p>

...having read a few of your other cartoons.. I think you should change the name to NaziMouse.. and I thought christians thought love and tolerance... oh wait thats Buddists... Maybe y= our next one can have Faith Mouse beating a black child quoting "spare the rod = spoil the child" because I am sure you are agianst the welfare system.. and = equal rights... maybe him beating his wife because she gave her opinion.... ~Anonymous Comics Sherpa comment

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..Faithmouse, however, is wingnut gold. I am still amazed by the cartoon of Terri Schiav= o welcoming Pope John Paul II into heaven. That's just...wow. <= span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
~Jack of None at World of Crap=

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I hope you mind, but I have invested in a little of Faithmouse's Blogshare, a= nd put a link on my other blogpage too... ... I really love your stuff...~God Bless you heaps, Joister

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Dan Lacey over at Faithmouse gave me a nice plug last we= ek. A lot like a lot of military chaplains, I happen to enjoy reading Dan's com= ic. If you read through his archives, you'll find that not only does Faithmouse contain a clean, tolerant, and non-violent message, there's a few instances= of abstract creativity that pretty much defy what a standard comic should be. = If you've been reading 11.975MHz since its inception a few years ago, you'll k= now that I love that kind of stuff.
I've said this before, but the negative reactions Faithm= ouse receives are both staggering and hilarious. How can anyone possibly get so upset over such a harmless, happy cartoon?

~Lcpl Forsythe, Ethan L USMC, creator of Listening to 11.975MHz

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I am a Christian (Roman Catholic) living in Canada,= and I wish to express my appreciation of your comic strip "Faithmouse".= I just discovered "Faithmouse" two or three weeks ago, and I have b= een checking out your delightful (and enlightening) cartoon strip daily. I find Faithmouse, herself, gentle yet forthright. The setting, characters and sit= uations reflect some of the day to day issues encountered by the contemporary Christian. I have taken the liberty of sending your site to some of my frie= nds. Thank you for "Faithmouse", Dan! ~Sincerely in Christ Jesus, Paul, London Ontario, Canada

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Jesus was a liberal. May he forgive your sinning soul. ~Anonymous emailer <= /span>

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Jesus voting for a lying murde= rer? one of the greatest liberal-humanitarians in human his= tory voting for one of the biggest facist murderers = in human history... have you lost your mind? i am so completely offended. Jesus never said it was ok to lie to a nation to convince them to masacre 100,000 innocent peopl= e in order to make a profit. i think you really need to read the Bible, because you obviously haven't; or = if you did, then it was seriously over your head. try doing some critical thinking every now and then, it might help. ~Jessica

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I am a Catholic and a moderate liberal from Long Island. Ever since I found out about your site= via Portal of Evil, I've been drawn to it ever since. I don't know why; I don't agree with the majority of your views. Perhaps it's the surreal nature of y= our cartoons, or that your cartoons go from saccharinely religious to cynically neo-conservative to just plain puzzling in the same we= ek.Anyway, for the past month or so, I--armed with MS Paint--have been making some parodies of some of your comics. I kind of feel like a jerk for showing you these, since you've never done anything bad to me (well, not directly, anyw= ay). I just hope you at least get a kick out of them (NOTE: some parodies contain cuss words). Enjoy...and keep on drawing. ~Dan V.

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wow...u really have ur heads way 2 far up the wrong side. ur christian, so u should know jesus never wanted wars. but hey, maybe when u die ull go 2 heaven and god'll tell u ur= wrong. maybe he'll be merciful and give ya a second chance but hey, ya know what, i wouldnt. dumb christians. get a life ~emailer urmom

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I wanted to know if it is okay to print any of your cart= oons in our
church newsletter? I ran acro= ss them and thought they were great. ~Debbra, Evangelistic Center Church, Kansas City, Ks.

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We knew Randor as a 10 year = old, jumping high on our trampoline at our lake cabin in = Minnesota. He reached more altitude th= an most of the neighborhood kids. In fact, he still reaches new heights as a mature Christian man, father, and warrior. Your photo of Randy and his son = Zak is especially touching. He was raised as an hones= t, God-fearing young man along with his siblings. His parents were and still <= span class=3DGramE>are, our best of friends. They can be justly proud of = the family they raised. "Randors" faith, = ethics and dedication come as no surprise to those of us who watched him grow.
We enjoy your website, your cutting sense of humor, and message of faith. We have chuckled over your cartoons, filled with tongue in cheek messages for everyone. Gentle ribbing will likely get your points acr= oss. May you have all the continued success, and Gods blessing on you all. ~Art & Julie <= o:p>

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I expected you'd be offended by my last correspondence a= nd probably wouldn't want to speak with me again. As far as Hannity and Colmes, I'd prefer to be Hannity... he's better looking and gets better publishing deals.
Just as a note on your last blog post, though... I didn't discover your website through Portal of Evil. Actually I discovered Portal = of Evil through your website... but I only went there once and didn't like it.= I may be an atheist but that doesn't mean I enjoy wallowing in negativity. Yo= u've managed to keep up a good attitude in the face of it. I hope you always continue to do so.
I discovered Faithmouse from a link on bushcountry.org w= hile collecting points of view on the Passion of the Christ media-generated pseudo-controversy. You were running your Passion series at the time. I reviewed a few different conservative Christian comic strips but found your= s to be the only one of artistic merit... plus it was interesting so I continued= to follow it. I figure... why would I expose myself only to points of view I expect to agree with?
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I love your comic and was wondering if I could get a commission done. Maybe faithmouse and augustine cat (description of impossible act deleted) while the bear does FM. Money i= s no object P.S. does gaybear have a hairlip? you can get that fixed nowadays ~John MacArthur

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this str= ip obvously reflects a protestant bias against gambling, however, remember many protestants buy lottery tickets and Catholic christians know that it's OK to gamble. ~Anonymous Co= mics Sherpa commentary

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Oh wow! It's Dan Lacey, the author of FaithMouse! I'm honored, I'm a great fan of your work. It's = really surreal and confusing, I like that. Blessed be, live long and prosper and w= hat not. ~Occidental Martyr,in<= /span> response to a Live Journal post

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You are a great commentator on life and what a gift you have.
The one with the Holy Father and the lawn mower, that was and is a stroke of genius on your part.. ~emailer Sue

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This is a simple question for you:Your "cartoon", Faith Mouse....I don= 't get it. It doesn't seem like an editorial cartoon to me. See, editorial cartoons usually attempt to argue a point (And generally are funny in doing so.), bu= t I see very little of that going on. Your cartoons seem to only say "Prai= se God" or "Dubya's Great", which i= s alright (Not by MY standards though) but it's not enough to just SAY it without bac= king it up. (Also there's the inherent lack of humor in this thing....I don't get it.) Sincerely (Not really), JnvRe= no
P.S. In THIS:http://www.faithmouse.com/ed= 11toon.jpg : Cartoon, you feature a picture of a Flaming Lips poster. Just a question, what do you intend to infer by this? Are you saying the Flaming L= ips aren't good? Because they are better than everything else in the mainstream radio these days. ~emailer = Just Curious.

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Hello again, Dan... Been a brief while since I wrote -- there's a whole lot of activity in this world of ours lately. The pictures = from Fallujah, the death of Pat Tillman, the al-Qaida bombings in Madrid, the continuing chaos in Afghanistan (largely dwarfed by the war in Iraq), the pictures from Abu Ghraib, the footage of Nick Berg's execution, the bet= rayal of state secrets by Mr. Chalabi, the apparent sanctioning of prisoner torture by our own leaders... this insanity seems t= o go on and on and on without a pit stop, doesn't it? And it required the death = of Ronald Reagan to take our minds off of all that. Up front: The main reason = I'm writing again concerns the 6-6-04 entry of faithmouse in ComicsSherpa. So far, it's the best memorial to Reagan I've seen. There's a whole lot of utter nonsense emanating from both Reagan's harshest detractors and his doe-eyed fans these days, and your modest entry transcends all of that. Goo= d -- I'm glad I saw it. Personal observation: I'm not a Reagan fan -- I think th= at plenty of what his critics have to say is true -- but I recognize greatness when I see it. Compared to George W. Bush, Ronald Reagan looks like Patton,= and the closest we have to a Patton these days is Colin Powell -- and the way h= e's been treated is a crying shame...) The downside: Reagan will be fittingly memorialized and respectfully laid to rest, as he should be. But the morning after... well, we'll be rejoining the living. And many of the living seem t= o be intractably pissed. I'm not sure they don't have the right to be. ~email fr= om JY

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Faithmouse is sweet and brilliant. ~Digital Chirper<= /o:p>

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Can you please explain your cartoons? I don't find them funny, or enlightening, or educational, or artistic? Have you graduated from high school? Can you read? I am a die-hard conservative, and a friend (a pr= etty stupid friend by the way) told me to check out your site. I find it to be extraordinarily, confusingly, moronic. What am I missing? ~Thank you -NEE

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You are the anti-Ted Rall ~A= nthony Gadinni