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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
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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
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All right, DAN. |
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Cowcaster Aug 07, 2002
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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
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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 Ha. That's pretty interesting. |
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Neeksy Mar 29, 2007
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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? |
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McGravin Aug 25, 2004
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b>Neeksy<=
/i> posted: 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. |
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DarthVersace Jul 26, 2001
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<=
b>Neeksy<=
/i> posted: 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=
span>),
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. DarthVersace fucked around =
with
this message at Mar 03, 2008 around 17:21 |
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Nate Breakman
Oct 16, 2003
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span> posted: The latent Freudian in me wants to ask about his mother. I would love for him to call into Lovel=
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Mywhatacleanturtle<=
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b>copyrezo posted: 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=
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b>DarthVersace=
span> posted: FAITHMOUSE Faithmouse is a personal=
tour
of a madman's imagination and it is a wonderful, wonderful thing. |
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http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?postid=3D340528881
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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
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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
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...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=
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gold. I am still amazed by the cartoon of Terri Schiav=
o
welcoming Pope John Paul II into heaven. That's just...wow. <=
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~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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sp;
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
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Jesus was a liberal. May he forgive your sinning soul. ~Anonymous emailer <=
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Jesus voting for a lying murde=
rer?
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I am a Catholic and a moderate liberal from
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wow...u
really have
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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
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 <=
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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<=
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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
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Faithmouse is sweet and brilliant. ~Digital
Chirper
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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=
span>
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You are the anti-Ted Rall ~A=
nthony
Gadinni