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Chaplain Dann: The Human Tract Dispenser

Fred Carter used this photo of Dann to draw Rev. Wonderful.

Many people have passed out many tracts, but few can compare with the millions of tracts dispersed by one man: Chaplain Dann. If you read a lot of Chick tracts, you've seen Chaplain Dann at work. He's the fellow who gave Dr. Westhall a tract in the Reverend Wonderful. He does the same to a woman in The Letter tract. In both instances, he's scorned for his efforts. Politically Correct Christians are embarrassed and outraged that he would DARE pass out such "hate lit." But that doesn't stop Chaplain Dann from passing out more. He figures the more outraged they become, the more it proves they need the Gospel.

Chaplain Dann looks exactly the way he does in the tracts. His name is really Chaplain Dann as well. Even his truck if faithfully represented in the tract, complete with the actual license tag, "1hope-4U". Chaplain Dann owns a landscaping business, and also ministers to prisoners. You could call him a modern Johnny Apple Seed, only he plants tracts, as well as actual trees!

Chaplain Dann met Jack Chick back in 1975 and remains friends with him. The two have a lot in common. Both are WW2 vets, and both feel the word of God has been watered down with modern translations and political correctness. In fact, it was Chaplain Dann who told Chick about the modern theologians bad-mouthing the King James Bible in Seminaries, and that story became the central plot of Chick's comic book, Sabotage. The image of the central character pictured on the the inside back cover is that of Chaplain Dann (from his wedding picture). The main character is also called "Slator", which is Dann's real last name.

He is also known as Cowboy Chaplain Dann, because he used to rope cattle before the war and clings to his Western roots. Dann has actually drawn and written several of his own tracts. Although they can't compare to the art of Jack Chick or especially Fred Carter, they are fun to read for Chick fans. One reason is because he cuts out and pastes his image from Chick's tracts into his own tracts. So you'll be reading a rather crudely drawn tract with hand drawn lettering when suddenly, the beautiful line art of Fred Carter jumps out at you and Dann appears in character, then suddenly, it returns a completely different style.

Even as Dann enters his retirement years, he continues to evangelize using various Chick tracts and comics. For the last quarter of a century, he routinely journeys to Chick Publications to stock up on materials which he sends at his own expense to prisons and other needy missionary outlets.

If you would like to help Chaplain Dann defray the ongoing costs of his volunteer effort, you can do so by sending your contributions (checks preferred) and we'll forward them for you. Address your letter to:

Chaplain Dann Slator

c/o Jack Chick Museum of Fine Art

3202 Enterprise Drive

Tallahassee, FL 32312

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