Available tracts

U-TURN: THE BOBBY McGEE STORY, produced in partnership with ChristSong Prison Ministry (see left). The story adaptation and pencil artwork of Bobby's testimony have been produced by a prison inmate. Finished inking is by professional Bruce Bezaire, the artist for the Dan Red Eagle Christian comics series.

FACE THE MUSIC: THE MANNY MILL STORY, created with special permission of Moody Publishers from Radical Redemption: The Real Story of Manny Mill by Manny Mill of Koinonia House® National Ministries, Inc. (see below, left). The story adaptation and pencil layouts were produced by a prison inmate. Finished inking is by professional political cartoonist and comic book artist Montos from Cuba.

How to get these tracts

All chaplains and inmates are eligible to receive a free sample of these printed mini-comic by postal mail. Please send your request to us by postal mail or electronically. (Chaplains: If you send your request via e-mail, please be sure to identify yourself as a Chaplain and include the name and address of the prison where you work.)

Inmate submissions

After reviewing the sample mini-comics, chaplains are invited to recommend Christian inmates and submit examples of their drawing and storytelling abilities either by postal mail or electronically. (Other prison ministry workers or family members may also help identify Christian inmates who are good artists and storytellers, but inmate submissions accompanied by a recommendation letter from a chaplain will receive first consideration.)

Christian comics professionals will review all inmate samples and recommendations. If an inmate is selected, one or more volunteer comics consultants may offer advice and instruction on producing or refining their own 7-page mini-comic. When and where possible, arrangements may be made with the chaplain for a volunteer comics consultant to meet with selected inmates in-person. Otherwise the inmate may be assisted via correspondence.

Selected inmates will produce all finished comic pages in pencil only. A Christian comics professional will ink and letter the comic to prepare it for reproduction, just like the comics featured above. COMIX35 will print the finished mini-comics.

The selected inmates will receive at least 1 copy of their printed mini-comic (more if their prison rules permit it). They will also receive a special Christian Comics Collection containing 1 copy each of 12 different Christian comic books and graphic novels (again, if their prison rules permit it).

Upon request, the recommending chaplain may receive up to 2000 copies of the printed mini-comic for distribution within their prison or the local community.

Additional copies of the selected inmates' mini-comics may be distributed in prisons across the US, to families of prisoners, and/or to at-risk youth, through other channels including partnering ministries in the Operation Starting Line collaboration.