Obama and Palin Team Up at Comic-Con
Kotaku has the excellent photo below from their former comment ombudsman Shiraz Malik at San Diego Comic-Con 2010.
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Choice Quotes
Avengers: The Children’s Crusade #1
Vision – They call themselves the Sons of the Serpent — a paramilitary sect devoted to maintaining racial and moral purity.
Patriot – They’re white supremacists.
Hawkeye – To be fair, they also hate gays and lesbians.
Patriot – And uppity women apparently.
and
Random bad guy – “As the serpent drove Adam and Eve from Eden… so shall we drive out the unfit — the inferior!”
Hulkling – You’re actually using the Bible to justify murder?
Random bad guy – What would you know about the Bible sodomite?
Brightest Day #5
Aquaman – They said it’d take weeks to find something that could withstand pressures at 5,000 feet so they could fix this leak. But they didn’t count on us, Mera.
Mera – The owners of this rig might be begging someone to clean up their reckless mess, but they won’t like our shutting down all their wells.
Aquaman – Too bad. They’re done drilling offshore. This fuel has done more damage than good to the world. It’s perpetuated war, greed and corruption.
Sparta U.S.A. #5
Narrator – Here in Sparta, we love our homes. “A Spartan’s home is his castle.” The great Ronald Reagan said that. If I’m remembering my American Patriots class right. Folks around here’d die defending their homes.
X-Men #1
Wolverine – Hell. Just when things were looking up. Al Qaeda in San Francisco.
Young Allies #2
Reed Richards – … it would have been impossible to stop him from instantly committing a terroristic act of suicide.
and
Singularity – Personally, I’m appalled. I thought we were supposed to be more sophisticated than those savages across the ocean from us.
Barack Hussein Obama by Steven Weissman
Barack Hussein Obama is the latest strip by Steven Weissman. Weissman is the creator of the long-running series of “Yikes!” adventures. I wish I could say I understand it, but not so much.
Kick-Ass Obama on National Review Cover
We’re not quite sure what to make of this but the respected magazine the National Review has President Obama as Kick-Ass on it’s cover along with Speaker Pelosi as Hit Girl and Majority Leader Reid as The Red Mist.
(h/t The Beat)
Review – Female Force: Nancy Pelosi
Speaker Nancy Pelosi is a political figure that draws out emotions. You either love her or hate her if you’re interested in politics at all and neither side can deny that she’s made history as the first female Speaker of the House. And that’s the main focus of the issue. Interestingly narrated by a Donkey and Elephant Pelosi’s life is chronicled in a humorous way.
We’re given the basics of Pelosi, her influences, family life and how she got into politics. We’re also given a general feel about her political stances. The glaring omission is her accomplishments as part of the leadership of the Democratic Party. While the issue lays it out that the like and dislike of her is mainly associated with your party, there’s many on the far left who’d disagree with that, but I digress.
The biography is general and hits the moments you’d expect it to, and I walked away learning more about the subject.
Spanning The Political Spectrum: Bluewater Releases Rush Limbaugh, Nancy Pelosi, Al Gore & Sonia Sotomayor Bio Comics This Week
Official Press Release
They span the spectrum of red and blue states. They are arguably some of the most fascinating and polarizing figures on the modern political stage today. And this week, supporters and detractors can get their hands on Bluewater’s biography comics on Rush Limbaugh, Nancy Pelosi, Sonia Sotomayor and Al Gore.
Female Force: Sonia Sotomayor, Female Force: Nancy Pelosi, Political Power: Rush Limbaugh and Political Power: Al Gore,are sold separately and are in comic book stores on May 5th. They are the latest additions to the successful line of Bluewater’s biography titles.
“These four individuals represent some of the most influential and historic figures of the 21st century,” said Bluewater president Darren Davis. “Each has a uniquely compelling story that defines who they are today and how they got there.”
Davis emphasizes that each of the titles strive to tell an even-handed story; that they are not “puff pieces or hatchet jobs” written from a skewed point of view.
“We understand that there are many that hold strong and passionate opinions, but Bluewater believes we have a responsibility to transcend the political rancor and give readers and honest accounting of these people’s lives and accomplishments,” Davis said.
According to Davis, the Sotomayor title has been requested for inclusion for the Supreme Court’s library archive.
The books feature several Bluewater creative talents including: Robert Schnakenberg and artist Cesar Feliciano (Sotomayor), Scott Davis and artist Giordanelli Corbellini (Gore), Dan Rafter and artist Oski Yanez (Pelosi) and Don Smith and artist JB Fernandes (Limbaugh)
Both the Female Force and Political Power biography comic book series strive to present biographies prominent individuals responsible for shaping the political and cultural landscape. Both series launched in 2009.
The comic book series, has drawn considerable media attention, including features on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, “The View” and “Live with Regis and Kelly.” It has also been featured in such periodicals as People Magazine, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, USA Today and thousands of blogs and other media outlets.
Female Force offers a broad examination of strong and influential women who are shaping modern history and culture. In past issues, the monthly series has featured Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, Stephenie Meyer, JK Rowling, Barbara Walters and others. Female Force individual issues are also available on Amazon.com, where they have been ranked among the site’s top 300 books.
The suggested retail price (SRP) for each issue is $3.99.
Obama’s Entrepreneurial Exchange Includes Muslim Comic Creator
In Cairo last year President Obama promised to help deepen ties between business leaders, foundations and entrepreneurs in the United States and Muslim communities around the world. Yesterday he kicked off a two-day Entrepreneurship Summit in Washington, DC.
Announced were new partnerships and initiatives:
We will bring business and social entrepreneurs from Muslim-majority countries to the United States and send their American counterparts to learn from your countries. Women in technology fields will have the opportunity to come to the United States for internships and professional development. And since innovation is central to entrepreneurship, we’re creating new exchanges for science teachers
The president cited Dr. Naif al-Mutawa of Kuwait as an example of the progress that’s been made.
His comic books have captured the imagination of so many young people with superheroes who embody the teachings and tolerance of Islam. After my speech in Cairo, he had a similar idea. In his comic books, Superman and Batman reached out to their Muslim counterparts. And I hear they’re making progress, too.
Dr. Al-Mutawa is the creator of THE 99-the first group of superheroes born of an Islamic archetype. The series follows a nonreligious group of 99 heroes who each personify one of Islam’s attributes of God.
From a 2006 Washington Post article covering the series:
We are creating a pop culture that has an Islamic underpinning or archetype. It is really global, or universal, an amalgam of everything that’s out there,” Al-Mutawa said. None of the characters carries weapons, and they are split evenly between men and women, only a handful of whom cover their hair, he said.
Dr. Al-Mutawa says the series goal is to “save save the children from embracing a culture of violence and death.”
Obama Meet Veronica and Veronica Meet Obama
Archie Comics’ Veronica #199 will feature a cameo by the darling of the comic book scene, President Barack Obama. The story sees Archie, Veronica and friends heading to Washington DC for a school field trip.
In a very impressive burst of speed the kids visit the Washington Monument, the World War II Memorial, the Korean War Memorial, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the Albert Einstein statue, and the National Archives, and name check the FDR and Jefferson Memorials before visiting Lincoln. They eventually head to the Smithsonian and Capitol before heading to the White House. All very impressive as visiting these in real life would take you quite a few days.
Veronica crashes the President’s press conference (a White House dinner wasn’t happening?) and gets to ask the President a question.
Veronica – What will be the main component to a full economic recovery?
President Obama – What a great question! Job creation will be a big part of economic recovery! When people are working, the system works!
We’ll do our best to cover this issue as it’s right up their with the fantastic “say no to drugs” issue we covered earlier. Does the White House/government fund Archie that they can just get these blatant propaganda pieces printed?
Tuesday Twitter Fun – Obama, Tea Party, ACTA and Oni
It’s a bonus round of Tuesday Twitter Fun. It’s a mixed bag of issues below.
Comic blogger Cameron Hatheway commented on some of the vile statements members of the Tea Party called various elected officials on Saturday, http://twitter.com/CamComicCorner.
Comic writer Gerry Conway decided to speak out about the current secret deal being worked on about copyright. ACTA would have major ripples on copyrights, fair use and intellectual property, http://twitter.com/gerryconway.
Kurt Busiek is new to Twitter but already he’s learning how much fun it can be when it comes to politics. Welcome Kurt by following him at http://twitter.com/KurtBusiek.
And finally Oni Press (who has shown they get new media) has some fun with President Obama and their announcement of the release of the newest Scott Pilgrim volume. Giver Oni a well deserved follow at, http://twitter.com/onipress.
Korea’s Educational Comics
The Korean Times is reporting that educational comic books are flourishing in Korea as a new way to grab the attention of children and engage teachers and adults. That wave of educational comics is making it’s way across the seas to here in the United States.
A comic bio series in English published by Dasan Books has been adopted as supplementary textbooks at a U.S. elementary school in New Jersey.
The New Jersey Fort Lee Elementary School announced it will use “The Obama Story,” “The Bill Gates Story” and “The Charles Darwin Story” for history, social studies and bilingual education classes for the second half of this year. The three books are part of the comic biography series aimed at third to sixth graders.
In February 2009 Dasan Books even opened up a branch in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey to enter the U.S. market. Six biography comics have so far been produced, including ones about Martin Luther King, Jr., Abraham Lincoln and Hillary Clinton. By August, volumes on Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg and Stephen Hawking will be released. Their plan is to release 50 bio comics over the next 18 months.
The Obama Story clocks in at 200 pages and targets children ages 8 to 12. It focuses on his life from his early child hood up to his recent election as President.
The comic biography series is available in some nations in North America and Asia via online bookstores.
