Herman Cain was an interesting Presidential candidate when it came to all things geeky. His tax plan came from the video game Sim City and he had a habit of quoting Pokemon. In a rally with Stephen Colbert, the one time candidate went all the way and sang the theme from the Pokemon movie he loved to quote.
Tomorrow is the Iowa Caucus, the first official vote of the 2012 Presidential campaign. Leading up to it a rather ambitious young man decided to hit the candidates with some hard questions. If they could be any super hero, who would they be?
Mitt Romney – Superman
Rick Santorum – Mr. Incredible
Herman Cain – Superman
Jon Huntsman – Spider-Man
Ron Paul – refused to play the game
Rick Perry – Superman
Newt Gingrich – Superman
I have to give nerd cred points to Huntsman, the man seemed like he could go a while about why he liked Spider-Man, though he also mentioned Batman. As far as interacting, Newt comes off as human, not just willing to give an answer, but also listen to the kid’s. Paul I can only picture yelling “get off my lawn.”
Supervillains have some batshit insane plans and say the darnedest things. Former Speaker of the House and current Republican Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has some batshit insane plans and says some of the darnedest things. Can you tell them apart? The website Supervillain or Newt gives you an idea or quote and you get to figure out if it’s a supervillain who said it or Newt Gingrich. I only got 5 out of 10 right.
It’s new comic day, what’s everyone getting?
Around the Blogs:
ICv2 – ‘Marvel HeroClix: The Incredible Hulk’ – I really wish I had people to play with by me.
Bleeding Cool – Brian Wood, Steve Niles, Fred Van Lente, And Steve Lieber On Comic Business Models In A Digital World – Interesting read.
Kotaku – The Time a Green Fairy Called Newt Gingrich a “Fascist” – Having worked for Warner and being one of the people behind his trip into Second Life, I wish we went forward.
Around the Tubes Reviews:
CBR – The Defenders #1
IGN – The Defenders #1
MTV Geek – The Defenders #1
It’s Tuesday and that just means one day until new comics! Yay!
Around the Blogs:
Comics Alliance – Herman Cain Suspends Campaign, Confesses Pokemon Inspiration – Herman Cain, I still choose you.
The Beat – Shamus’s last days at the Wizard World bunker – An interesting read.
Archcomix – Faces for Radio: Republican Nominee Caricatures – Very nice.
Around the Tubes Reviews:
CBR – Daredevil #6
MTV Geek – Saturn Apartments, Vols. 1-4
The weekend is here and it’s a long weekend! Yay! To kill some time, here’s news you might have missed.
Around the Blogs:
Death & Taxes – Do Rick Perry and Superman Have the Same Swagger? – Does that make Romney Bizzaro Superman?
ComiChron – DC reboot boosts September 2011 unit sales – Anyone shocked about this?
The Mary Sue – Netflix Strikes Exclusive Deal For AMC’s The Walking Dead – Ok, maybe I won’t give up my Netflix.
The New York Times – Barnes & Noble in Graphic Novel Dispute – Having talked to publishers stores like Barnes and Noble sell magnitudes more in graphic novels compared to comic book stores.
Con Coverage:
The Beat – Dont forget: this weekend is GeekGirl Con in Seattle
Around the Tubes Reviews:
CBR – Animal Man #2
ICv2 – Gon Vol. 1
USA Today – Holy Terror
MTV Geek – Snarked #1
MTV Geek – Solatorobo: Red The Hunter
CBR – The Walking Dead #89
Matt Bors has posted up the excellent cartoon below which shows off Rick Perry as the Punisher, which is the comic book character I picked for him in this Sunday’s radio show.
There’s so many small touches to this that makes it fantastic.
The entire gang is back, it’s Brett, Elana and Ken discussing the first round of the DC comics reboots. Also, Rick Perry said if he could be any comic character, it’d be Superman. That got us thinking, which characters would the rest of the Presidential field be? Find out in the latest episode of Graphic Policy Radio.
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The entire team is back! Brett, Elana and Ken discuss the latest comic book news. Scheduled to be discussed this week:
1) DCnU – The first batch of books of DC comics big reboot/revamp.relaunch have been released. What stood out? What’s already headed for cancellation? Find out our opinions here.
2) Presidential candidate Rick Perry said if he could be any super hero it’d be Superman. We talk about that mismatch and what other super heroes and villains this batch of candidates remind us of.
So join us Sunday and make sure to join the chat by calling in or on Twitter.
Graphic Policy Radio: Politics and Comics of the Multiverse this Sunday starting at 8pm.
It’s the weekend, which I’m spending catching up on three weeks worth of reviews (and attempting to fit in other things). What’s everyone else up to?
Around the Blogs:
The Beat – The Flaws of Kickstarter, part 1 – Absolutely disagree with this post and I’ll have my reasons next week.
Spinoff Online – The Hulk TV Series Won’t Tie Into Marvel Films, Del Toro Says – Not sure my thoughts about this.
Mashable – 14 Million U.S. Adults Used QR Codes in June [STUDY] – We’re seeing more and more QR codes in comics and at conventions.
GamePolitics – Swiss Police Association Calls for Ban of The Darkness II – Sigh….
Kotaku – Republican Presidential Candidate Herman Cain Doesn’t Want You to Know About His Pokémons – I picked up on this during the debate. He had another quote too from the movie.
Around the Tubes Reviews:
CBR – Batman and Robin #26
Info Press – The Never Weres
Giant Fire Breathing Robot – Phonogram, Rue Britannnica
