I just came across this image and I must say, I'm debating whether or not to move into the mountains and write a manifesto... This comic, available next Wednesday (6/24/09) is everything that is WRONG with the industry right now.
Really? I think it looks like a brilliant satire based solely on the image, but I've been told I have bad taste before. They should have made an allusion that the girl on his leg was a liberal arts student.
" I just came across this image and I must say, I'm debating whether or not to move into the mountains and write a manifesto... This comic, available next Wednesday (6/24/09) is everything that is WRONG with the industry right now.
Barack the Barbarian #1 "
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As a faithful Conan The Barbarian fan, I want to tear my eyes out right about now.
I disagree that this is everything that is wrong with comics these days.
What is wrong with DC comics is a desperate need to bring back the silver age (which generally sucked) at the expense of fun. What is wrong with Marvel comics is the need for crossover events that don't make sense at the expense of fun.
That being said, I do agree that we dont' need Obama comics.
"Why all the supposed need to add Obama in all of the comics?I applaud DC for not following Marvel, Image, Dark Horse, etc in this"
Did Marvel do an Obama comic or has he just made appearances?I don't see a problem with Obama showing up when it calls for the president to show up (they essentially did that when Bush was in office). "
Mostly (as well as in other companies except for IDW) it's only appearances. That said when Marvel or other companies make a lot of buzz about the appearance like with the Spiderman/Obama team-up it just feels wrong
Don't get me wrong, I think its great that our country passed alot of racial barriers and elected its 1st black president. But I mean come on people... he's our president not a friggin iconic celebrity. (not supposed to be IMO) I just don't understand why people are all up on the man's nutz. Is that supposed to be Dick Cheney in the background???
and then there's that ridiculously retarded "President Evil" thing coming out soon. Seriously, it's like the comic book industry has become some giggling school girl with a crush typing internet slash fiction.
Course we can blame SOME of it on those who made that Spider-Man Obama issue sell like hotcakes.
" I just came across this image and I must say, I'm debating whether or not to move into the mountains and write a manifesto... This comic, available next Wednesday (6/24/09) is everything that is WRONG with the industry right now.
Barack the Barbarian #1 "
admit it. it turns you on. you know its a fact. you cant hate something, that you dont love. you have to have passionate feelings for it, before you can feel betrayed by it.lol. otherwise it wouldnt matter.
Double standard here...you think palins hot but don't like the President Obama one?...evolve people..it's 2009 for pete's sake.
Since when did so many bigots start reading comics? Seems to me that if you can root for someone green or red or blue that you'd be more spiritually enlightened....guess not.
" Double standard here...you think palins hot but don't like the President Obama one?...evolve people..it's 2009 for pete's sake. Since when did so many bigots start reading comics? Seems to me that if you can root for someone green or red or blue that you'd be more spiritually enlightened....guess not. "
Chick in a bikini... dude in a loin cloth... I'm pretty sure heterosexual men will chose the first one. So we're all racist if we don't want our president whored on every piece of merchandise available?
" Double standard here...you think palins hot but don't like the President Obama one?...evolve people..it's 2009 for pete's sake. Since when did so many bigots start reading comics? Seems to me that if you can root for someone green or red or blue that you'd be more spiritually enlightened....guess not. "
No one said she was hot. It's ALL laughable. You're the only person in here making a remark about skin color, so what makes the rest of us bigots? "
@Michael6ft7 says: Apparently you dont read well. Scroll up and you will see at least 2 references to her being hot and one of President Obama being a gimp. A guilty horse usually flinches. I didnt make a remark about anyones skin color. The litmus test of a bigot is not their mentioning a fellow americans pigment, but their obvious bias and disdain for someone for no other apparent reason other than their greater protection to UV rays.
" @Michael6ft7: I caught it a few minutes ago and deleted it, because I haven't read through these in months. Thanks for the preaching I guess "
@inferiorego:
Michael6ft7 says:
You erroneously prejudge me in assuming that i was in error of what was posted. Then when you find you are mistaken you delete the post and give me a sardonic "thank you".
"@Aronmorales: Ummm...this one is. The media has made him into a friggin rock star. "
Obama is a popular president...and he's doing a lot of good for the country...can't understand why some dislike him so. We are in tough times...and he's our president...seems quite unamerican to not get behind him and help...or at the very least not demean him at every turn.
I would submit that a president is infinitely more important than a rock star...what do they rock stars do?...use illegal drugs, objectify women and promote a lack of morals through their lyrics? Hardly anything that should be celebrated. Saving a country from the brink however...
That image is funny but having a whole issue about it is the pinnacle of stupid. The Obama bandwagon is laaaame. I voted for the guy but I realize he's human.
on a short serious serious note. Obama isnt staring in comic books. thats not a live person. thats a drawing. thats something artists are choosing to do. theyre depicting him. sometimes in a positive normal manner, sometimes in satirical, and im not sure where the surprise is in satire seeing the current prominant figure show up? nor seeing that in anything really. we didnt see alot of the last president, other than alot of the back of his head. then again he was notable for throwing entertainers in jail who talked about him and having satire about him shut down, so thats notable. lastly, Obama is a supporter personally of the comics industry. naturally we'll see him on our end. which is a good thing in my mind that Capitol Hill has a special place for our favorite reads right now. outside the last fact, it wouldnt be any differant if Hilary was president right now. In fact she already appeared in some herself, of course in the satirical ones. but if she was in the big chaiir, she would likewise be the one gracing the covers.
Number of Presidential appearances in Comics (according to the vine)
Obama: 21 issues (His CV bio is significantly longer than other Presidents) George W Bush: 44 issues. Bill Clinton: 58 issues George Bush Sr.: 16 issues Ronald Reagan: 66 issues Jimmy Carter: 18 issues Gerald Ford: 12 issues\ Richard Nixon: 44 issues Lyndon Johnson: 23 issues John Kennedy: 31 issues Eisenhower: 0 Harry Truman: 13 issues Franklin Roosevelt: 54
I think Obama is the only one to have his own book.
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