Behind the scenes with EXECUTIVE POWER
We're used to reading all the interviews about the series that are coming but, but Kiel Phegley at CBR presents a rare look at an idea that didn't make it with Joe Casey's...
Aaaaaand one more: Hope for Alfred E. Neuman
Via Boing Boing, Mad Magazine's take on Shepard Fairey's now iconic Obama poster. Fairey has a gallery of parodies of the poster, but apparently it's been boing boing'd and is down for a while....
The day in political cartooning
§ Gawker predicts hard times for political cartoonists if Obama is elected. Part of the problem is that caricaturing the African-American candidate could draw accusations of racism. What's really interesting about the piece is...
Important people who read comics
§ Manga-loving Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso -- who is actually not all that popular, and whose championing of manga and other youth culture stuff is an attempt to curry favor with voting youths...
No duh: Bluewater announces Sarah Palin comic
Saracuda is getting her own comic book, following in the footsteps of John McCain, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton. But sadly, after getting flak for using an awkward cover pose for their Hillary comic,...
Famous people who read comics
Via everywhere on earth:
"Contrary to the rumors you have heard, I was not born in a manger. I was actually born on Krypton and sent here by my father, Jor-El, to save the planet...
Your political moment
Comic Industry for Obama has a big eBay auction up, including a Jaime Hernandez drawing of Maggie in an Obama T-shirt. What are you waiting for?
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And in this corner, John McCain as the...
Art of the moment
Drew Friedman in The New York Observer. Hey, it's better than the picture of Obama riding a narwhal that's making the rounds...we think.
SPX: Outside Looking In: Alternative Political Cartooning in 2008
WE can't see much interest in this topic; can you?
Come see the best Bush bashing, Republican ripping, McCain mangling and best of all, Obama backing cartoonists in America!!!!!
Outside Looking In: Alternative Political Cartooning in...
New Hillary cover for Bluewater
Bluewater has corrected the number of stripes on the American flag on the cover of their Hillary bio, and redone it so it looks like her, but it still looks a lot like some...
Bluewater’s Hillary comic
Bluewater Productions sent out some PR yesterday about a new comic based on the life of Hillary Clinton -- guess this political thing is so big even the comics are getting in on it....
