Comments on: I Though He Already Was Mainly Fiction

By: Steynian 306

Steynian 306 — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:54:36 +0000

[...] LIVING ACTION HERO? IMAO: “Apparently Spider-Man is going to meet Obama in the comics. To keep comic book Obama [...]

By: Steynian 306 « Free Canuckistan!

Steynian 306 « Free Canuckistan! — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:24:08 +0000

[...] LIVING ACTION HERO? IMAO: “Apparently Spider-Man is going to meet Obama in the comics. To keep comic book Obama [...]

By: James S.

James S. — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:36:18 +0000

Obama’s in a comic. whoopdee freak’n doo! Reagan did it first and better than “The One” ever could hope too!

http://superherouniverse.com/articles/ronald_reagan/bad_guys.jpg

By: ManboobiesObamerman

ManboobiesObamerman — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:06:09 +0000

Parker? I barely knew her.

By: 5 of 7

5 of 7 — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 08:00:14 +0000

I remember “Superman Meets Mohammid Ali”.
To save Earth from an alien invasion, Superman and Mohammid Ali are forced to fight. Since the fight takes place on a world orbiting a red sun, Ali beats Superman like a rented mule, then goes on to knock the alien world’s champion, a genetically enhanced 9 foot monster, out of the ring.
(Superman, apparently in a coma, is allowed to return to Earth aboard a loaner starship, where he instantly regains his powers and wipes out the entire alien battlefleet while they are distracted by the Ali/Monster fight which was being broadcast as a sort of cosmic pay-for-view event). Yay! Earth is saved!
Ali and Superman shake hands and teach the youth of America a valuable lesson about cooperating in the face of adversity.

Obie wouldn’t stand a chance against Spiderman.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 05:28:13 +0000

All kidding aside, the more I think about it, the less I have a problem with it. Comic books, despite the mainstream movie treatment, are still a geeky hobby. Apparently the president-elect mentioned on the campaign trail that he liked comic books. Can’t really blame a comic book guy for picking up on that and deciding to put him in a comic.

Of course, I reserve the right to go back to my original snarky position if Obama gets anything more than a brief cameo and/or gets the Chris Matthews leg-tingle treatment.

By: 5 of 7

5 of 7 — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:58:25 +0000

Spiderman faces villains and monsters every month. What’s the big deal? I remember Reagan’s Raiders. I still have issue 1 and 2 somewhere. Any offers?

By: HCG

HCG — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:12:45 +0000

#9 Kent – Do you have cameras in my room?

By: MarkoMancuso

MarkoMancuso — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:52:40 +0000

Stephen’s comment made me LOL.

By: MuscleDaddy

MuscleDaddy — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:16:43 +0000

It will be “Not the Green Goblin that I knew”…

– MuscleDaddy

By: Samantha

Samantha — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:57:29 +0000

I have a feeling a Japanese manga of Obama will be next.

By: Eros

Eros — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:52:29 +0000

I pretty much grew up on Marvel comics (mainly Thor; most of my blood is Scandinavian, which explains that). The problem is that I quickly got sick of all their “firsts” (First hispanic super-hero, and the topper was the first gay super-heros about a decade ago). Since I found out that Stan Lee was part of Hitlery’s league of evil marxism supporters, there is no way I’d give another cent to Marvel. Aside from wanting to be a comic book illustrator in my youth, I learned long ago why God didn’t allow it…aside from the dweebs that run comic book shops, the convention geeks and the fact that many of the people in the industry are far-left, I probably would have cracked and would now be serving a life sentence for a mass murder spree.
I doubt, with the Marvel political leanings that Obama gets thrown into a vat of toxic waste and becomes the evil “Red Menace”, so I won’t miss any sleep over skipping this adventure. I wonder though…will “The One” turn out to have god-like powers and convince the Marvel universe to fight for socialism?
BTW…back in the mid-’80′s, there was a great underground comic called “Reagan’s Raiders”, where Ronnie and his staff put on red, white and blue mercenary outfits to blast commies, hippies and liberals at night…I wish I still had it. Hmmn…perhaps I should illustrate something like “The Patriot”….a war vet fighting the “League of D.C. Marxists”. Even if it doesn’t make a lot of money, it would be worth it to blow off some steam, and fun to take down the likes of Obama (The Antichrist), Reid (The Living Corpse), Pelosi (The Scarlet Bitch), Barney Frank (The Flamer), Byrd (The Grand Dragon), Michael Moore (The Rancid Blimp) and Sorros (The Evil Overlord)!

By: Master Shake

Master Shake — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:30:26 +0000

Well, that’s all I need to see. Obamuhhh is really a Skrull!

Time to call the Fantastic Four!

By: Aquaman

Aquaman — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:27:00 +0000

What a stupid idea for a comic book character.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:25:59 +0000

Is Spiderman stocking up on web-juice before The Empty Suit imposes a 500% tax (for the children!)??? Instead of the normal POW or ZOK, will we get onomatopoeia like TAX or UNILATERALLY NEGOTIATE or SANCTION? Will a group of Illinois garbage collectors try to “massage” Spidey? Will Peter Parker lose his White House press pass when the Daily Bugle mildly criticizes Obama?

By: Ed Flinn

Ed Flinn — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:58:09 +0000

“Green Goblin? He was just a ghoul in my neighborhood”

By: Kent

Kent — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:37:24 +0000

I realize that comics are somewhat mainstream now because people who would never venture into a comic shop will see a big budget action flick, but at the core, many comic fans are the very same basement dwellers who wear costumes in their mom’s basement, haven’t seen their dad since they were zygotes, are saving their allowance for a RealDoll, and post on the Daily Kos.

Not ALL comic fans, but rather a lot of them. The authors of successful comics are probably bent left because they are spawned from this pool, are remedial artists who would rather draw in class than learn or socialize with actual girls, probably have personality issues that function as coping mechanisms so that they think they are special rather than socially dysfunctional, and out of this and much labor over drafting tables in fantasy worlds, they eventually get some fame, money, and notoriety with the sort of women who CosPlay at sci fi conventions.

I used to say that if you don’t think sci fi conventions are freakshows you don’t stay up late enough. The last few I spoke at about space technology a few years ago didn’t seem to have any inhibition about showing off S&M welts out of leather costumes at two in the afternoon.

So yeah, I’m sure they love Obama.

By: Tommy the Towelhead

Tommy the Towelhead — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:36:51 +0000

He can’t really fly, but he SAYS he can, and that’s all that matters. The “O” logo on his tights is a good one for a comic book character: it’s a large, impressive letter but with nothing in the middle, and pronounced by rounding the lips as a White House intern might …

By: Phelps

Phelps — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:36:16 +0000

Sooooo… what secret are we going to find out about Spidey that causes BHO to throw him under the bus?

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:23:38 +0000

The image of Obama that most people hold is largely fictional, so I don’t see the problem.

By: bunkerboy

bunkerboy — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:18:39 +0000

Spidey and Obama team up and go to Africa to look for Obama’s one half-brother who’s NOT eating chicken shit off a dirt floor – the king of mysterious Wakanda, T’challa – better known as The Black Panther!

Obama convinces T’challa that his real duty lies in America – to help his people’s communities organize fellow Black Panthers into the cop-killers that social justice demands. Excelsior!

By: Trish

Trish — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:30:25 +0000

Mama was right. Comic books will be our ruination.

By: Unistat

Unistat — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:27:13 +0000

I am so completely disgusted with Marvel for the past year. They were really running on a hot streak. Dissasembled and House of M were great, then Civil War was just crappy (good concept, poor execution) culminating with the Death of Cap! Come on! Secret Invasion looks OK, especially if they use it to explain away some of the worst parts of Civil War.

By: MarkoMancuso

MarkoMancuso — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:23:05 +0000

I always hated comics.

By: Upnorthlurkin

Upnorthlurkin — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:44:44 +0000

I thought that’s where the t-shirt ad with the one tearing his shirt open to reveal the superman (costume…no, outfit….no..)uniform came from…. What a coincidence!