Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Barack the Barbarian

Yes I bought it, and so should you. It actually looks like some fun political satire. Also, c'mon, the art? Freaking sweet. A lot of comics bloggers like to bitch about how certain comics are cashing in on Obama. But I don't see anything wrong with it. Look, some people like to blow their stack on crappy Jeph Loeb* comics and the 103-or-so weekly X-books. I like crap with Obama in it. Both are guilty pleasures, I suppose, though I would argue that certain Obama books, like the biographies, Savage Dragon, Barack the Barbarian, and Bomb Queen VI are all better quality books than anything ever written by Jeph Loeb (ever, even in alternate universes in which Loeb still sucks) AND your money goes to support independent publishers rather than the Marvel-naut (that's Marvel + Juggernaut). That Spider-Man/Obama backup was pretty bad, though.

* It is a little known fact that every time you buy a comic written by Jeph Loeb, a little, adorable kitten dies. It's true, look it up.

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