Whilst perusing a CBR article on Joshua WIlliamson’s “Necessary Evil” project (coming soon to Cartoon Network), an ad caught our eye.
Army of Darkness: Ash Saves Obama #1, it says. Coming August 2009 from Dynamite Entertainment, it boasts. Being a sucker for sensationalist entertainment we clicked and did not find the content advertised. Being OCD’s bitch, we ran to Google for quick information/assistance.
He’s faced them all, but Ashley J. Williams is about to face the greatest horror of his entire deadite-kickin’ career – a comic book convention! But this ain’t any ol’ comic book convention, this one features a special appearance from the President of the United States of America – Barack Obama!
President Obama in comics is not a new thing. Politics in comics is most assuredly not new either. This “Obama Effect” has been a curious thing to watch unfold.
“… the ‘Obama Effect’ was something that took everyone by surprise. Newspapers that were struggling with circulation were selling in huge numbers after Obama’s election and up to the Inauguration. People just wanted to have a keepsake of that historic moment. Then the OE hit comics, which was equally surprising. Now, if history has told us anything, it’s when someone comes across a formula that works, everyone tries to duplicate it. Can anyone say Ninja Turtles?”
So we’ve summed up the recent rash of multi-Presidential crossover event comics to everyone wanting a piece of hot ninja turtle?
Nice.
(via cbr, yahoo news, newsarama)
