{"id":5714,"date":"2008-10-02T17:26:03","date_gmt":"2008-10-02T23:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/groonk.net\/blog\/?p=5714"},"modified":"2008-12-15T14:26:38","modified_gmt":"2008-12-15T20:26:38","slug":"sarah-palin-scares-scary-things-in-tales-from-the-crypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/sarah-palin-scares-scary-things-in-tales-from-the-crypt\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Palin Scares Scary Things in Tales from the Crypt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Groonk:<\/strong> ICv2, what’s new in the world of October comics?<\/p>\n

ICv2:<\/strong> Can anyone remember an election year in which presidential politics intruded any more obviously into the insular world of comic books than it has in 2008? <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Groonk: <\/strong>No, I cannot, ICv2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

ICv2: <\/strong>…since IDW\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s even-handed McCain and Obama biographical comics (see \u00e2\u20ac\u0153IDW\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Comic Book Bios\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Groonk: <\/strong>Yeah, I knew about that one<\/a>.<\/p>\n

ICv2: <\/strong>…and the cover of Bluewater\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Hillary Clinton comic drawing criticism for its similarity to IDW\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s McCain and Obama covers (see “Hillary Clinton Comic”<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/p>\n

Groonk: <\/strong>Knew about that one, too<\/a>.<\/p>\n

ICv2: <\/strong>…the depiction of these political figures has become increasingly controversial with Erik Larsen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Savage Dragon endorsing Obama (see \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Endorsement Gets Noticed<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Groonk:<\/strong> … <\/strong><\/p>\n

Groonk:<\/strong> What you talkin’ bout, ICv2?<\/p>\n

ICv2:<\/strong> …and the fact that the flag on the cover of the Clinton comic has 14 stripes (see \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Marcus King of Titan Games & Comics On Hillary Clinton Comic<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Groonk:<\/strong> Well that’s just…wait..what?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>ICv2: <\/strong>Now along comes news that Vice Presidential candidate and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will be depicted on the cover of half of the copies of Papercutz\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Tales from the Crypt #8<\/a>, which ships to retailers later this month. Governor Palin is shown brandishing a hockey stick and asking, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t we get rid of you guys in the 1950s\u00e2\u20ac\u009d as the traditional narrators of EC Horror comics, the Crypt Keeper, the Old Witch, and the Vault-Keeper, flee in panic.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

In her editorial Gaines Mifsud writes, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Tales from the Crypt is not endorsing any political candidates\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6nor are we attacking any candidates, but Tales does care about freedom and censorship.<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Groonk: <\/strong>Ho-lee crap, ICv2…. <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Groonk:<\/strong> …you really know how to scare the pants off a guy.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

The Ghosting of My Senses<\/a> will continue…<\/p>\n

(via the entire icv2 Palin article(which is worth the read<\/a>))
\n(special thanks to: Horror Comic Book News for the large cover<\/a>, the ten cent plague<\/a>) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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