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Why Are We Determined To Make Obama's Family Into Comic Heroes?

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bookling
08/01/09

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I dunno, I think people are just oddly fascinated by Bo for some reason:
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bookling
08/01/09

@bookling: Man. Isn't there some way to edit/delete an image in a comment? That didn't come out the way I wanted it, plus I wanted to add one more:
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alphanumeric1971
08/01/09

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You had me right until you used the word "synergy" correctly.
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gods-n-clods
08/01/09

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Why am I pouring over the image of Pet Avengers? Is it because it's a great comic book illustration that -doesn't- have Wolverine or massive globes of disproportionate female anatomy?
Pet Avengers makes my inner 7 year old curious.
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omgwtflolbbqbye
08/01/09

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Also why the hell is Lockheed working for the f'ing Pet Avengers?

Wasn't it established he's actually an alien spy for S.W.O.R.D. and actually more intelligent than Professor X?

He should be the be the next head of S.H.I.E.L.D./ HAMMER
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TheXenos_C2F
08/01/09

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Oh, yeah, that one's not as bad as I thought it would be. Still, the exploitation of Obama in comics is getting pretty annoying. Even Obama supporters should be sick of people slapping his face on everything.

Though I must confess I keep meaning to pick up Barack the Barbarian. It seems like really keen satire rather than just a stunt. Plus it has Palin and a whole across the board political parody instead of just more Obamamania.

Oh and why even jokingly pair Sasha with Static? DC doesn't do interracial couples? (Mr Terrific and Sasha Boudoux come to mind that they do.)
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chriscrosby
08/01/09

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As the creator and publisher of THE FIRST DAUGHTER, I appreciate the mention. However, I am wondering why you consider our Tasha Tasker to be a "thinly-fictionalized Sasha Obama-alike." Is it simply because she has a similar first name and she's multi-racial? (Tasha's father is black and her mother is asian in TFD.)

We worked hard to give Tasha a unique personality all her own and make her situation and the characters around her as original as they can be, aside from the most obvious similarities to real-life (her being the daughter of a president). I believe the president's oldest daughter is ten, while Tasha is a teenager. That alone provides a world of difference.

I created TFD in December 2007, long before Obama even looked to have a decent chance of being elected. This isn't a quickly-produced "Obama cash-grab." It's an original character in an original story, with a couple of surface similarities to real life.

And believe it or not (I don't blame you if you don't!), the name Tasha was something of an accident. Her name was originally Tashi, but at the last possible moment (a couple of days before the printing deadline for our Comic-Con-debuting first issue) we learned of an issue with the name Tashi and were forced to change it. The book had already been lettered, so we kept that in mind as we discussed the possible name changes, and decided on Tasha partly because I liked the the name, and partly because it meant our letterer only had to change one letter throughout the 24-page issue. :)
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omgwtflolbbqbye
08/01/09

@chriscrosby: You should have made her white...

With the last name Trasker and all the fighter jets in the background, it could have been an unofficial sequel to True Lies, and I would have considered buying it.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
08/01/09

@chriscrosby: Thanks for clearing everything up, and good luck. I'd have loved to have a superheroic teen girl comic back in my younger days.
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gods-n-clods
08/01/09

@chriscrosby: Always nice when a creator shows up and offers much to the discussion, whether for clarification or culling the trolls.
Fine work sir... stick around, we'll have cocktails and shuffleboard.
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RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch!
08/01/09

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At the risk of sounding corny and cliché; the Obamas are going to need superpowers to keep their kids from getting seriously fraked up by all this. I mean, can you imagine how 11 year old you would react if you were getting written into comic books, people all over the country were copying how you dressed and what you played with. I’m not saying that the comic thing isn’t super cool, but it’s also a lot to handle and stay grounded. They seem like nice, smart kids - I hope they make it out ok.
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romana
08/01/09

@RandomFrequentFlierDent: This is what I always wonder about whenever I see media coverage on the Obama daughters. I hope they can manage to stay somewhat down to earth somehow...
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alphanumeric1971
08/01/09

@romana: Yes, for let us remember the LAST sitting presidents daughters and their coverage.
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Sunshineyness
08/01/09

@RandomFrequentFlierDent: Being a First Kid is a precarious situation. You can't avoid press coverage because than it'd seem like infringing on the press. If you are too smart or not a huge beauty (like Chelsea Clinton) you're made fun of and called a nerd and ugly in the press, but the slightest misstep and it'll be all over the place. And even on the level of now they're in a new school which is already hard but doing it with body guards trailing you? Not being able to invite friends to your house to play unless they and their parents have background checks done on them? Never knowing if you actually got into college on your own merit?

I certainaly don't envy them...
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atrus123
08/01/09

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I'm a big Obama fan, but this Obama pop culture stuff is getting a little strange. But at least it's not Palin pop culture.
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omgwtflolbbqbye
08/01/09

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Cause they're popular, and therefore marketable and profitable?
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Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
08/01/09

@omgwtflolbbqbye: Bingo.
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Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee.
08/01/09

@Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: yep...you gotta think that companies are looking at those 69.5 million votes he got and thinking about turning them into $$
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Kpibca
08/01/09

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Frog Thor?
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