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An Italian Revolution Supported By… Superman, Wolverine And Peppa Pig?

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Is it an approved political campaign? Is it completely supporter-created piece of social media? Or somehwre inbetween? Supporters of Italian political prime ministerial candidate Antonio Ingroia for the new political party Rivoluzione Civile (Civil Revolution) began by using some images …

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Joss Whedon’s Presidential Election Video: “Sooner Or Later, the Zomnies Will Come For All Of Us”

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Mark Seifert

“Zomney: He Needs Brains.”  Joss Whedon weighs in on the presidential election.

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Pro-Pot, Pro-Gay Marriage, Pro-Pit Bull Webcartoonist Gets Elected Democrat Candidate

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Forget Frank Miller and Paul Ryan. This is a real comic book creator heading for office. Webcartoonist Nicholas Ivan Ladendorf beat political science teacher Richard Buchli in a Democrat primary for the House of Representatives in Missouri. And he did …

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Archie Comics Goes Gender Swapping

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Rich Johnston

We’ve had political candidates. Gay military interracial marriages. Occupy protests. What’s next for Archie Comics to hit the headlines? Why, gender swapping of course. Courtesy of Sabrina The Teenage Witch. In August’s edition of Archie Comics, Archie becomes Archina, and …

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Bill Willingham On Sex, Death And Politics

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Gavin Lees wrote for Bleeding Cool from ECCC; Bill Willingham is enjoying runaway success with his series, Fables, which has just recently debuted a new spin-off series, Fairest.  He is also something of an anomaly, being one of the few …

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That Doonesbury Cartoon

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Rich Johnston

This is the first of a series of Doonesbury cartoons running this week in… slightly less newspapers than usual. Targeting legislation in a number of states that those seeking an abortion must have a transvaginal scan, something that has been …

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Ron Paul Ditches The Wookie, Has Darth Vader’s Imperial March For A Theme

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Mitt Romney won the Hampshire primary last night, but pulling second place was cause for celebration in the Ron Paul camp. The Republican candidate and Bruno co-star came out to give a kind of victory speech, and was greeted with …

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Thursday Trending Topics: Hero Politics

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Mark Seifert

  There has almost always been an element of the politics of the times in our comics. Even if you ignore policital cartoons and cartoonists — many of whom were hugely influential on the architects of the American comic book industry — …

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And Finally… The Washington DC Relaunch

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Ward Sutton looks at the current political players for the Village Voice, via the iconography of DC Comics, and asks if they can be relaunched as well?

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Friday Runaround – It’s All About The Politics

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Rich Johnston

PoliticsWatch: New Zealand cartoonist Haden Currie has released a free comic book both satirising and celebrating the current Prime Minister John Key, before this Saturday’s General Election. PoliticsWatch2: He might not have the same luck in Russia though, Russian comics …

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British Politician Threatens To Sue Granny Over Cartoon

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Rich Johnston

British Conservative Member of Parliament, James Wharton has threatened to sue one Carole Jones for her “Save Our Park” cartoons. The cartoon on the poster depicts Wharton as a villain, W, plotting with the town council to turn an children’s …

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Congressman John Lewis To Write Graphic Novel, March, About The Struggle For Civil Rights

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Top Shelf has announced a deal between themselves, Congressman John Lewis and his aide Andrew Aydin, to publish a graphic novel based on the life of Lewis, with specific regard to the civil rights movement in the sixties. This will …

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Tokyo’s Comic Code Final Reading Tomorrow

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Rich Johnston

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool told you how ten of the biggest Japanese publishers had withdrawn from the government sponsored Tokyo Anime Fair after the city’s governor Shintaro Ishihara, who is on the board of the TAF, supported a bill being passed …

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Sinestro Corps Keeps Fear Alive at Stewart/Colbert Rally

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Mark Seifert

With key congressional elections just days away, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert staged a rally to — in the Washington Post’s words — “redeclare Americans’ ability to get along and work together, regardless of their ideological differences,”  and poke fun …

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Senator Nancy King’s Democrat Opponent Responds – On The Bendis Boards

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Rich Johnston

It looks like the upcoming Maryland Senatorial election will not be fought in the streets of Baltimore – but on the Jinxworld messgae board forums. Bleeding Cool first broke the story that Senator Nancy King was issuing direct mail that …

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