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June 24th, 2009

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Barack the Barbarian!
Greetings True Believers! I picked up Barack the Barbarian #1 today and it is amusing. It hit me right in the Conan-fanboy part of my brain. It's an entertaining tale with familiar faces in new and strangely true roles. So enjoy!

Now the Barbarian must enter the wicked city of Warshingtun!

Many take notice of Barack's entry into the city. Among them, "Manny the Fixer" and "Hilaria and the cult of Biil."

Also taking notice is the evil Despot Boosh and his eviler Vizier Harry Burden! They decide to send Elephant Cultists to kill him.

Manny the Fixer and Barack are eating at tavern, (insert Dijon joke) and who walks through the door.....

Fight scene!

Then Manny and Barack escape through the back and travel to a temple. That this point, the narrator is revealed to be a elder of an ice village recounting a myth to children. Funny oil jokes follow.

Barack and Manny travel to the "Great Mall" to meet someone at a "temple."

And they meet....

Hilaria and Barack join forces but H's elite cadre of Amazons are pissed and go "We signed on to put a woman in the tower, not another set of gonads!" Some leave to join Red Sarah.

Boosh has a mysterious "goddess" locked in his tower. Barack, Red Sarah, Manny, Hilaria, the Old Warror and the Amazons must now battle through the "Labyrinth of Pundits!" to reach the tower.

Next time, True Believers!

Current Location: Outer Dark
Tags: char: barack obama, creator: larry hama, publisher: devil's due publishing

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From:	seawolf10
Date:	June 25th, 2009 03:51 am (UTC)

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My comments above aside, I'll admit it's a groaner.

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From:	mania21
Date:	June 25th, 2009 05:06 am (UTC)

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I swear, I am so sick to death of Barack Obama it is stunning! It hasn't even been that long since he was sworn in and it already feels like 8 years! The man is EVERYWHERE!

Of course, no comics company (at least no mainstream one, or one with mainstream aspirations) would dare present a president on the Right side of the spectrum this way, they might bring protestors down on themselves, as God knows, the right are all vicious evil war-mongers.

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From:	besamim
Date:	June 25th, 2009 09:58 am (UTC)

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Yes, poor Republicans. It's not as if they had control of all three branches of government for twenty-one out of the last twenty-nine years, as if they got to set the country's domestic and foreign agenda, or started any wars. How dare those treasonous comic book companies serve as some of the only real opposition (the mainstream media long since having given up that responsibility)?

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From:	ang_band
Date:	June 25th, 2009 01:29 pm (UTC)

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Methinks you don't quite get the joke.

Barack Obama is a big Conan the Barbarian fan.

Ha. Ha. ha.

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From:	runespoor7
Date:	June 25th, 2009 06:18 pm (UTC)

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Or maybe, just maybe, they're representing a president from the Left this way because they agree with his opinions?...

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From:	psychop_rex
Date:	June 26th, 2009 11:29 pm (UTC)

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I think it's precisely because he's been so overexposed that stuff like this comes about - Obama has practically become a character in his own right. This is more a satire of 'Obama the Legend' than a direct celebration of it (although I think it's pretty clear that whoever wrote the thing is on his side.)
And frankly, the fact that most of the prominent rightwing politicians for the past eight years HAVE basically been 'vicious evil warmongers', to the point where their own party said 'enough's enough', should provide a pretty good reason why none of them got a comic like this. They didn't deserve one, and anyway, they were parodied by pretty much everyone already.

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From:	tahngarth
Date:	June 25th, 2009 05:40 am (UTC)

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They actually made this?

Like, for real?

Actually, as a European I giggle a lot at this. Gah, I find myself amused by a Conan version of American politics...

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From:	ian_karkull
Date:	June 25th, 2009 05:58 am (UTC)

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YESSSSSSSS!!! This is so awful, I absolutely must have it!

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From:	liarashadowsong
Date:	June 25th, 2009 10:20 am (UTC)

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*is unspeakably horrified*

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From:	fungo_squiggly
Date:	June 25th, 2009 12:07 pm (UTC)

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Haw! I love this. No, seriously, I do.

So it's a bizarre liberal screed in comic form. So fucking what? The conservatives already got something similar (that crazy comic I read about where conservative talk show hosts save America from liberalism). We on the left can have one too.

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From:	freivolk
Date:	June 25th, 2009 01:01 pm (UTC)

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Sarah Palin in a Bikini? Ohhh yeah!
Hillary Clinton? Not so much.
As a German I hope nobody make a comic like this about Angela Merkel (our chanceloress)

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From:	jlroberson
Date:	June 25th, 2009 01:06 pm (UTC)

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Who drew this? Minus the cover it looks like someone trying to do Josh Neufeld.

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From:	proteus_lives
Date:	June 25th, 2009 04:42 pm (UTC)

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Christopher Schons is the artist and Rachelle Rosenberg is the colorist.

The cover was done by Tom Seeley and RR.

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From:	raisedbymoogles
Date:	June 25th, 2009 04:01 pm (UTC)

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That is amazing and I want it.

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From:	zegim
Date:	June 25th, 2009 04:16 pm (UTC)

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What is this? I don't even.

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From:	comicoz
Date:	June 25th, 2009 04:33 pm (UTC)

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I've been laughing too hard to comment for five minutes now. For the love of Pete please let there be these still in stock tomorrow.

Also..I can't help but find chainmail!Palin hot. Sorry. The wolf neckscarf only ties it in more.

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From:	proteus_lives
Date:	June 25th, 2009 04:44 pm (UTC)

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That's a motto on the second part.

I've said it since she first showed up on the national stage, she's got an "Evil MILF" thing going on.

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From:	comicoz
Date:	June 25th, 2009 04:49 pm (UTC)

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You've nailed it right there on the head.

(new home game: spot how many double entendres that single sentence has!)

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From:	comicoz
Date:	June 25th, 2009 04:46 pm (UTC)

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Booyah!

I called my LCS And they have only 1 left! Have it on hold for tomorrow, but it's not the rare Palin variant, instead is the standard cover with Barack in a Conan pose with Michelle at his feet.

Pure awesome. I will place this next to my copy of Superman At World's End with great pride. The box will likely implode from sheer crackness.

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