oh, I am buying this shit. a cyborg g gordon liddy? who rides motorcycles? I'm sorry, but fuck secular humanism, that is AWESOME.

Also, clearly the finale will involve Hillary shedding her human skin and revealing the glistening carapace of infinite alien evil that, let's face it, we've all secretly suspected was there all along. But a good storyteller has to keep a few things up his sleeve.

I'd also like to predict that Bill Clinton is revealed to be a pawn, kept in the thrall of mysterious forces due to an exotic chemical dependency. In a powerful scene, Bill weeps for his crimes. Sean Hannity waxes philosophical, but Col. North simply turns away in disgust.

more links!

more art!

the creator explains more about the series (turns out Liddy has super-speed, and Hannity's bionic arm lets him broadcast his message of freedom to the world)

the homepage, complete with a 5-page preview

Well of course we're buying it! But we need to keep a stiff upper lip! Or something.

That last tidbit about Reagan McGee—and what's with the McGee? Is that just supposed to mean white?—sets up a conclusive battle between 9/11 Reagan and Ward Churchill, but I think you're probably on to something with regard to the conniving ways of the Clintons. Sort of like when Bizarro Supes attacks Superman—you know Brainiac probably isn't far behind.

Hey, who here believes that Hannity uses a Powerbook? Everyone knows Macs are liberal.

I don't think I want to buy it, yet...

I HAVE TO HAVE IT.

Did you, Kriston Capps, just say that feminism has no place in comic books?

You, with the Fulbright-weilding girlfriend?

I am going to cry now. In the meantime, read up, boy. And say you didn't mean it!

Wonder Woman was designed to inspire the dominant matriarchy the professor author thought would make the world a better place. The bondage themes were totally inentional. His view was that you had to link submission and the erotic to make it appealing to men. He was also into polyamourous relationships before they were cool.

You know, maybe this doesn't contradict your comments about comics being male fantasies after all.

Check it out--http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Moulton_Marston

I did, but read it as "doesn't have a presence in comic books"—as in, literally, no place. Not that I approve, and not that there aren't exceptions, jus that they are few.

(I should probably edit that line.)

Well, sure, no Hillary or Bill... but, according to Ambassador Usama, Madam Chelsea is President at age 41 to—who else?—Michael Moore's 67-year-old elder statesman-like VP.

And a geek litmus test, Kriston, from the Crooked Timber thread:

This is copied almost panel for panel from the opening of Frank Miller’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.

Is this true?

Ah, but think of the parodies to come!

This is copied almost panel for panel from the opening of Frank Miller’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.

I'm going to have to turn in my Star Trek communicator—I couldn't say one way or the other. My instant photo recall doesn't extend much beyond the Marvel universe.

Anyone else know whether it's true?

I just pulled DKR off the shelf, and it doesn't really resemble this at all, apart from the extremely self-serious narration. The page layout is VERY different, for one thing. DKR opens with narration over a local news broadcast about two face's release, then a flashback. Maybe there are deeper similarities; I just skimmed the first ten pages or so.

I have no doubt that Liberality lifts its tone from DKR and Watchmen, but it's hardly alone, and that's definitely not the worst of its crimes.

"Grant Moore"?

Do you mean "Grant Morrison" or "Alan Moore"?

Two things:

First one my favorite part of the first five pages is when Bin Ladin thanks Vice President Moore and President Clinton, or Michael and Madam Chelsea as he knows them.

But I am confused about page 11. Is Hannity broadcasting Martina McBride's "Independece Day" as part of his underground broadcast? Or does his broadcast remove that song from the air? Because if he is fighting Martina McBride and is a cyborg, then I might have to switch teams.

Can we take some wagers on what the name of the dog we see on cover b will turn out to be?

Grant Moore is the poor man's Grant Morrison.

Sorry I can't geek out with y'all, comics not being my thing. But from a political viewpoint, I do believe your housemate nailed it.

Must resist impulse to be a geek, must..Oh what the heck, I'll be the geek around here. Sorry, but from recolection The Authority is a fairly liberal comic, which featured a gay married superhero couple amongst other details of the sort. And I believe that you're thinking of The Ultimates, instead of Avengers Unlimited...god, I'm hopeless... and it is Grant Morrison, though you can put Alan Moore in there too.
otherwise good post :)

Yeah, you're right, it is The Ultimates. I remember The Authority casting two gay characters (created, I believe, by Grant Morrison), but I feel like they weren't treated well or progressively after he left—maybe it's unfair to cite that book, since people think about Morrison's run when they think Authority. And I wouldn't say comic books are conservative or liberal—they're fantasy, they don't line up exactly like that—but rather, if I had to say, I would say that the conservative mindframe is better represented in comics.

But thanks for the corrections. I'm all for getting corrections about comic books. I'm comfortable with being least among geeks.

you mean all this about big time funnybooks, right? Because there's plenty of feminism, liberalism and more smart things in alt-comics and mini comics. Hell, Tom Hart's "Hutch Owens" is practically an anarchist-socialist. Ever read Joe Sacco?

Ever read Joe Sacco?

Nope. I'm definitely talking about the Big Two and the other books on the same shelf; I don't read the indie stuff.

Hey, so let's get back to making fun of conservatives! I feel like we're wondering into "Kriston doesn't know what he's talking about" territory, and it's making me uncomfortable. I bet Cyber-Hannity and GGL couldn't even take out these guys.

could this actually be sublime joke with tongue planted firmly in cheek?

ok Kriston, out of alt-geek-land and back into regular-geek-land.

Cyber-Hannity and GGL wouldn't like Powerman and Iron Fist because of, duh, affirmative action - they'd say they keep getting "minority-preferred" contracts unfairly. Plus Iron Fist is all into weird foreign religion crap and looks a little fruity in that mask. Though they would like the market system applied to saving lives and stuff.

I'd like a radio-tranmitting arm.

Personally, I find the whole thing disgusting. And Sean Hannity, if he had any involvement in the creation of this, should be ashamed. It's sick.

I think this is fine. If conservatives want to read about left-wing tyrants oppressing their ideological opponents, they can read comic books. Liberals who want to read about right-wing tyrants oppressing -their- ideological opponents have been getting it from history books for years.

If conservatives want to read about left-wing tyrants oppressing their ideological opponents, they can read comic books. Liberals who want to read about right-wing tyrants oppressing -their- ideological opponents. . . .

I totally thought you were going to say "can read the newspaper," which would have earned you a Zing.

seriously, this can't be serious, right? as suggested above, it's a joke, right?

if not, then, god, i'm sure the liberal spin-offs/retorts are already in the works. blech.

Well, to be fair, we've had this for a while...

Did anyone else notice on pg. 10... the family with a black man and white woman and they've spray-painted "UNACCEPTABLE" underneath? That had to be intentional.

"Can we take some wagers on what the name of the dog we see on cover b will turn out to be?"

Rove-r?

I'm going to steal a copy, scan it, and distribute it all over the internets. No money for you, bad comic writer guy!

Hey, Captain Planet was COOL. Never underestimate the Mullet. And the Power of Heart.

w/r/t The Authority...the heroes said all the right things, but if the idea of a top-down enforcement of what The Authority deemed appropriate didn't give you momentary pause, then you should read it again.

w/r/t Jenny Sparks. Best comic book character ever. This is not open for debate.

w/r/t this freakazoid right-wing comic: remember, we're talking about a community that isn't much beyond the understanding of "Fire burn! Tree pretty!" I'm sure they'll enjoy looking at the pretty pictures.

I wonder what Apple would think about having their logo used on the laptop on that comic book cover...

it appears as though this was done without the permission of those depicted in the series...

http://www.hannity.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-1050.html

See Travis Millard's Right Wing Conservatives Get Racked comic in today's edition of the Wooster Collective. That about sums it up, I think.

...and the pup's name is Marty: "he is a cross between American Bulldog and Junk-yard dog; but is a pure breed patriot."

That's a bit of a let down. The only talk radio Marty I can think of is that of KBBL's Bill & Marty.

I just found this early mention of this douchebag's work (scroll to the bottom), which deserves a hat tip for bringing to my attention the existence of Rob Liefeld's The Godyssey.

It features Christ vs. the Assembled Pagan Gods of Olympus in a title bout of seriously epic proportions:

And they took Jesus to a place called Golgotha, the place of the skull... where they crucified him, and two thieves with him... Then the soldiers came... and broke the legs ot the first man and then the other... But when they came to Jesus... they found that he was already dead.

But that was not the end... KRAKA-THOOM

"So the Lamb wishes to test his mettle against real gods!"

And, Good Lord, is Liefeld's anatomy for shit or what?

It should be said that paranoid leftwing political fantasies are not exactly alien to well-regarded comics. Watchmen's pretty full of that stuff.

It's a subject of intense debate on the Crooked Timber thread, and I haven't read it very recently, but as I recall the conservative Rorschach is vindicated in the end once liberal Ozymandias's essentially terrorist plot is exposed.

Wait, if Rorschach is conservative, what does that make Batman?

Liddy on the motorcycle makes me think of Norman Spinrad's The Iron Dream.

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