Politics at Baltimore Comic-Con
28 Sep
I accompanied the BF to the Baltimore Comic-Con yesterday. Admittedly I know nothing about comics. Only recently have I learned what cover artists and inkers are. I’ve only learned in recent years that many of Hollywood’s blockbusters, outside of the obvious Spiderman, Batman, etc., originated as comics.
I was a bit surprised to see this Super Obama T-Shirt designed by Alex Ross.
I was also surprised to see these cards designed by Eric Powell.
I have never seen a political candidate made into a superhero nor have I ever seen folks interested in comics also interested in politics. This election, in general, and Barack Obama, in particular, have brought out folks not normally interested in politics. That is one reason I don’t trust the polls. We have no way of knowing how first time voters are going to vote.
The Baltimore Comic-Con was in no way a Obama-fest. I overheard one attendee say “I would rather have ‘I can see Russia from my house’ than ‘Karl Marx had some good ideas’” in response to something on CNN while sitting at an eatery in the convention center.
Either way, I’m glad more people are getting involved in the political process. I’d love to see folks get more involved in local politics as well.
