Obama, Spider-Man on the same comic-book page
In a growing world of Barack Obama collectibles, one item soon may be swinging above the rest.
On Jan. 14, Marvel Comics is releasing a special issue of Amazing Spider-Man #583 with Obama depicted on the cover. Inside are five pages of the two teaming up and even a fist-bump between Spidey and the new president.
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"It was a natural after we learned the new president is a Spider-Man fan," says Marvel editor in chief Joe Quesada about reports that Obama once collected Spider-Man comics. "We thought, 'Fantastic! We have a comic-book geek in the White House.' "
The White House transition team did not respond to a question about the extent of Obama's comic-book geekiness, but Obama did mention Spider-Man during the campaign, primarily at children-oriented events. And during an Entertainment Weekly pop culture survey, Obama said Batman and Spider-Man were his top superheroes because of their "inner turmoil." (John McCain picked Batman.)
The article has a picture of Obama and Spidey together, which Wonkette made fun of:
Who is that mysterious black person in a business suit who looks absolutely nothing like Barack Obama, your new president? It’s COMIC-BOOK Barack Obama, that’s who! Jesus fucking christ, could Marvel Comics maybe hire somebody who can maybe draw something vaguely resembling the president-elect, rather than “random negro dude in a suit who also seems to have neck tumors”?
Barack Obama Is President of Spiderman
Wonkette is right, that's not Obama.
Holy Crap! They DON'T all look alike!!!!!
::glares at Marvel::
One of those "The headline says it all" stories: Mississippi, A Hotbed of Abstinence Education, Now Boasts Highest Teen Pregnancy Rate In America»
And guess which state has the fastest growth in teen pregnancy. Hint: "Alaska."
And guess which state has the fastest growth in teen pregnancy. Hint: "Alaska."
Is that counting Bristol once or twice?
(Sorry, sorry -- that's just may favorite conspiracy theory EVAH.)
And guess which state has the fastest growth in teen pregnancy. Hint: "Alaska."
Frankly, I'm surprised AK hasn't been topping the charts for decades.
Awesome headline, but the article adds more humorous details: Police seek blow-up doll sex bandit
SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian man broke into three adult shops, had sex with blow up dolls named "Jungle Jane" and then dumped his plastic conquests in a nearby alley, local media reported Wednesday.
"It's totally bizarre. It's a real concern that someone like that is out on the street," said one of the owners of the adult sex shops in Cairns in northern Queensland state.
"He has been taking the dolls out the back and blowing them up and using the dolls and leaving them in the alley," the owner, who gave the name of Vogue, told the Cairns Post newspaper.
Police told the Cairns Post that scientific officers had taken DNA samples, fingerprints and pictures of the crime scene.
I wanna see the crime-scene pictures! I wonder, was the evidence-gathering a solemn affair? Were the investigators fighting back chuckles? Or were they not fighting back the laughs?
The special cover is pretty awesome, even though the interior art is eyebleeding.
Clearly, the lesson here is that teens in large rural states have no other way to fill their time than by having unprotected sex.
