you don’t think this just started do you? Many of the early comic creators (think Siegal and Shuster) were American Liberal Jews ( as were my family) with the values to go along with it. Evil corporations were often villains going back to the late 1930’s and I have the trade paperbacks to prove it.

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People who do creative things (like art, comics, programming, etc) by nature have to get a bit of a different perspective to do their work and of course will cluster away from the consensual norms (that is to say, the center right) of any society.  You know, you *could* just quit whining and start your own damn comics company.

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You want to lend me the money to start one?

Thanks for reading.

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okay, just a couple of things:

1—the marvel comics universe has ALWAYS been set in the “real” world, so having Obama as president, not really a liberal or conservative thing as far as I can tell, seeing as he won the election. Now, if Spidey was taking action with new President Stephen Colbert, then you might have a riot on your hands.

2—That dude you see on the cover there, next to Spider-Man? Things with his face on them TEND TO SELL. So if I were a Marvel stockholder, conservative or liberal, I think I’d probably be pretty happy with both the exposure this is giving Marvel and the fact that there are already reports that the issue is going to sell out.

3—What would you have Spidey do, NOT protect the president of the United States if the opportunity came up? Sure, maybe Obama shouldn’t be in the comic at all, but since he is (see point #2), would it be “conservative” to allow a supervillain to ride roughshod over the office of the president?

4—Have you read the issue? Do you know if there’s any political content to it whatsoever? Last I checked, as of inauguration day, Barack Obama will be the president of the entire country, not just the liberals… I agree that a kid-friendly comic book may not be the best place to present overtly political ideas, but as far as I can tell, there’s been no indication that politics will be part of the story at all.

5—I could really give a crap what Mark Millar’s (or any other writers’) political views are, the question is: do they give good story? If the answer’s no, move along. If the answer’s yes, then they get my money. I dig some of Dixon’s work and some of Millar’s work and some of Ennis’ work, etc, etc. WRITE GOOD STORIES and they will come. Well, unless you put Obama on the cover, in which case they’ll come, too.

6—Obama’s an out and proud comics fan, citing Spider-Man as one of his favorites, so I actually think it’s pretty cool—if only so he can show his daughters —that he’s going to be in a comic with the character.

**disclaimer: i write for Comix411 as well, and while I respect and applaud David’s points, just wanted to offer a slightly counter opinion

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No balance? Liberal? Aren’t most comics about vigilantes taking the law into their own hands? How is that liberal? Maybe you’d like to see them present things from the Nazi’s point of view next time, or how about Al Qaeda’s? Would that be enough balance for you?

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Liberals don’t know about fighting terrorism? That’s why Bush sent us to a country that didn’t even attack us to fight in an endless war, right? Yes! Let’s attack a terrorist network that operates in 80 countries by “staying the course” in a country never previously connected to al-Qaeda! Brilliant!

With the current President, we’re going to Afghanistan to fight the Taliban and al-Qaeda directly, something that the regressive Bush didn’t do by having us stay in Iraq.

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