![]() Returning to the story, in another apparent failure of the Secret Service, Veronica crashes the President’s press conference. Thankfully, online photo references have greatly improved cartoonists’ ability to depict these sites, and they’re all recognizable. They must have borrowed some superspeed from a superhero comic, because they also see the Smithsonian and the Capitol before they end up at the White House. The kids quickly check out the Washington Monument, the World War II Memorial, the Korean War Memorial, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the Albert Einstein statue, and the National Archives, and name check the FDR and Jefferson Memorials before visiting Lincoln. Veronica’s excited by the thought of the National Mall, as so many tourists have been before her, but adapts well to the disappointment of finding only hot dog and T-shirt vendors. President!” The actual story, written and drawn by Parent, begins with Veronica and the other students, including Archie and Betty, taking a field trip to D.C. The cover by Dan Parent shows the President saying to rich girl Veronica Lodge: “Veronica, we need to get this economy rolling!” Veronica salutes and responds, “I’ll do my best, Mr. Obama played a larger role in Archie Comics’ Veronica #199. Robert Kirkman used Obama in faux ads as a member of a new superhero team, The Guardians of the Globe, in which the President says, “I’m not as popular as I used to be. These comic book editions have become highly sought after collectible items. On the cover, Barack Obama can be seen holding an American flag and punching Osama Bin Laden in the face. The hottest year for President Barack Obama as a comic-book guest star was 2009, appearing in Amazing Spider-Man, Savage Dragon, Youngblood, Bomb Queen, biographical comics from Bluewater and Barack the Barbarian. Savage Dragon #145 had a special edition variant only offered at WonderCon in San Francisco in March, 2009 (only 1,500 were produced). 2008) by Erik Larsen and Youngblood #8 (Feb. Since that time, Obama the comic book character has graced the cover and pages of many other comics including Savage Dragon #145 (Feb. This particular release proved extremely popular and sold out in a matter of minutes. 2009), for the story “Spidey Meets the President!” written by Mark Waid. When Marvel Comics discovered the president-elect was an avid collector of Spider-Man comics, they decided to have Obama the comic book character grace the cover of their The Amazing Spider-Man #583 (Jan. In November 2008, one of Obama’s advisers gave an interview to journalist Jon Swaine of The Daily Telegraph titled, “Barack Obama: The 50 facts you might not know.” In the interview, it emerged that Obama collects “Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian” comic books. A month later, the comic was followed up by Presidential Material: Barack Obama by Jeff Mariotte and in November 2008 with Obama: The Comic Book by Rod Espinosa. This marked a significant moment for Obama as a comic book character it was the first time that a future president had been shown on a comic book cover. This issue featured a variant cover which showed Obama with the Savage Dragon, who proclaims that he is endorsing him for President. A year later, in September 2008, Obama appeared in Erik Larsen’s Savage Dragon #137. ![]() The comic by Nat Gertler only had a print-run of 1,050 issues. President Barack Obama made his first appearance as a comic book character in July 2007, where he appeared as a U.S. The Museum of UnCut Funk collection contains both pro and anti-Obama comics to ensure that this important moment in political history is throughly preserved. There are also a number of comic books that express opinions of those who dislike the President. Within our collection are comics that speak to the road Obama travelled to become President, winning the election and his first 100 days in office. Regardless of your views and opinions of President Barack Obama, he has been touted as a hero in the comic book world.
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