This is a comic review. This is not against any candidate. It's just a comic review. It's all about how material is presented in the comic. Just the comic.
IDW put out 2 comics recently called Presidential Material - one for each candidate. I just looked them over and got an eye opener. The one about McCain painted him in a massively negative light. 5 pages in a row were spent focusing on airplane accidents that he was in or was responsible for in some way using such language as "McCain would pay for his lax attitude". Numerous pages show scandals or events that paint him as just plain wrong. No neutral language. Condemning. On the other hand, the Obama comic is almost totally sympathetic. It spends a lot of time showing how Obama rose above adversity, had a diverse education and had friends across the spectrum. He even "played poker with legislators of every party and political creed". Even when talking about drugs, it mentions it in a single panel where he's playing basketball and another where the only reference is that a friend was arrested for possession. Basically every negative thing said about him is placed on a single page near the end of the comic. As an editor I pay attention to language. It's my main job. As a comic archivist, I pay attention to plot, pacing, and presentation. As a bad guy I pay attention to how people can best be manipulated. These comics are pure manipulation. There is a bias in the story. Even though all of the material is 'true', there is a distinct difference of focus between them. On the other hand, DC's election based comic avoided all this with a single message at the end from Superman divorsing himself as a spokesman for any candidate. He placed the choice squarely on the American people and said that no matter who won, the superheroes would do their job - protecting. No real connection to the real election but still a message. A better message by far in my mind. The above was a review of comics. A comic review. No decision was made about a candidate. No statement was made about what they've said, done, associated with, or whateve. It was a comic review. Of a comic. -- Michael Dinowitz (http://www.linkedin.com/in/mdinowitz) President: House of Fusion (http://www.houseoffusion.com) Publisher: Fusion Authority (http://www.fusionauthority.com) Adobe Community Expert / Advanced Certified ColdFusion Professional ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:277432 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
