Who's Who In The CBU Update 2008
Who are... Park and Barb?
Barbara Lien-Cooper writes the comic GUN STREET GIRL at Panel 2 Panel, was an original founder of Sequential Tart, is the managing editrix of the 2004 Eisner award-winning print magazine COMIC BOOK ARTIST, and was named by Mark Millar (The Authority, Ultimates, Wanted) as one of the three most promising new talents in the next wave of comics writing.
Park Cooper started writing about comics at the now-defunct DC FANZINE website.
Election Year 2008
By Park Cooper
THE INCREDIBLE HULK.
He SAYS he's the strongest one that there is. But in these uncertain times, do we WANT someone who solves everything with sheer displays of strength?
General "Thunderbolt" Ross doesn't think so. He knows that brute force is useless unless it's backed up with good military intelligence.
General Ross won't go into a fight unless he's sure he's got all the FACTS first. And doesn't that make HIM a stronger choice for our country than the Hulk?
HULK: WHAT HE SAYS JUST ISN'T CREDIBLE.
“I’m General Ross, and I approve this message.”
(Paid for by the CommitteeToElectGeneralRoss.com)
THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN.
Does whatever a spider can.
Spins a web--any size.
Catches criminals just like flies. Truly, spectacular.
But with scandals such as that of former governor Spitzer, does the Big Apple really NEED any more spectacle? Aren't we TIRED of newspapers landing on our doorstep that are full of nothing but the embarrassing spectacles such as those caused by the menace of Spider-Man?
Wouldn't you like to live in a world where the papers were full of good, WHOLESOME news... instead of SPIDER-MAN?
J. Jonah Jameson KNOWS what the PEOPLE want. And HE'S prepared to GIVE it to us by ANY MEANS NECCESARY.
This November, put your faith in a man you trust to be a SUPERDELEGATE.
NOT a SUPERHERO.
Tell Spider-Man that we're TIRED of his spectacular behavior by electing a man who's NOT afraid to STAND UP to his antics.
“I’m J. Jonah Jameson, and I’m proud to approve this message.”
(paid for by JJJTheSaneAndSensibleChoice.com)
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN.
Truly, the unsettling powers of Spider-Man have been amazing New York for years.
Look up "AMAZING" in the dictionary and you'll find that it means "bewildering or perplexing." It's from the Middle English "masen," to bewilder.
In the twenty-first century, haven't New Yorkers had ENOUGH of feeling confused, bewildered, like we're IN A MAZE WE CAN'T ESCAPE?
J. Jonah Jameson is the man with the experience at uncovering the truth that New York NEEDS right now.
Don't let the WEBS of SPIDER-MAN continue to AMAZE you.
Vote J. Jonah in November.
Escape from the maze.
“I’m J. Jonah Jameson, and I’m delighted to approve this message.”
(paid for by JJJTheSaneAndSensibleChoice.com)
FANTASTIC.
“Based on fantasy: not real; conceived or seemingly conceived by unrestrained fancy; so extreme as to challenge belief; UNBELIEVABLE.”
And yet MISTER FANTASTIC expects YOU to BELIEVE his tales of Weapons of Mass Destruction existing in Latveria.
Strange, outlandish weapons that were allegedly only witnessed by MISTER FANTASTIC and his wife and business partners.
Have you ever even HEARD of a “molecular-destabilizer?” Doesn’t it seem UNLIKELY that a tiny Balkan nation could amass enough of them to equip an ARMY?
And even if such a weapon existed, MISTER FANTASTIC has admitted HIMSELF that it wouldn’t affect anything with an atomic weight of less than 200! That wouldn’t affect ANYTHING in the human body!
THAT’S proven by SCIENCE.
So how can Latveria be a threat to America’s security, let alone that of the entire world?
But don’t be too surprised. After all, what else can we expect from a man who calls himself MISTER FANTASTIC?
“I am Doctor Victor Von Doom, and I humbly approve of this message.”
(Paid for by DontVoteLatveriaOutOfTheUN.com)
Sigh. I had one for the X-Men, but when I went online to do just a little research on Gyrich, Kelly, or even Magneto, it made my head hurt and I gave up. As Barb said to me, "It's all fun and games until somebody loses a continuity." What a mess.
Just... just vote this year. That's the point. That's all I'm saying. Just vote.
Make America less messed-up than what's happened to mainstream continuity.
Messages from Park and Barb:
Let's try keeping this short: Anything you might need to know should be able to be found here:
http://www.comicspace.com/wickermanstudios
Oh, but I will say that I'm actively looking for anyone who wants to come do reviews or what-have-you for MangaLife-- as seen here:
http://www.mangalife.com/features/MissionStatement.htm
This includes anime and relevant video games, too, not just manga. I'm EiC y'know, I can do that.
Okay that's all for now, please look forward to next time--
--P