Template:Infobox comic book title Barack the Barbarian is a comic book series published by Devil's Due Publishing beginning in June 2009. It was written by Larry Hama,[1] with art by Christopher Schons.
Barack the Barbarian originally appeared in a four-issue mini-series. The story features the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama as a Conan the Barbarian-style figure.[2] It also features other politicians like Sarah Palin, George W. Bush, and Dick Cheney in fictional roles.[3][4][5]
The series was followed by a one-shot, The Fall of Red Sarah.[6]
Publication history
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 Conan the Barbarian.[7]
The idea for the series originated with Devil's Due publisher Josh Blaylock who explained that "We didn't want to be completely slapsticky. It is definitely partly a gimmick, but we wanted to do something clever with [the Obama comics trend]."[2] He contacted Larry Hama with his idea for a series called Obama the Barbarian, and Hama described how the idea developed during the course of the phonecall:
The writer has said it is more than just a political satire: "I just think of it as sword and sorcery, only the characters look really familiar."[1]
Collected editions
The comic books are being collected into a trade paperback:
- Barack the Barbarian Volume 1: Quest for the Treasure of Stimuli (144 pages, December 2009, )
See also
Notes
References
External links
- Barack the Barbarian webcomic at Devil's Due
- Review: Barack The Barbarian #1 By Larry Hama And Tim Seeley for Devil’s Due by Rich Johnston, Bleeding Cool, June 23, 2009
- Barack the Barbarian #1, Newsarama Blog, July 4, 2009