Every Thursday we’re going to try to highlight a graphic novel or TP that comes out. I’m already promising you’ll get a V for Vendetta one before the end of the month, since you can’t go anywhere and not see someone wearing a Guy Fawkes mask. . . and since Anonymous has threatened to blow up the world on Nov 5th… or release a bunch of documents about Bank of America. . . or something (I’m not quite clear). But we wanted to highlight one this week that we had also covered when it came out in its monthly series (including this interview our own Swankmotron did with the Archie head honchos).
From the publisher: (and I’ve bolded portions of note)
What happens when two of the most polarizing figures in modern American politics cross paths in Riverdale High? That’s right – President Barack Obama and former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin make a campaign pit stop in one of America’s most visible and vibrant locales: Riverdale, USA!
When Archie and Reggie’s dueling student government campaigns spiral out of control, their hijinks and machinations ensnare the two visiting politicos which leads to a heavy dose of high school hilarity.
Archie: Obama & Palin in Riverdale is a large-format volume best suited to present this larger-than-life adventure from the creative minds of writer/educator Alex Simmons and longtime artist Dan Parent. The iconic cover says it all – Obama and Palin sharing a milkshake. As Archie himself says, “Anything’s possible in Riverdale!”
This story has already garnered extensive media attention and awareness and makes for a light-hearted, positive tale with a message of cooperation, civility and friendship. A must-have for the holidays.
A positive tale with a message of cooperation, civility, and friendship? I guess that’s the difference between Washington DC and Riverdale.
It’s being oversimplistic and idealistic, but why can’t it be that way? I can’t imagine any of the GOP Presidential frontrunners sitting down and having a civil meal or watching a football game with each other, much less with President Obama. Remember the old Looney Tunes cartoon with the sheepdog and the wolf? They greeted each other as they punched in their timecards, would mercilessly attack and pummel each other, and then the work whistle would blow and they’d just stop, even mid-pummel. And then they’d punch out. I wish our politics were more like that. But the extreme vitriol we’ve seen these days. . . well, it just does make us wish for a place more like Riverdale.
Pick this one up if you missed it the first time around. Read it with your kids, and shut off the cable news blaring that the President is a secret Kenyan Socialist or that Mitt Romney belongs to a cult, and let them know that our politics deserve better.