Comics In Servitude to Obama

by James Hudnall

“Last Week the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) posted a press release informing the world that ‘from October 19-25, more than 60 network TV shows [will] spotlight the power and personal benefits of service,’” so wrote John Nolte last week. The EIF later denied Obama had anything to do with this even though the Administration has been pushing service as one of their agendas, even enlisting Michelle Obama as a spokesperson.

At the end of these shows there are links to websites promoting the administration and many of them happen to be left wing. Big surprise.

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Only a day after the service pitch, comics strips such as Luann and Pickles did little strips promoting service with a mild joke.

Well, I think I should do my patriotic duty, too. Why not? I want to do a service for the people on the Internets. So I’m going to do a strip of my own to talk about the Obama Administration. I’m calling it Obama Nation. And I’m doing it with Batton Lash who does the great strip Supernatural Law.

Look for it to debut this Sunday on Big Hollywood.

If you read my article about the New Counter Culture you’ll know that I feel very strongly about using the arts to tell the truth as we see it about the people in power. After all, it’s the duty of every creative person to hold those in power accountable in some way, even if you think you agree with them. They still have power over everyone’s lives, yet the truth is they work for us. They are our employees. And we should not let the employees do whatever they want. They shouldn’t run up the business’ phone bills and credit cards. They should not be spending their time surfing the web for porn and having wild parties at our expense. They shouldn’t be embezzling money and throwing trash on the floors and setting the place on fire.

Yet they are. And we’re letting them. Much of the creative community right now are giving the prez and his crew the thumbs up and even actively creating propaganda for him. So-called comedians are afraid to find anything about him to mock. They praise him and attack those no longer in power. How brave.

Well not me. I find plenty to mock. Plenty to sneer at. Plenty to let fly my sarcastic barbs at.

This is my service to you, dear readers. Look for Obama Nation on Sunday.


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Posted Oct 23rd 2009 at 1:03 pm in Art, Featured Story, Politics | 18 Comments