And in other comic news . . .

Jim Downey's picture

Via Reason, this news item:

OKLAHOMA CITY — Some Oklahoma County voters can expect to receive comic books in the mail soon, but the subject matter will have a serious tone.

The 16-page publication prepared by Commissioner Brent Rinehart's re-election campaign lampoons gays and criticizes Rinehart's political opponents. It also features an angel who supports the embattled commissioner and Satan, who supports his critics.

"It's more or less a story of my experiences of the last four years of being the county commissioner of District 2," Rinehart told The Oklahoman, which obtained the comic on Wednesday.

Toga-wearing gays, political figures, trench coat-clad henchmen, concerned residents and Rinehart make up the rest of the comic's characters.

Reason has some pages from the book, which have to be seen to be believed. Rinehart evidently spent two months writing the thing, coordinating illustrations with a friend. Illustrations that are, let us say charitably, amateurish at best. But hilariously so.

Keith Gaddie, a University of Oklahoma political science professor, called the book "one of the strangest things" he'd ever seen.

"I've never seen a comic book with the phrase 'anal sodomy' in it before. That was a new one for me."

Man, if it was a web comic, I'd read it, er, religiously.

Good luck with your re-election, Mr. Rinehart. I have a feeling that you're going to need it.

Jim Downey

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Sudo's picture

Anal Sodomy

Sounds like a funny comic book. I'd like to read it.

As to 'anal sodomy,' sodomy in legal terms usually includes oral sex as well as anal, so maybe he just wanted to clarify he is not against BJ's just buttsex.

Milo Johnson's picture

cheap - and stupid

"Pedifiles."

Uhh, foot-mounted data storage?

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