Democracy

Next week, we're finishing our in-depth review series on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films, and as has become our tradition, we're letting you, our beloved readers determine our fate by picking our next series! This time around, you can decide between The Punisher, Golden Age Heroes, Marvel Knights (including a surprise pick from 1986), or getting us to finally sit down and watch The Fightin

Today is Election Day here in the good ol' United States of America, and as you may have heard at some point in our three-year campaign cycle, that means that it's our civic duty to head out to the polls and cast our ballots. Truly, there is nothing more fundamentally American than exercising our right to vote...

At some time after midnight yesterday morning, DC Comics put up the official website to revive a long-dormant Legion tradition: the fan election of the team leader. While it's been a long time since this tradition's been brought up, it appears that with the return of team-defining writer Paul Levitz, he's brought this back with him...

In a era of ceaseless celebrity endorsements for political causes and candidates, there can be no greater vote of confidence than that of the Batman. But since he's a fictional character, Democratic candidate for New York state attorney general Sean Coffey turned to the next best thing: former "Batman" TV star Adam West...

It's not exactly election season, but thanks to BeaucoupKevin's latest blog post, I wish it were. Want to know why? Because I could encourage others to do their civic duty Spider-Man style. Yes, apparently he can vote. Or at least register to vote, which he does with great vigor in this 1992 PSA unearthed by the indomitable EverythingIsTerrible...

Five years after their first post-Taliban democratic presidential election, the people of Afghanistan return to the polls today to cast their ballots. While mainstream news coverage is primarily focused on the excitement of the Afghan populace and the question of whether the United State's prefered candidate Hamid Karzai will win, Boingboing points out that comics are playing their own role in the

Here at ComicsAlliance, there are few things we love more than comics about awesome historical figures, so it was a particular treat to see the recent Ben Franklin comic by Maira Kalman, who has an ongoing illustrated column in The New York Times about American democracy...