elections

Comic books have a history of attempting to tie-in with US Presidential Elections; in 2008, remember, Image Comics' Savage Dragon endorsed Barack Obama before the election, and Marvel Comics' Amazing Spider-Man hung out with him following his inauguration...

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...

When the Terminator can govern California, when a professional wrestler can lord over Minnesota, and when B-list film star Ronald Reagan can rule the world, who's to say a comic book artist can't be Mayor of Toronto? That's what National Post "Bad Advice" cartoonist Steve Murray is asking in his just launched bid for mayor of the largest city in Canada...