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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-09-07 06:55 AM
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Future lead story on Fox News: Comic Book Superhero kills President Bush
Edited on Mon Apr-09-07 06:59 AM by IanDB1
This is the sort of thing that Fox Noise Channel will blather about for weeks, to whip their scared old ninny audience into a frenzy.

WARREN ELLIS STARTS A REVOLUTION IN "BLACK SUMMER"
by Arune Singh, Staff Writer
Posted: March 14, 2007



It's been said that morality is defined by perspective, not by a universal moral code that all are meant to follow, with arguments for consequentialism and deontology often present. After all, one can murder in self defense and walk free, while another who murders in the heat of the moment is to be punished — there are certainly societal perspectives that influence how we view seemingly similar actions. With that in mind, how does one define a hero and the limits to which it is acceptable to break the rules for what is "right?" That question is at the very core of the new mini-series "Black Summer," written by superstar scribe Warren Ellis with art from Juan Jose Ryp and published by Avatar Press. CBR News spoke with Ellis about the June shipping project and revealed details on the core concept of the series.

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"He's been asking himself the question that informs the book: where do you draw the line? If you're totally committed to the idea of covering your face and taking on a fake name and standing outside the law in order to fight for justice – where do you stop? Crime pervades society. We're all aware of corporations that behave in a criminal manner. Is that as far as you go?

"If, in fact, your perspective is such that you believe your President to have prosecuted an illegal war and thereby caused the deaths of thousands of people – isn't that a crime? Do you let that pass?"

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"Because, to make it clear: John Horus, a man with the personal destructive capability of a fleet of Apache helicopters, walked into the Oval Office and killed the President."

<snip>



The wrap around cover for issue #0 features a striking image of Horus standing in the Oval Office, bearing more resemblance to a murder scene than the seat of the free world. When asked if he's worried about raising the ire of Americans or, not so unrealistically, the United States Secret Service, Ellis responded, "I dunno.Garth and Jacen had George Bush shot in the head in '303,' and Garth still got his green card. That TV film 'The Death Of The President' still got made –it wasn't very good, mind you. If I get stopped at LAX in July and prevented from continuing on to San Diego, well, it'll do wonders for sales, and it'll save me from the nightmare of Comic-Con. Which I'm dreading, because the change in temperature is going to blow out my trick knee and I'll be doing the entire show on my cane.





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http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=9983
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BushOut06 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-09-07 07:24 AM
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1. People are fed up with this shit
The Asshole-in-Chief has committed quite a few serious crimes while in office, people are pissed!
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warrior1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-09-07 07:32 AM
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2. bush almost did
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-09-07 07:44 AM
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4. Another example of post-consequences America
It's symbolic violence against a Republican we dislike, so some Democrata will get a giggle out of this. But the reality is that this is an example of a society that ignores responsibility and cares more about quick sales and personal gratification than about responsible behavior. It's the same as the say-anything philosophy of Ann Coulter, Pierce "Democrats are racists" Bush, and anyone who ever stretched a point to defend our murderous occupation of Iraq.

Warren Ellis and Juan Jose Ryp have every right to publish this. But decent people don't do art like this. It's not thought provoking, it's just sick. The fact that Bush's policies unleash exactly this kind of violence on real people is an interesting parallel and certainly denies Fox News the moral high ground in this discussion. But this sort of art is still appalling. Its popularity is still symptomatic of a sick society.
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lectrobyte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-09-07 07:53 AM
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5. Doesn't seem much different that the average Rambo or Terminator movie.

Or that Mel Gibson S&M movie about that guy from Life of Brian.
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