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| Schedule: | Irregular |
| Limited: | y |
| Fantasy: | y |
| Publisher: | Devil's Due Publishing |
| Startmo: | June |
| Startyr: | 2009 |
| Endyr: | present |
| Issues: | 5 |
| Main Char Team: | Barack Obama |
| Writers: | Larry Hama |
| Artists: | Christopher Schons |
| Letterers: | Chris Crank |
| Colorists: | Rachelle Rosenberg |
| Editors: | Evan Sult |
| Tpb: | Volume 1 |
| Isbn: | 1-934692-79-4 |
| Subcat: | Devil's Due Publishing |
| Sort: | Barack the Barbarian |
Barack the Barbarian is a comic book series published by Devil's Due Publishing beginning in June 2009. It was written by Larry Hama,[1] with art by Christopher Schons.
Barack the Barbarian originally appeared in a four-issue mini-series. The story features the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama as a Conan the Barbarian-style figure.[2] It also features other politicians like Sarah Palin, George W. Bush, and Dick Cheney in fictional roles.[3] [4] [5]
The series was followed by a one-shot, The Fall of Red Sarah.[6]
In November 2008, one of Obama's advisers gave an interview to journalist Jon Swaine of The Daily Telegraph titled, "Barack Obama: The 50 facts you might not know". In the interview, it emerged that Obama collects Conan the Barbarian.[7]
The idea for the series originated with Devil's Due publisher Josh Blaylock who explained that "We didn't want to be completely slapsticky. It is definitely partly a gimmick, but we wanted to do something clever with [the Obama comics trend]." He contacted Larry Hama with his idea for a series called Obama the Barbarian, and Hama described how the idea developed during the course of the phonecall:
The writer has said it is more than just a political satire: "I just think of it as sword and sorcery, only the characters look really familiar."
The comic books are being collected into a trade paperback: