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Presidential funny-books

As if this election weren't already wretched enough . . .

IDW, publisher of highbrow stuff like G.I. Joe and Bloodsucker Tales, has just put out a pair of election-season comic books called Presidential Material. Urging the reader to "Educate yourself," they serve up the life stories of the two candidates in a style that's best described as snooze-inducing.

That is, when it's not flat-out ridiculous looking.

Here's a panel that looks like it came directly from Drudge:

As bad as the Obama book is, it's obvious that the writer and artist are at least trying to make him look good. Not so the McCain book, in more ways than one.

While the primary scenes in the Obama book don't do his fellow Democrats any favors (most are unrecognizable, the drawings are so lousy) at least they're shown together on a stage, not in matching clown-cars.

IDW is offering both books as cellphone downloads, so perhaps not too many trees will be wasted for the print editions. No matter how they're read, the only people who could possible be "educated" by these silly comics won't be old enough to vote anyway. Look for them next month on a remainder table near you.