Who Buys This Shit?
Time Lincoln
By Kevin Hickey - February 2nd, 2010
With practically every publisher on the planet putting out a comic with Obama on the cover, someone needed to come along and do something fresh, and outside of the box. Thankfully the fine folks at Antarctic Press have answered our prayers. Ladies and Gentlemen, we present to you: Time Lincoln.
Taken out of time on the night of his assassination by H.G. Wells’ Time machine, Abraham Lincoln finds himself waging war on the forces of evil in the past, present, and future!
I think Time Lincoln is poised to be one of the greatest superheroes to ever grace the printed page. I haven’t been this excited for ‘Honest Abe’ since he appeared in Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure and uttered those now infamous words, “Party on, dudes!”
I predict big success for this book, but just to be on the safe side, Antarctic Press has done the smart thing by including an appearance by Barack Obama both inside the book and on the back cover. Good thinking, guys!
The fun doesn’t stop there, folks. Along the way Lincoln must battle his way through the Roman gladiator’s arena and engage in deadly combat with Hitler himself on top of Mt. Rushmore.
Time Lincoln hits shelves at comic shops later this month. I suspect it will be a quick sell-out, so make sure you reserve your copy today. I wouldn’t be surprised if Mr. James Cameron himself picks up a copy – I hear he’s looking for his next Avatar.
Sarcasm aside, I’m sure the folks at Antarctic Press worked hard on Time Lincoln. However any book that uses Presidents, alive or dead, as a marketing gimmick gets an automatic failing grade from me. I’m so sick of comic publishers using the image of political figures to sell what would otherwise be crappy comics. It doesn’t help that the premise for the Time Lincoln is one of the worst I’ve ever heard.
Verdict: Lame Shit
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“Verdict: Lame Shit”
More like “Lame Shit That’s So Damn Stupid That It Wraps All The Way Around The Stupidity Scale Back to ‘Genius’”! It doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue quite as nicely, but that’s certainly my hands-off impression!
Kevin paints an interesting picture here but I’m inclined to agree that Time Lincoln does look kind of “So bad it’s good.”
Consider this my pre-ordering of the book. Maybe I’ll even review it.
Guhhh, couldn’t be bothered with this junk. Looks horrendous.
I must stop the publication of this book. My secret identity of Time Lincoln must not be revealed…
D’oh!
Time Lincoln was also in the Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theatres:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzdeELA4b28
I am not sure what to think about this comic. I hate to judge a book by its cover, as the expression goes. I can appreciate the feelings over using political figures, especially Obama. That’s WAAAAAYYYYYY overdone. However, I must admit that the premise behind the story is interesting and might prove to be genuinely good story. Only time will tell because it could just SUCK! It is similar to Marvel Comics’ “What If…?” storylines. I will wait to pass my judgment!
Hmm.. interesting responses everyone. Maybe we need to order extra copies of this book afterall!
Time Lincoln better team up with Teen Wolf and Marty McFly at some point. Maybe the next book will be called “A Lincoln Time” - get it? Haw haw.
I wonder how Adolf Hitler gets to America and what tactics Lincoln uses to defeat him at the top of Mount Rushmore? I suspect his hat conceals some sort of circular blade, kind of like Oddjob’s hat in the movie Goldfinger.
Hello! It’s called a SWORD CANE!
I would check this out just so someone could say “IT’S ABOUT TIME LINCOLN!”
Ahh, judgemental smugness is so amusing, especially when it’s about something the complainer hasn’t even actually SEEN yet.
@Tiny - No one’s actually complaining about it. I see how it can come across as smugness but Kevin’s just having fun with it. He does read just about every comic, after all.
I love this idea!! Abe Lincoln kicking butt throughout the ages? And hopefully, alternative histories!
Tho, battling Hitler on top of Mount Rushmore sounds a bit too Hitchcock for me.