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Published: 11/10/10

Comics That Defined Superman and the Joker Go Up, Up and Away

By  David Moye - AOL News
Comics That Defined Superman and the Joker Go Up, Up and Away

(Nov. 10) -- How much could an iconic piece of Superman art fetch on the auction block? Up, up and away above the price for any other piece in history. At least that's the presumption and hope of Stephen Fishler, the co-owner of ComicConnect.com and Metropolis Collectibles, the world's largest vintage comic book dealer. MetropolisComics.com / ComicConnect.com Comic book pioneer Jerry Robinson, who created The Joker, is selling the original art for two iconic covers: One of Superman and one of The Joker. Experts say each picture could fetch millions. He's the man behind an online auction ...

Published: 10/5/10

Christine O'Donnell Is a Witch ... in Doll Form, Anyway

By  David Knowles - AOL News
Christine O'Donnell Is a Witch ... in Doll Form, Anyway

(Oct. 5) -- Just like the midterm elections, Halloween is just around the corner. For the makers of a new doll, that spooky convergence could not possibly be better for sales. Vicale Corp. A Christine O'Donnell witch doll is out just in time for Halloween. In the wake of Christine O'Donnell's admission that she "dabbled into witchcraft" and her more recent ad proclaiming "I'm not a witch," Herobuilders.com has released an action-figure likeness of the Delaware tea party candidate dressed in the iconic attire of a witch. According to the Vicale Corp., which created the doll and the site, ...

Published: 08/19/09

Obama 'Joker' Artist Rooting for President to Succeed

By  David Knowles - Politics Daily
Obama 'Joker' Artist Rooting for President to Succeed

Firas Alkhateeb, the Palestinian-American amateur artist whose depiction of President Obama as The Joker from the film "The Dark Knight" has become a viral hit, wants people to know that he didn't intend his Photoshop creation to be taken as anything but a bit of technological whimsy. He did not add the word "Socialism" to the bottom of the posters that eventually appeared on city streets and across the Internet. If anything, Alkhateeb is surprised by the attention his creation has garnered. He told Chicago's WLS the following: "I would like President Obama to know that I didn't intend for ...

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Published: 08/4/09

Obama 'Joker' Picture Pops Up In Los Angeles and the Internet

By  Christopher Weber - Politics Daily
Obama 'Joker' Picture Pops Up In Los Angeles and the Internet

You might not expect liberal Los Angeles, of all places, to be ground zero for anti-Obama sentiment, but that appears to be the case with a new, apparently grassroots campaign in the city. Posters have been spotted on utility poles and walls around town, depicting the president made up grotesquely as The Joker, the infamous Heath Ledger character in "The Dark Knight," with white face paint, dark eye shadow and smudged red lipstick. The word "socialism" is printed in bold, dark letters under the image of his face.Nobody has come forward yet to claim responsibility for the posters, which, of ...

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