''Barack the Barbarian'' is a

comic book A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are of ...

series published by

Devil's Due Publishing Devil's Due Publishing (often abbreviated as DDP) is an independent comic book publisher in the United States. Based in Chicago, Illinois, DDP is best known for its wide selection of genres, including licensed and original creator-owned proper ...

beginning in June 2009. It was written by

Larry Hama Larry Hama (; born June 7, 1949) is an American comic-book writer, artist, actor, and musician who has worked in the fields of entertainment and publishing since the 1960s. During the 1970s, he was seen in minor roles on the TV shows ''M*A*S*H'' ...

, 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 The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States ...

Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the ...

as a

Conan the Barbarian Conan the Barbarian (also known as Conan the Cimmerian) is a fictional sword and sorcery hero who originated in pulp magazines and has since been adapted to books, comics, films (including '' Conan the Barbarian'' and '' Conan the Destroyer'') ...

-style figure. It also features other politicians like Sarah Palin,

George W. Bush George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, Bush family, and son of the 41st president George H. W. Bush, he ...

, and Dick Cheney in fictional roles. The series was followed by a one-shot, ''The Fall of Red Sarah''.

Publication history

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''. 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 he 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."

Collected editions

The comic books are being collected into a trade paperback: *''Barack the Barbarian Volume 1: Quest for the Treasure of Stimuli'' (144 pages, December 2009, )

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''Barack the Barbarian'' webcomic
at Devil's Due
Review: Barack The Barbarian #1 By Larry Hama And Tim Seeley for Devil’s Due
by

Rich Johnston Richard Johnston is a British comics creator, columnist, and founder of the comics news site ''Bleeding Cool''. ''The Comics Journal'' described Johnston as having claimed to be "the oldest extant comics news reporter on the Internet." His pas ...

, Bleeding Cool, June 23, 2009
Barack the Barbarian #1

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Blog, July 4, 2009 2009 comics debuts Comics about politics Cultural depictions of Barack Obama American political satire Parody comics Parodies of literature Parodies of films Fantasy comics Satirical comics Cultural depictions of Sarah Palin Comics based on real people African-American comics Sword and sorcery Black people in comics

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