15 September 2009

Bill Clinton Joins Cast of Oni's Resurrection

Former president, humanitarian hero, exceptional saxophone player...and now an ongoing character in a comic book.

Is there anything Bill Clinton can't do?

CBR had the story last week on Clinton joining the cast of Oni's Resurrection, written by Marc Guggenheim and illustrated by Justin Greenwood. The series chronicles the aftermath of an alien invasion, sorta like Walking Dead with UFOs; Clinton was apparently president when the fictional (?) invasion took place.

Guggenheim is of course being coy with details, but I'm intrigued to see how our 42nd president handles himself on the funnybook page. Guggenheim told CBR:

“Clinton was separated from Hillary and Chelsea and he presumes they're dead. You never know, particularly with this series, but I'm very interested in exploring Clinton's reaction to the deaths of his wife and daughter in a very real, human way. That's really my goal with writing Clinton in the book -- to write him as a fully fleshed out and developed 'character' rather than some two-dimensional 'icon.' In other words, I'm writing him as a man and not merely a former (current?) president.”

I need to stop writing now, as I'm desperately trying to avoid any jokes about blue dresses or cigars. It's not easy.

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