Marvel Comics Apologizes for ‘Tea Bag’ Insult Based on TWI Photo
Kerry Picket reports that Marvel Comics is partially apologizing for a storyline that portrays Captain America investigating white supremacists and observing a
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Kerry Picket reports that Marvel Comics is partially apologizing for a storyline that portrays Captain America investigating white supremacists and observing a Tea Party protestfor research. The source of the controversy: a photo I took for TWI at the first Tea Party protest on February 27, 2009.
“According to to Mr. Quesada,” writes Picket, “the book was ready to go to printer, but the panel in question had a group of protesters handling signs with no words on them, so the editor asked the letterer to ‘fudge in’ some quick believable slogans at the last minute. The letterer referred to this signas a sample to work from.”
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