“…The thing that Marvel is attempting to do is to frame the argument. To say ‘we’ve featured presidents in the past–this is what we do–it’s part of a pattern.’ But that’s a false argument. The ’stunt’ was an alternate cover featuring Obama– which was something no publisher had done with any president in the past and one that received a lot of press when I did it. If Marvel had done alternate covers with Bush and Clinton or any of the others– they could legitimately claim that they were following a pattern and doing what they’ve done in the past– but that wasn’t the case. And theirs is not simply the appearance of a president in a comic book but one on an alternate cover– and one concocted to try and get some of the same attention that got. I did not create Obama– I did, however, have a character endorse him, long before he was elected while Marvel played footsie with Stephen Colbert– a joke candidate.

“‘House of ideas’ my ass.”