“…The issue of Obama’s blackness will presumably become less of an issue after the election, and of course, Obama isn’t close to the first major African-American political figure, a proud history that stretches from Frederick Douglass to Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas. Bush cabinet members Condoleezza Rice and Colin Powell both offered their challenges, but they weren’t as exposed as Obama will be when cartoonists will have to meet their deadline every day with no McCain in sight.”

And in a related story: Marvel almost greenlighted an ongoing series starring the new president – Obama or McCain – working within the Marvel Universe.