Political Version of Classic Comics has Philly Ties

Remember Classic Comics (later Classics Illustrated)?  In the days before graphic novels, Classic Comics provided an illustrated version of classic literature.

StormFront Publishing (formerly Bluewater Comics) is producing comic versions of political biographies for presidential candidates.  IDW did something similar in 2008.

StormFront's latest release is a comic biography of Jeb Bush, with a local connection.  It features the art of Philadelphia's Joe Paradise.  The writing is by Missouri State University professor Michael Frizell.

Previous StormFront presidential comics focus on Hilary clinton, Donald Trump, Rand Paul, Chris Cristie, Joe Biden, and the Tea Party.  Biographies of Bernie Sanders, Marco Rubio, Rick Perry, and Ted Cruz will be released this fall.  Other titles will follow.

You can order them online at the Comic Flea Market or touch base with your local comic shop.  If they don't have it they can probably get it for you.  While you're there check out Lumberjanes -- my latest new favorite comic.

Another Rumor Proven Wrong, Ted Cruz Edition

Senator Ted Cruz threw his hat into the ring, the first declared presidential candidate in the 2016 election.  Cruz was born in Canada and I've seen a lot of blog posts and online comments regarding his citizenship.  Cruz's birth certificate lists his mother's birthplace as Delaware.  People seem to be questioning this.  They should stop.

Anyone with an Ancestry.com membership can check on this.  There is a girl in the 1940 Delaware census (the most recent federal census available to the public), with the right name and the right approximate age to be Cruz's mother.  She is listed as having been born in Delaware, as are her parents.  Names tend to run in families and I see some evidence of that here.  It is possible that this is another person entirely but the simplest answer is often the correct one.  This is most likely Ted's mom.

This information is not terribly difficult to find.  People are just being willfully ignorant.

Philly a Finalist

Philadelphia has been named one of three finalists to host the 2016 Democratic National Convention.  The other two are Columbus and Brooklyn