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Artist of Joker Obama Image Revealed

Pimp — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:01:25 +0000

For some time now the image of Barack Obama as the Joker from the Dark Knight movie has been making the rounds as mysteriously placed posters bearing the word ’socialism’ below the image. Crafty marketers have seized on the opportunity and have created posters, t-shirts and action figures as well as using the image as a focal point to draw attention to themselves and their blogs. Up until now, the name of the artist was not publicly know. However, the Los Angeles Times are now reporting the identity of the artist as being Firas Alkhateeb, a college student from Chicago. Alkhateeb created the image from a Time Magazine cover featurning then candidate Barack Obama on its cover and used Photoshop to create the joker effect. Alkhateeb uploaded the image to his Flickr account where it resided along side other manipulated images of various politicos and public figures. It remained relatively obscure until a still unknown source snatched the image, removing the Time Magazine aspects, placing it into the now infamous Socialism background. No word on whether Alkhateeb is seeing any royalties from the merchandising based on his work.

More Joker Socialist Obama Drama

Pimp — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:50:13 +0000

Recent reports here at BARACKSploitation! have pointed out the mysterious ’socialism’ posters popping up in LA and elsewhere. Those appearances fell more under the aegis of political commentary and not so much the shameless making a buck off of the popularity of the president that this sight likes to ~~exploit~~ report on.

Now, however, we find two sites that are marketing posters and t-shirts off of the image. While these sites are unwilling to claim artistic credit they certainly seem willing to claim monetary gain off of the effort. And that, my friends, is a fine bit of exploitation!

Joker Obama Redux

Pimp — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:06:40 +0000

Earlier we reported the existence of the Barack Obama as the Joker poster that was being pasted around Los Angeles and elsewhere. Now word comes that the folks at Hero Builders have created a limited edition Barack Obama Joker action figure. As reported by Fox 2 News Detroit, “Hero Builders is selling the action figures at fifty bucks a piece. Only two-thousand are being made…critics say President Obama and the Joker have one thing in common – both like to give away cash. The White House has no comment.” Give away cash? As in socialism? Just like the L.A. posters noted? Could the two be related? Are the posters not a political statement but rather just an advertising campaign? The plot thickens! Join us as details emerge. Same BARACKSploitation! time, same BARACKSploitation! channel!