I hear he loves comic books. If that’s the case, then he’ll be pleased to know that one particular person he admires now has a comic book of her own, thanks to some guy twenty-plus years her junior.
Yes. Maureen Dowd.
If you are (a) a professional comic-book creator and (b) fairly a moon-eyed fan of New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd, then your artistic mission becomes clear: You must pay tribute to her in cartoon form. And in the case of a new comic, that form has the sultry overtones of Brenda Starr meets Jessica Rabbit — with the lethality of a gun-toting Sarah Connor.
Benjamin Marra, a 33-year-old Brooklyn-based artist, has wedded twin passions with a comic book that will have its official debut this Saturday at the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Fest.
Marra’s comic about the Pulitzer-winning pundit is titled, “The Incredibly Fantastic Adventures of Maureen Dowd (A Work of Satire and Fiction).” And apparently Clark Kent and Peter Parker — or even “Transmetropolitan’s” cyber-gonzo reporter Spider Jerusalem — have nothing on Dowd’s journalistic superpowers.
“My inspiration for the comic was Maureen Dowd herself,” Marra tells Comic Riffs. “Like most learned men, I have a deep affection for Ms. Dowd and her writing. She’s a thinking man’s sex symbol. The comic, while satiric in nature, is intended to be a tribute to her.”
Sounds to me like selrahC has got some competition here. If he wants a date with Maureen (and get further than he ever did with Pamela Geller!), he’d better start laying off the Cheezy Poofs!
