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D.C.’s onslaught of superhero candidates
Green Lantern for Mayor
This post on Ecocomics left me scratching my head over why Kyle Rayner was running for mayor of Washington, D.C., or why someone would set up a snazzy-looking website for him. I mean, sure; I’d pick Kyle over Hal or Guy (but not John Stewart) any day for mayor, and like I said, it’s a snazzy-looking site, and he does have the endorsement of the Flash, but what’s up with the site? Is it some kind of viral marketing thing for the upcoming Green Lantern movie, or maybe an ad for a sequel to DCU Decisions?
Then I find out Kyle’s not running unopposed. It appears Spider-Man is also in the race. As is Superman. And the Atom. Even Batwoman, who is apparently for bird equality in D.C.
As it turns out, the sites are part of the New Organizing Institute’s BootCamp, where attendees are tasked with running their own mayoral campaigns for fictional characters as part of their training. You can find a full list of the sites they’ve created here.
And while I was hoping I could throw my own endorsement out there for Batwoman, her stance on bird equality sounds just a little too crackpot for me. So Kyle it is — Green Lantern gets my vote.
- July 8, 2009 @ 06:03 AM by JK Parkin
8 Comments
Ian Thal
July 8, 2009 at 7:07 am
Anyone who thinks Kyle Rayner has a chance of winning as mayor of D.C. doesn’t grasp the demographics of that city. John Stewart has a far better chance.
MattFunk
July 8, 2009 at 7:28 am
That site has nothing but Hal Jordan pics, where did you get Kyle Rayner?
Sijo
July 8, 2009 at 7:41 am
What’s “bird equality”?
JK Parkin
July 8, 2009 at 8:36 am
“That site has nothing but Hal Jordan pics, where did you get Kyle Rayner?”
Actually there’s a mix of Kyle and Hal pictures on the site; I’m guessing the creators may not have realized there was a difference. Where I got that it was Kyle was from the description on the About page: “My father was a CIA Agent, and spent his life serving the people of America.” That describes Kyle.
JK Parkin
July 8, 2009 at 8:38 am
As for bird equality … good question. Here’s a blog post from the Batwoman site on it:
http://www.batwomanfordc.com/o/6027/t/6638/blog/comments.jsp?key=103&blog_entry_KEY=331&t=
This is the kind of thing that loses elections …
ShadowBanker
July 8, 2009 at 2:27 pm
The creators had also confirmed that it was Kyle Rayner in response to a twitter inquiry.
Sahar Massachi
July 8, 2009 at 4:05 pm
Speaking for the Green Lantern team, the reason for the mix of pics was just a lack of good quality pictures of Kyle Rayner on Google Images, so we had to make due.
Thanks for the endorsement, we appreciate it.
Ian Thal
July 8, 2009 at 5:45 pm
I will give credit to the Green Lantern for Mayor team on an important issue: they do understand that many of the District’s problems stem from being denied statehood and congressional representation.