COMIC BOOK PREDICTS BLACK MAN ELECTED PRESIDENT

[GAVNO1]

The text isn't quite accurate... "Pettigrew"is NOT the first Black Presidential candidate. There have been MANY... minor party and independents.

It would be more accurate to say that he's the first with MAJOR PARTY backing.

[1TP]

Funny because my name is Timothy Pettigrew. Yeaaaaa!!!!

[ryecroft57]

Thanks for posting the end of the story. I have some of the earlier chapters, but that last issue has eluded me. "1976: Pettigrew for President" was a very informative story about the election process. What first drew me to it was the amazing artwork by Joe Sinnott, who inked most of the classic Jack Kirby issues of THE FANTASTIC FOUR in the '60s. (And for fellow Silver Age Marvel fans, Pettigrew also featured a Jasper Sitwell lookalike.) -- Gary P.

[KinshipWAMBaGhanaba]

cool

[TuboEspectador]

I had this comic too, being a good Catholic school kid. And I kept it. And I looked at it during the primary and I looked at it again the next morning after Nov 4, 2008 (I was at the Grant Park, you betcha!).

And I am smiling right now as I write this!!! In fact, I still can't believe it. It will be so cool on 20-Jan-09. I am waiting for 12:01pm that day, baby. Time can't go fast enough.

[rockloyalty522]

i dont like the music. its like circus music.

[rwundrock]

It is J.S Bach.

[rockloyalty522]

whoever does the music, its creepy. it brings back terrible childhood memories of me being scared shitless by a clown. seriously clowns scare me more than any fictional monster. have u ever seen It by steven king? but anyways im meandering of topic. hurray for the first black president. boo for the circus.

[rwundrock]

The music is from the popular 60's album "Switched on Bach."

Sorry if it brings back bad memories. I don't like circuses either, but for other reasons.

[10191927]

That's pretty eerie. And the one panel of the white guy with Pettigrew on the stage. OMG, that looked exactly like how it was last night when Obama went on stage to deliver his speech. And the panel of people in the crowd cheering for Pettigrew, was exactly like last night. Gives me goosebumps thinking how they mirror one another. Scary even.

[Bardock8591]

Bobby Kennedy predicted in 1968 that a president of Color would be in the white house in forty years. If that is not prophetic I don't know what is.

[Link4587452]

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[RuthinTampa]

Thank you for posting this.

I hope everyone gets to see it.

I am one of those Roman Catholic children who grew up to vote for Barack Obama.

Thank you for dreaming, Berry Reece.

[LionTroy]

took till 2008 for there to even be a black nominee....how sad America.

[plexusranger]

Bah, when the Dems field a Negro and a woman, you know the winner will be the old, demented white guy.

[Zebrails]

Walter/Wendle Carlos music?

At 1:09 Wisconsin

[rwundrock]

Correct...Switched On Bach.

[TuboEspectador]

Well, kinda interesting. Walter/Wendy. I bought the Walter Carlos LP. Then I got the Wendy Carlos CD. Is this music somewhat prophetic? Will we have a GLBT President this century? Eh?

[doctorpsycho1960]

It's my understanding that the original story kept it a secret through several installments that Governor Pettigrew was black -- I'd have liked this video better if it had likewise preserved the secret until the end.

Nitpick aside, I like the video, and think it's a good way of presenting the story to a modern audience.

People all over the world are taking notice of Obama's candidacy, wondering if the Americans were really serious about that "equality before the law" stuff after all.

[rwundrock]

Correct, the original story didn't reveal (for six months) that Pettigrew was black. I tried to compress the story into five minutes on video. Had I not mentioned why the story was significant up front, I don't think many would have viewed it.

[dj99surf]

thanks for uploading this. he does look alot like Barack.

[Brenda2955]

This is so cool - to read these pages again. I loved this story when I was a kid. It inspired a sense of civic responsibility in me (I was 9 year old). When I first started hearing about Barack Obama, I thought, he looks like Tim Pettigrew! Thanks so much for creating and posting this video of a great story in a really interesting old comic book.

[rwundrock]

Thanks. I had the comic book for several years.  It's amazing the story recently became relevant. It came out when I was in 8th grade.

[AttentionDeficitDis]

5 STAR JOB!!! Thats a classic!!! Thanx!!!