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"I have tons of my own stories that I've worked on over the years, and I hope to get some of those up and running this year," he says. THE BANNING OF THE 99 The much-publicised Islamic-themed superhero comic book, The 99, written by Kuwaiti psychologist Naif al-Mutawa and praised by Barack Obama, has now been banned in[...]

I've just read issue 99. No spoilers here Not, at least, for those who have read issue 98 If you've only seen the TV show, then even the covers of issue 100 will be spoilery. We start with the situation that Walking Dead #98 left us in Their encampment recently under seige by zombies and gangsters alike[...]

And perhaps the trials and tribulations of Naif Al Mutawa's attempts to get print distribution for The 99, a comic book story drawing on many traditional Islamic elements that has been championed by President Obama amongst others but which was dropped by its US distributors, points to the continued suspicions and uncertainties regarding comics and[...]

World Net Daily, a prominent website specialising in conservative political thinking has published a new piece entitled "Islamic kids cartoons praised by Obama draw terse warning". The piece concentrates on The 99, an Islamic inspired superhero comic book that has been positively mentioned by comic book-reader Barack Obama, and is due for a DC Comics team[...]