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Superhero Art: Let’s Get Political

Jamie Canaves

Contributing Editor

Jamie Canavés is the Tailored Book Recommendations coordinator and Unusual Suspects mystery newsletter writer–in case you’re wondering what you do with a Liberal Arts degree. She’s never met a beach she didn’t like, always says yes to dessert, loves ‘80s nostalgia, all forms of entertainment, and can hold a conversation using only gifs. You can definitely talk books with her on Litsy and Goodreads. Depending on social media’s stability maybe also Twitter and Bluesky.

If the pen is mightier than the sword than certainly the paintbrush–physical or digital–is too. Superheroes have always been political so it is no surprise that with Trump taking office and people fighting for their civil rights and lives that artist have taken to using superhero art (along with one villain) to show resistance. In a time when silence is not an option–

the pin

–here is some impactful superhero art fitting of the #resistance.

Mike McCain

“For as long as the current immigration ban exists, I’ll be donating 100% of proceeds from all sales to the ACLU.” Prints available here.

Stephen Byrne

 

Sara Parrett

https://sparrettart.tumblr.com/post/157169404561

Phil Noto

https://twitter.com/philnoto/status/825484459814313985

Shing Yin Khor

David Mack

Yusef Abonamah

Anonymous (As far as I could find the original image seems to have been added anonymously to imgur.)

Herr Nilsson

 

Bushwick Collective Artists

 

 

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