{"id":42796,"date":"2024-11-14T14:52:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T19:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=42796"},"modified":"2024-11-14T14:52:10","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T19:52:10","slug":"trump-gets-comic-book-seal-of-approval-real-life-avengers-get-cabinet-posts-the-best-christmas-pageant-ever-is-a-box-office-hit-pr-master-kevin-wandra-promoted-to-vice-president-at-carmel-co","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2024\/11\/trump-gets-comic-book-seal-of-approval-real-life-avengers-get-cabinet-posts-the-best-christmas-pageant-ever-is-a-box-office-hit-pr-master-kevin-wandra-promoted-to-vice-president-at-carmel-co.html","title":{"rendered":"Trump gets comic book seal of approval + Real-life Avengers get Cabinet posts + “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” is a box office hit + PR master Kevin Wandra promoted to Vice President at Carmel Communications"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 11\/14\/24<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Is this the start of the TCU (Trump Cinematic Universe)?<\/strong> After all, before there was the MCU<\/strong> there was Marvel Comics <\/strong>and the Trump political saga has all the elements of great cinema – but we’re getting ahead of ourselves. For now, however, I can report that the studio behind Kingstone Comics<\/strong><\/a> and U.S. Comics<\/strong><\/a> is releasing a special President Trump Election Edition<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Talking about his decision to publish the book Kingstone Studios\u2019 CEO Art Ayris<\/strong> says \u201cIf there is any one political figure that embodies undying patriotism, unyielding commitment to America and unrelenting fervor for the good of all Americans it is President Trump. Even ahead of knowing the election outcome, our company created, published and printed this comic book to honor President Trump. The American flag has seen many hard-fought battles in its history and is representative of our hard-fought freedoms. In this election it witnessed maybe one of the most historic and bloody political battles of all time. The tagline on our cover is \u2018Restoring the Glory to Old Glory\u2019 and we firmly believe President Trump and his leadership are can accomplish that for our great country.\u201d<\/p>\n

He adds \u201cWe assigned our top artist, former Marvel creator Joe Bennett (The Immortal Hulk<\/em>, Captain America<\/em>)<\/strong> to this project as well as to our companion graphic novels on the U.S. Constitution<\/em><\/strong> and America Part One<\/em><\/strong>. Based on the seemingly insurmountable odds President Trump battled to come back and win the presidency. We hope this comic book will also become an iconic addition to election memorabilia on the par of \u201cI Like Ike\u201d buttons<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kingstone Studios<\/strong><\/a> is a central Florida based comic, animation and film studio. The company’s credits include the 2022 theatrical film No Vacancy<\/strong><\/em><\/a> starring Dean Cain<\/strong>. Its Kingstone Comics imprint published the Kingstone Bible<\/strong><\/a> which is billed as the most complete graphic adaptation of the Bible ever done.
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The New Avengers. <\/strong>So far, President-elect Trump<\/strong> is building himself an awesome White House Cabinet made up of many of the free-thinking political renegades we saw with him on the campaign trail, plus a couple of surprises.<\/p>\n

Fox News’ Pete Hegseth <\/strong>is certainly an out-of-the-box choice – and inspired one. Those who denigrate him as right-wing cable personality either are unaware of his very impressive background<\/a> – or are hoping to keep the public from from being aware of it. My own brief encounter with Hegseth was in 2020 when I interviewed him<\/a> about his book Modern Warriors: Real Stories from Real Heroes<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. He was a true gentleman who left me genuinely impressed with both his knowledge and commitment to American troops and the country as a whole.<\/p>\n

Re: that other surprise, please President Trump rethink you AG pick. IMHO<\/strong>, Matt Gaetz<\/strong> is a political bomb thrower who threw GOP<\/strong> control of House into disarray for no reason at all and will only provide ammunition for Trump’s critics. There are so many better choices<\/a> – including just bringing back his previous acting attorney general Matt Whitaker<\/strong>.
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