by Gregory Gay - 02.05.10

A few days ago, I was was browsing our sister site Toronto Thumbs when I noticed something mind-numbingly awesome - Time Lincoln. Yes, Time Lincoln. Ok, those two words don’t exactly give one much to go on, so let’s take a look at the solicitation for the book:
What happens when the Great Emancipator is suddenly freed from the bonds of time to right wrongs throughout history? Taken out of time on the night of his assassination with the help of H.G. Wells’s time machine, Abraham Lincoln finds himself waging war upon the forces of evil in the past, present and future! In his last hour, he lived a lifetime!
Let’s just go through this step-by-step, shall we?
Great Emancipator is a great wrestler name, righting wrongs throughout history is a line of employment that I wish I could sign up for, H.G. Wells build a pretty rad time machine, and Abraham Lincoln is a man who knows a thing or two about wars and the waging of them.
Thumbs’ writer Kevin Hickey was down on the whole thing, especially since it happened to feature yet-another comic book appearance by current president, Barack Obama. While I do think the Obama cameo has long-ago grown lame, I’m pretty hyped for time-traveling steampunk emancipation. The only thing that could make this any better would be if Abe picked up Teddy Roosevelt and the two of them went on a dinosaur safari.
Time Lincoln is being released by Antarctic Press and hits comic book stores later this month.
Also recommended - The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril











He Was…
Our Nation’s Ugliest President…
And…
*Record Scratch*
Its Greatest Hero!?
Carl - 02.05.10 4:07 am
Fore score and many years in the future: Time Lincoln, The Movie.
When I first heard of the comic I thought it was pretty lame but the more I think of it, the more I want it. The fight with Hitler better have jetpacks (how else would they get to the top of Mt. Rushmore?!).
Shaun Hatton - 02.05.10 10:24 am
He is everywhere
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzdeELA4b28
go to 2:07
Jake - 02.05.10 3:50 pm
If anything, the debate over the coolness/lameness of “Time Lincoln” has shown me that I need to consider ordering more copies of the book for our store.
On a side note: surely if Time Lincoln traveled to the future he would have seen that he was going to be assassinated. I refuse to believe that the man who vanquished Hitler on top of Mt. Rushmore would let something as trivial as an assassin’s bullet take him down.
Kevin Hickey - 02.05.10 8:39 pm
Dear Hollywood,
Please give us this movie. The BBC would do it. The *old* Hollywood would have. You know as well as the rest of us that campy movies are on their way back in. So it’s a sure bet.
Sincerely yours,
Me
seanbutnotheard - 02.08.10 11:00 am