Steampunk Palin

[That person]

Steampunk Palin hopes to capitalize on the popularity of two things: First, former Vice Presidential Candidate and ex-Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin, whose life story of beauty queen to elected official to media celebrity has captivated a nation, both for those who find her to be an inspiring voice to the Tea Party movement of libertarian-influenced conservatives, and those who derive perverse entertainment from many of her public statements and behavior.

The second thing is steampunk, a literary genre that borrows the notions of cyberpunk and transplants them into an alternate history past or fantasy world, usually influenced by the works of H.G. Wells or Jules Verne. It's often characterized by the use of advanced technology substitutes reliant on non-electrical power, and a visual aesthetic heavy on intricately designed gearworks. Its popularity has reached a point where some enthusiasts enjoy dressing up in their own steampunk inspired costumes, and thus been fairly or unfairly labelled as "Goths who decided it might be fun to wear brown for a change."
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The story starts in the near future, in the immediate aftermath of a war that has destroyed all the Earth's oil. A new power source is needed, and Sarah Palin steps forward to suggest steam power as a replacement. A conglomerate consisting of big oil and nuclear power interests makes a counterproposal by blowing her up with a bomb at the meeting where she suggests this.

Let me step back for a second and point out that in order to make steam power you boil water and turn it into steam to power your generators, and that nuclear power, oil and natural gas are some of the most common heat sources used to do that. Anyway, back to crazyland.

Six months later Sarah Palin wakes up to find that she now has body more than half made of robot parts. Powered by steam. It's unclear how exactly they're steam-powered. She mostly looks like Cyborg of the Teen Titans.

http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/01/20/steampunk-palin-comic/

Reading the link, I think this might be regarded as a masterpiece of the WTF genre.

 

[Wolfwood]

Not gonna lie....that's kinda hot.

 

[Rowsdower!]

We really need a smiley that blows his own head off with a .45. That would (kind of) sum up how I feel when I read about this kind of stuff.

 

[That person]

We really need a smiley that blows his own head off with a .45. That would (kind of) sum up how I feel when I read about this kind of stuff.

Stolen from another forum. Feel free to use it.

 

[Mandi-chan]

Oh, gag me!

Love Steampunk (new fan of it)!

Can't stand Palin!

This comic sounds beyond stupid.