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  • Obama Joker artist unmasked: A fellow Chicagoan

    08/18/2009 1:05:18 AM PDT · by MestaMachine · 31 replies · 2,759+ views
    LA Times Blogs ^ | August 17, 2009 | Mark Milian
    When cryptic posters portraying President Obama as the Joker from "Batman" began popping up around Los Angeles and other cities, the question many asked was, Who is behind the image? Was it an ultra-conservative grassroots group or a disgruntled street artist going against the grain? Nope, it turns out, just a 20-year-old college student from Chicago. Bored during his winter school break, Firas Alkhateeb, a senior history major at the University of Illinois, crafted the picture of Obama with the recognizable clown makeup using Adobe's Photoshop software. snip Although Alkhateeb claims he was making no political statement with the artwork,...