EW Exclusive: Arnold Schwarzenegger is back as 'The Governator'
By The Editor
March 31, 2011 - 03:47
EW.com
The animated TV show and comic book, being co-developed by no less a superhero authority than Spider-Man co-creator Stan Lee, won’t be out until next year, but this week EW offers an exclusive early look at Arnold’s cartoon alter-ego. “The Governator is going to be a great superhero, but he’ll also be Arnold Schwarzenegger,” Lee says of the semi-fictional character. “We’re using all the personal elements of Arnold’s life. We’re using his wife [Maria Shriver]. We’re using his kids. We’re using the fact that he used to be governor. Only after he leaves the governor’s office, Arnold decides to become a crime fighter and builds a secret high-tech crime-fighting center under his house in Brentwood.”
Along with the Arnold Cave, the Governator will have a fleet of super vehicles at his disposal, a closet full of “Super Suits” that allow him to fly and perform other super stunts, and a team of colorful sidekicks, such as Zeke Muckerberg, the precocious 13-year-old computer whiz who acts as the Governator’s cybersecurity expert. Naturally, there will also be recurring supervillains — including an evil organization called Gangsters Imposters Racketeers Liars & Irredeemable Ex-cons (or G.I.R.L.I.E. Men, for short). For Schwarzenegger, the cartoon is obviously the next best thing to being President. “I love the idea of a control center below my house with a path so that boats and submarines can go right into the ocean,” he tells EW. “In the cartoon, my house is much closer to the beach than where we live, but, you know, it’s a cartoon.”
Link to full story and exclusive photos on EW.com: http://popwatch.ew.com/2011/03/30/arnold-schwarzenegger-the-governator-exclusive/
Related Articles:
Hermeneutics, Cancel Culture, and Comics
Mandrake the Magician: The first Superhero in Comics and Life
Sequart Releases Comic Criticism Book “How to Analyze and Review Comics”
Top Ten Comics of the 1980s
Dennis O’Neil, Comics, and Social Justice
Archie Comics 80th Anniversary Presents: Archie’s Pals Dotty and Ditto / with Bob Phantom
Marvel Comics – With Great Powers Come Great Responsibilities
DC Comics Drops Diamond as its Distributors
BOOM! Studios Comics On-Sale 06/03/2020
Dark Horse Comics On-Sale 06/03/2020