"The Chicago Sun-Times reported this week that former Illinois governor and recently convicted felon Rod Blagojevich was the featured guest at a large gathering in Chicago over the weekend, where he raised money signing autographs. Specifically, he had top billing at the Wizard World Chicago Comic Convention 2010.
To the best of my knowledge, it is rare for politicians to appear at such conventions, even though the subject matter tends to cover a wide range of pop culture. Certainly comic-book artists and writers are present, but actors from popular movie and TV shows are common as well. For example, Blagojevich said he was excited to meet two of his childhood heroes at the convention, namely Adam West and Burt Ward, who played Batman and Robin, respectively, on the 1960s TV show. Blagojevich was photographed sitting in the Batmobile, although it wasn't clear to me whether he was posing there or just going through the seat cushions looking for loose change"
Sure. Why not? My favorite line from the article comes a paragraph later:
"Adam West may also be a draw because of his current gig as a cartoon mayor on Family Guy. Blagojevich, who coincidentally had a gig as a cartoon governor...
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