• Facebook's Zuckerberg Becomes a Comic Book Hero

    Facebook's Zuckerberg Becomes a Comic Book Hero

    Nachiket Mhatre, Feb 24, 2011 1647 hrs IST

    New 48-pager comic book to paint him in a fair light

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The youngest billionaire, Time magazine's controversial Person of the Year, and the king of the social networking Mark Zuckerberg is finally getting the ultimate in American hero worship - the Comic Book treatment in the form of a 48-pager comic book titled 'Mark Zuckerberg: Creator of Facebook' trade paperback. Written by freelance writer Jerome Maida for BlueWater comics, the book goes on sale today.

"Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire on the planet and created something that has already had a profound impact on the world. Yet hardly anyone knows much about him. It's amazing," says Maida about the comic book.





Most of you may be considering Zuckerberg out of character in the role of a comic book hero; a comic book villain would be more like it, especially in the light of him being portrayed as a back-stabbing manipulator in the recent movie The Social Network and his numerous autobiographies. However, Jerome Maida intends to paint the man in a "fair" light, as opposed to people's perception about him.

He elaborates, "Rightly or wrongly, Mark dealt harshly with some people on his way to where he is today. As we see, he left many people feeling betrayed. I try my best to be fair here." The book releases today in major comic book stores in U.S., and can also be ordered online from here.  The comic book has already been optioned for an upcoming short film.


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Marc
,Norfolk, VA, on Feb 24, 2011 07:56 PM
I would guess that the media hype is adding the 'hero' part to this story. It's probably more like 'Mark Zuckerberg Becomes a Comic Book Protagonist'. Also, go back and look at geniuses throughout history (and despite your view of Zuckerberg, the man was offered a job at MS out of high school, turned it down to go to Harvard, and is now a billionaire). Geniuses are generally a**holes. Just the way it goes, doesn't make what they contribute to our society any less substantial.
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Jordan
,St.John's, on Feb 24, 2011 07:23 PM
Wow, if anyone wasn't a comic book hero it would be him.
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John
,New York, on Feb 24, 2011 06:32 PM
He would do so well as a comic book villain. This is another example of publishers and writers networking with the rich and powerful while cozying up to money-making opportunities.
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siddhant
,siddhapur, on Feb 24, 2011 05:21 PM
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