This Made Me Laugh

This article in The Onion is conclusive proof that Obama + Conan is a doable equation.

Also: I'm of the opinion that there should be more attention paid to Conan by the government as a whole. The barbarian knows how to get shit done.

And just to be a fucking geek about it, I should point out that the story to which he refers is "The Tower of the Elephant." Conan is breaking into the tower and runs into another thief who's in the process of doing the same. (A situation lifted for the movie, but replacing Valeria with Taurus). Busiek also adapted the story in his run, and it's great.

Taurus brings his experience and specialized thieving tools, and Conan brings his general badassery. It's also one of the trippiest Conan stories... If I had to guess, this was probably the one that Lovecraft read that made him think, "This is guy I should be talking to..." (Either this or "Red Nails.") It starts out in standard Conan territory, and wanders into some seriously weird shit. Good times.