Earlier this week, the identity of the man behind the original Obama Joker photo was revealed: Firas Alkhateeb, a student at the University of Illinois. Now, Alkhateeb isn't responsible for those "Socialism" posters that have gotten everyone in a tizzy out in Los Angeles. But Alkhateeb did originally post his Photoshop experiment on image hosting website Flickr. Until recently, when Flickr decided to delete the image. Thomas Hawk has more on this issue, as well as a great overview on Flickr's statement on the matter. TechCrunch also has an interesting take and looks at Flickr getting delete happy by shutting down a forum dedicated to the topic of the image. more ›

Remember all the hub-bub a few weeks back over the Obama-as-Dark-Knight-Joker posters? It seems the LA media has caught up with the creator of the posters and he's Firas Alkhateeb, a history major at the University of Illinois. It all started with a Photoshop exercise using an old Time Magazine cover though he's not responsible for those posters. According to him, someone lifted the image from his Flickr for those; Alkhateeb abstained from voting this past November and cites Dennis Kucinich as the candidate he was most likely to support. more ›