There has also been concern over the Punisher logo’s official use by police forces in several states. In more recent years, the Punisher skull has been adopted by pro-police Blue Lives Matter protestors, who have used the skull along with the Thin Blue Line flag, which is used to show support for law enforcement. Photo courtesy of the Thin Blue Line, Inc. Punisher clothing from the Thin Blue Line company. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, who inspired the 2014 Clint Eastwood film American Sniper, wrote in his memoir that his unit painted the Punisher skull on their equipment during the Iraq War. Nevertheless, the character has been embraced by law enforcement and the military in the post-9/11 era. The morally compromised antihero often resorts to torture, kidnapping, and coercion in his fight against crime and police corruption. Since then, the character has amassed one of the highest body counts in the Marvel universe, having killed 48,502 people as of 2011, according to the series’ then-editor.
and Ross Andru, first appeared in a 1974 issue of The Amazing Spider-Man. Artists will not be paid, but will retain the rights to use their art as they see fit, with money raised going to support then Black Lives Matter movement.įrank “the Punisher” Castle, who Conway created with artists John Romita Sr. “I’m looking for young comic book artists of color who’d like to participate in a small fundraising project for #BLM to reclaim the Punisher skull as a symbol of justice rather than lawless police oppression,” wrote Conway on Twitter. Writer Gerry Conway opposes the appropriation of the symbol by police officers, some of whom have been seen wearing it at demonstrations protesting the killing of George Floyd. The co-creator of the Punisher, Marvel’s murderously violent vigilante crimefighter, is calling on comic-book artists to create artworks reclaiming the character’s famous skull logo in the name of the Black Lives Matter movement.
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