Barbargsa - Blood of the Honorable
http://www.psywarrior.com/PsyopComics.html
Comic books are presently very popular as PSYOP media. In the Philippines, U.S. Army PSYOP officers have distributed 600,000 copies of the 10-part series, “Barbargsa - Blood of the Honorable.” There are versions in English and in the local dialect. It features “Ameer,” a practitioner of Kuntao, a local form of martial arts. He dons a mask and vows to protect the downtrodden and innocent victims of terrorists. The Philippines military are also portrayed in a positive and heroic light while the villains are called terrorists or bandits. The creators accurately illustrate the Sulu region, and use character names, clothing and mannerisms that reflect the culture of the Tausug ethnic group. It took about 2,000 hours to create the 10 comic books.
The project was the brainchild of Maj. Edward Lopacienski, military information support team commander for the joint special operations task force Philippines mission, and the non-commissioned officer in charge, Master Sgt. Russell Snyder. The pair outlined the basic idea in January 2006. The plot follows the battle between good and evil. It depicts real events, specifically the Sulu Co-Op bombing in March 2006, which killed five and injured 40 and the Basilan hostage crisis when members of the Abu Sayyaf Group took school children and used them as human shields.
Army Enlists Comic Books, iPods in Insurgent Fight
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2008/01/coin-comic-book/
Comic Book Hero Spreads Counterterrorism Message
http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/archive/2008/February/Pages/ComicBook2358.aspx
http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/papers/vp01.cfm?outfit=pmt&folder=2914&paper=3013
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