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" Marvel&amp;#039;s Joe Quesada has revealed that he was commissioned to produce artwork for Barack Obama. The chief creative officer told CBR that the US president hired him to create a special illustration as a gift for an unspecified recipient. &amp;quot;Sometime in mid-February, I was contacted by someone from the White House asking if I had time to chat with one of the president&amp;#039;s aides,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;When we finally connected I was floored to find out that the president wanted to commission me to do a piece of artwork.  &amp;quot;While I&amp;#039;d love to go into detail as to what it was, I don&amp;#039;t feel that it&amp;#039;s proper for me to do so at this point, as it was a request that came personally from Barack Obama - not as president but as citizen. In other words, the piece had nothing to do with politics and was to be a gift.  Quesada added: &amp;quot;Needless to say, while a fun piece to do conceptually, I was a nervous wreck. I must have submitted about a half dozen sketches, and nearly lost it with anxiety waiting for final approval knowing that the POTUS [President of the United States] was reviewing them.&amp;quot; President Obama has made multiple guest appearances in comic books, most recently in DC Comics&amp;#039; Flashpoint #4. &amp;amp;gt; Read our latest comics news "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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