A little over a year ago an artist made George W. Bush resemble a comic book villain with little fanfare.  L.A. Weekly put an image of Bush as a vampire on a front cover in 2004 with no subsequent national outrage.  The photoshopped TIME portrait of President Obama as Heath Ledger’s Joker, however, has created a firestorm of debate across the country.  The image has been dubbed by some “dangerous,” “hateful,” and “mean-spirited.”  Myspace and Flickr have reportedly begun banning the pictures from user accounts. (more…)