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Governments all over are looking at Uber and Lyft and trying to figure out how the ridesharing services fit into their transportation systems. Each weekday I round up all the key regulatory news from the previous 24 hours, giving you a one-stop rundown of efforts to regulate, ban or allow ridesharing services to operate in jurisdictions throughout the world.

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn vetoed his state's closely-watched ridesharing bills. Quinn said the bills, which were backed by the state's taxi industry "would not only stifle innovation, it would be a disservice to consumers who utilize the service while setting a troubling precedent for the future."

Palm Beach County fined Uber and two if its drivers $3,500 for operating illegally in the county. The drivers were each fined $750 with the balnce being levied against Uber.

Internationally:

A decision by India's central bank to shut down Uber could imact the country's GDP.

Uber is facing a legal challenge in Sao Paulo, Brazil, thanks to that city's mayor's office.

From the creator of Alcatraz High and Enforcemen, comes the new comic series, 4 Gun Conclusion!

by Disney Animator and Pixar Story Artist, Bobby Rubio

Debuting at the San Diego Comic Con!

ENFORCEMEN

Created and drawn by Bobby Rubio

Cover Colors by Tim Evatt

Script Revisions by Stephan Vladamir Bugaj

Here is my comic:  ENFORCEMEN!  This was a story that was first printed in last year's comic anthology, CHILDHOOD HEROES, which I created with my friends from the animation industry.  We all took characters we created when we were children and updated them to our current tastes and styles.

So in 1987(I know that was a looong time ago), I was a sophmore in high school and I created ENFORCEMEN. I was influenced by my favorite comics at the time:  the X-Men and the New Teen Titans, and my favorite Japanese animated show:  Macross (Robotech)!  I wanted to infuse my love of comics and Japanese animation to create my superhero team.  And so was born ENFORCEMEN!

I updated the character designs and tweaked the story to fit my tastes today.  (One example is the black leather mini skirts.  They had to go.  In their place, I designed full body suits for the women.) I kept the 4-armed alien but made him more reptilian to give a more alien feel to him.  And in place of my Wolverine rip-off, I turned him into an Asian martial artist with ice powers, and he would create ice weapons, like stabbing pikes and ice swords!

For the story, I wanted to tell one that was familiar to me.  I based it off of my first experiences in the comic and animation industry.  I wanted to tell a story of a kid who idolizes superheroes and so badly wants to be part of that world.  And eventually he will.  But he'll see what happens when he goes behind the curtain and see how his heroes really act behind the scenes.  To be honest, some of them were really cool and deserve that admiration.  And there were others who were complete a$$#ole$!  The story will be a coming of age story and the kid will learn that it's not the powers that makes the superhero.  It's the person behind the powers that makes him/her "super!"

"Truth?... Sometimes.  Justice?...Always!"

The ENFORCEMEN are coming to Comic Con!

Booth #1943

Color Design by Tim Evatt

Designing the bad guys for my "Childhood Heroes" story.

Working on my "Childhood Heroes" story.

Trying to design the main characters.