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| "A glorious excoriation of our post-9/11 loony bin." —New York Times |
| "Riotous and principled." —Washington Post |
| "[T]he Thomas Nast of the internet." —Comedy Central |
| "[H]ilariously deadpan fatalism . . . a surprisingly articulate expression of our anxieties." —Newsweek |
| "Rees [is] a phenomenal cult hero." —Variety | |
Get Your War On: The Definitive Account of the War on Terror, 2001-2008
David Rees
with an introduction by Matt Taibbi
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| Paper | 11 x 8.5 | 256 pgs. | ISBN: 1-59376-213-5 | List: $15.95 | 11/1/2008 |
Available on Powells.com, Amazon.com, from your local BookSense store, and bookstores everywhere!
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About the book: In the aftermath of 9/11, when experts and citizens rallied behind President George W. Bush and his worldwide "War on Terror," a scrappy internet comic called "bullshit" on the whole undertaking and never looked back.
It's taken years for conventional wisdom to catch up to Get Your War On.
David Rees's infamous cartoon which went on to be serialized in Rolling Stone, adapted for the stage, and animated isn't just a caustic analysis of American foreign policy. It's also an emotional kaleidoscope of American life and absurdity,from October, 2001, when American bombs first fell in the poverty-stricken, terrorist safe haven of Afghanistan, to 2008, when bombs continue to fall in the poverty-stricken, terrorist safe haven of Afghanistan. (There's some stuff about Iraq in the middle, too.)
This is the final, definitive collection of Rees's comic. It is also the first definitive account of the War on Terror. . .
And it's fucking hilarious.
About the author: David Rees's Get Your War On has been published in British, French, Spanish, and Italian editions. His comics have appeared in Rolling Stone, GQ, the Guardian, the Village Voice, and the Nation. He lives in New York state.
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