Events
David Rees
Get Your War On: The Definitive Account of the War on Terror 2001—2008
December 4, 7pm
Melville House Bookstore
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David Rees will be talking about his book Get Your War On (Soft Skull Press) as part of Dumbo's First Thursdays Gallery Walk. Rees will present a history of the War on Terror told entirely in cartoons. It's a live, greatest hits collection of GET YOUR WAR ON comics, starting in October 2001 and going all the way through the 2008 presidential election.
RELIVE THE EXCITEMENT!
Get Your War On is the final, definitive collection of Rees's infamous comic, which went on to be serialized in Rolling Stone, adapted for the stage and animated. The comic is more than just a caustic analysis of American foreign policy—it's also an emotional kaleidoscope of American life and absurdity from October 9th, 2001, when American bombs first fell in the poverty-striken, terrorist safe haven of Afghanistan, to 2008, when bombs continue to fall in the poverty-striken terrorist safe haven of Afghanistan. (There's some stuff about Iraq in the middle, too.)
What the press had to say but the man and the comic:
"A glorious excoriation of our post-9/11 loony bin" —New York Times
"Riotous and principled." —Washington Post
"Brilliant." —USA Today
"[T]he Thomas Nast of the internet." —Comedy Central
"[H]ilariously deadpan fatalism … a surprisingly articulate expression of our anxieties." —Newsweek
"The most original cartoon to emerge since … well, ever. Raw, enraged, sardonic, hilarious, despairing, and impossible to pigeonhohle." —Rolling Stone
Free event / All welcome