Get Your War On II

Get Your War on

by David Rees

A second collection of the Web site cartoonist's observations on the war on terrorism and other contemporary issues offers a provocative look at the Bush Administration and its policies, Operation Iraqi Freedom, the war in Afghanistan, tax cuts, the 2004 presidential campaign, and more. Original.

Genres: Comics, Politics, Humor, Graphic Novels

208 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2004

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.

David Thomas Rees is a cartoonist and humorist whose best-known work combines bland clip art with outrageous "trash talk" to incongruous effect.

Reviews

[Keith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Four stars only because toward the end I didn't know enough about the politics under discussion anymore, and a lot of times I was just confused. Sort of like listening to later Rage Against the Machine albums. But my girlfriend read this whole book with her jaw dropped and screaming, and she knows her shit, so I'm assuming that if you also know your shit, this will be spot-on.

[Adam McPhee · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the only good webcomics to have ever existed, alongside Perry Bible Fellowship and uhhhhh I thought I could name another but I got nothing.

UPDATE: Red Meat is the other one.

[Meredith Holley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Get Your War On ties with The Daily Show as my favorite experience from election season 2008. David Letterman, Tina Fey, and . . . well . . Barack Obama are really close seconds. This book was no disappointment, but I must admit I didn't get all of it. It generally covers the period 2002-2004, with a brief look at early GYWO from the '80s and some insightful commentary from 1861 on Confederate currency. Apparently, it is true (just as I suspected): David Rees is immortal. I peaced out of politics for a couple of those years, due to the general depressing state of politics or not being alive yet.

My first experience with Get Your War On was animated (as in talkies as opposed to comic strips - I'm not really sure how to make that distinction), and they really speak for themselves (pun intended), so I thought I would post them here. I'm not sure if it's possible to embed them, so I'm just going to post the links I know take you to my two favorites at this point. The language is . . . um . . . "not safe for work", as David Rees says on his website ( http://www.mnftiu.cc/ ).

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11...

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am the most suggestable of the suggestables. After seeing the ad for this book on Bookslut, I had it on the brain. Then when I went to Antigone Books a few days ago, looking for an entirely different book that they didn't have and I had to order, I spied this book on my way out. Far be it from me to walk out of a bookstore empty-handed, so of course I had to pick it up and head back to the register (picking up a copy of the latest issue of Bust on the way, which I'm so glad I did because it was a fabulous issue).

Of course I was crazy busy for the next two days, so I ended up reading most of the comics while walking to and from campus. Which seemed to entertain many of the drivers on my street, who stared at me nearly falling over laughing, trying to walk and read at the same time. Needless to say, despite having been at this for years, Rees's humor has not lagged a bit -- if anything it is even more biting. This book is fabulous.

[Robert · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had seen these cartoons on Bartcop.com when I came across this book on the mega-cheap sale shelf in 2005. By chance, I happened to see this performed in Seattle with overhead projectors and "office workers" the same year. It exposes the sheer stupidity of the previous administration by beating them up with their own propaganda. If that's your thing, you'll love this book. One of my favorite parts is the take on the "Let's send a man to Mars" speech that Bush ripped off from JFK's moon speech. Like many propaganda campaigns, it was unrolled and soon ignored when it fell horribly flat.

[Ori Fienberg · Rating 5 out of 5]

Has anyone seen my freedom car?

[Jamey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Some of the funniest shit I've ever read in my life. And politically spot-on.

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

we really thought the world was ending...