Freedom Fries TP

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WAR, SCANDAL, DECEPTION, HYPOCRISY AND CORRUPTION.
In the finest tradition of Thomas Nast, Herblock, Pat Oliphant, and Ralph Steadman, Steve Brodner has been eviscerating the mighty, the self-righteous, and the downright evil with his acid-drenched pen and brush for three decades.

This career-summarizing collection features Brodner's hand-picked selection of over 350 of his finest cartoons, illustrations, comic strips and on-site art journalism. Originally published in such magazines as Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and Mother Jones (except for a handful of previously unpublished cartoons that were rejected as too explosive), they comprise a funhouse trip through a generation of political and social upheaval, populated by some of the most appalling characters to have elbowed their way into the world's spotlight.

Here is Clinton nailing himself to a cross, the Bush Jr. cabinet portrayed as "The Bushanos," Gingrich's rise and fall, Saddam Hussein gobbling up oil wells, Al Gore turned literally wooden, and the most succinctly brutal visual commentary on Rush Limbaugh ever devised--but also sympathetic and sensitive portrayals of the victims of these miscreants, be they out-of-work farmers, victims of gun violence, or 9/11 relatives. All in all, an unblinking gaze at the world as we know it, etched in ink, sweat, and blood.