Books featuring editorial and political cartoons, and politically themed comic strips.
See Also: 2009 Political Gift Guide
See Also: 2009 Political Gift Guide
11. A Right to Be Hostile (The Boondocks Treasury)
By Aaron McGruder, 2003 - Here's the first big book of The Boondocks, more than four years of one of the most influential, controversial, and scathingly funny comics ever to run in a daily newspaper. Features 800 strips and a foreward by Michael Moore.
12. Ambushed! A Cartoon History of the George W. Bush Administration
By Jim Morin and Walter C. Clemens, Jr., 2008 - Ambushed! recounts the exploits of the Bush administration, at home and abroad, 2001 to 2008, through the lens of a Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist for the Miami Herald and the analysis of a leading political scientist at Boston University and Harvard University.
13. Shooting War
By Anthony Lappe and Dan Goldman, 2008 - A scathing near-future satire of the Iraqi occupation that rings with eerie plausibility, this Web comic-to-print hardcover collection follows a cocky young journalist named Jimmy Burns, who finds himself video-blogging across the front lines of Iraq in the year 2011.
14. The Great Big Book of Tomorrow: A Treasury of Cartoons
By Tom Tomorrow, 2003 - For over 15 years, Tom Tomorrow has been providing his uniquely acerbic, witty, and altogether clearheaded view of media, politics, and overall society in his syndicated cartoon. This massive collection of Tomorrow's greatest hits, unseen gems, and new material is the so far definitive collection of one of the most popular 'underground' cartoonists ever -- a delight to long-time fans and new readers alike.
15. Troubletown Told You So: Comics That Could've Saed Us from this Mess
By Lloyd Dangle, 2007 - This latest collection of Lloyd Dangle's satirical comic strip, Troubletown, chronicles the insanity and incompetence of the Bush war years. With unflinching and hysterical detail, Dangle takes aim at all the Bush-era scandals, sleaze, phony intelligence, lies, and creative accounting that are the symbols of our age.
16. Sutton Impact : The Political Cartoons of Ward Sutton
A full-color trouncing of the Bush dynasty from cult-favorite Village Voice cartoonist Ward Sutton, Sutton Impact brings together the artist's hilarious, irreverent social commentary and his vivid poster art. More than 200 pieces document the flights and folly of an era, from politics to popular music, excoriating the USA PATRIOT Act, John Ashcroft's evangelical songwriting, the Democrats' domestic blunders, and much more.
17. Dr. Seuss Goes to War: The WW II Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geisel
By Theodor Seuss Geisel, 2001 - Before he wrote and illustrated his popular children's books, Dr. Seuss made his living as a political cartoonist. In this collection of his wartime cartoons, Seuss savages the fascists with cunning caricatures.
