Get Your War on by David Rees Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Get Your War on
Book Review: David Rees is [cool]!
Summary: 5 Stars
Rees' cartoon office workers may swear like dockworkers, but they cut through the jingoism and sheep-like lockstep of post 9/11 political opinion better than just about anything out there. Side-splittingly funny, and right on the money.Book Review: Funny as hell!
Summary: 5 Stars
As a old school Teddy Roosevelt war monger, I could not agree less with the political philospohy of Get your War On. But it's still the funniest thing on the internet...Buy the book and kill some trees!Book Review: Funny if you're a Democrat, I guess
Summary: 2 Stars
I laughed at some of these, but alot of them just came across as bitching disguised as humor. I mean, biting humor is supposed to be about humor, not about just flat out hostility towards the butt of your joke.Book Review: Hilarious
Summary: 5 Stars
Less than a month after the September 11th attacks, David Rees published the first set of Get Your War On cartoons on his website. I discovered GYWO in early 2002, when 7 or 8 sets had already been published, and immediately I became a fan. There's something intrinsically funny about generic clip-art pictures of office workers using extremely foul language to discuss important political issues. Rees not only seeks to provoke laughter, but to make a point: that even in the post-September 11th era, a little skepticism about the U.S. government's actions is a good thing.You don't need to read far to figure out that David Rees is not thrilled with the U.S. "war on terror" and all the accompanying propaganda. His characters speak with a variety of tones, from excessive exuberance that looks suspiciously like sarcasm (e.g. "Oh my God, this War on Terrorism is going to RULE! I can't wait until the war is over and there's no more terrorism!") to fatalism ("If you want me to hand over that planning report, you're more than welcome to bomb my cubicle. Who gives a [expletive] anymore?"). The cartoons cover many subjects, such as the bombing of Afghanistan, domestic anti-terrorism programs, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Exxon Mobil's links to murders in Indonesia, the collapse of Enron, and the constant fear that another major terrorist attack could be just around the corner. The cartoon character Voltron also randomly makes an appearance.
GYWO isn't for everyone, of course. Supporters of recent U.S. policy might be irritated by Rees' harsh sarcasm and deep skepticism about American motives. Also, you need a dark sense of humor and a tolerance of gratuitous profanity to appreciate the book. Take the following line as an example--while discussing the food packages that the U.S. dropped in Afghanistan, one character says "it turns the relief effort into a fun game for the Afghan people--a game called 'See if you have any [expletive] arms left to eat the food we dropped after you step on a landmine trying to retrieve it.'" If you're offended, you may want to think twice before buying this book. For a person with the right sense of humor and outlook on politics, however, the book is hilarious.
Some people might be thinking that the book isn't worth the money, because the cartoons are available for free online. This isn't quite true, however. The book includes a few cartoons that don't seem to be online (it also leaves a few of the online cartoons out). Furthermore, the author's royalties from the book go directly to landmine relief, so by purchasing the book you're donating to a worthy cause.
Book Review: Laugh and cry
Summary: 5 Stars
buy this book, read it. Laugh because this book brings a humour side to a dark situation. And cry, because you will realize that everything in this comic strips is for real.