Everybody Is Stupid Except For Me by Peter Bagge
Fans of Peter Bagge s generation-defining, satirical fiction may not realize this, but the cartoonist doubles as an opinionated cuss, and has been contributing provocative (but still hilarious) comic-strip opinion pieces to Reason magazine for the last several years.collected in this volume. Although a libertarian by inclination, Bagge is hardly dogmatic, and many of the pieces undermine traditional party lines in favor of a personal, rational and informed take on hot-button issues that will force partisan Democrats and Republicans alike to rethink them. And of course, Bagge s well-researched comic strip essays crackle with the same energy and wit that propelled him into the collective Gen X consciousness with his comic book series Hate. Favorite topics include the erosion of our civil liberties (whether the post-9/11 Bush administration s gradual erosion of the Bill of Rights, the insanity of the war on drugs, or nanny-state meddling), ongoing boondoggles of the American public (for professional sports stadiums or ineffective public transportation systems), the Iraq war, so-called art and so-called entertainment, the homeless, politicians both in general and in particular (including the 2008 presidential race and a revelatory one-on-one with Republican not-so-hopeful Ron Paul), and whether citizens should be allowed to own bazookas. Each piece features the voluble Bagge himself front and center as the puzzled, indignant, or deeply conflicted everyman-on-the-street trying to make sense of this 21st Century. And of course, every panel is delineated in Bagge s glorious, laugh-out-loud stretchy 4-color cartoon style, making even his disquisitions on some very serious topics go down as smoothly as Buddy Bradley s latest escapade. BONUS: This new edition of the sold-out Everybody Is Stupid features an extra 20 pages of never-before-collected comics, including an epic biography of eccentric libertarian (and Ayn Rand contemporary) Isabel Mary Paterson.The 2014 USA Rockefeller Fellow in Literature is Peter Bagge. He's the Harvey Award-winning creator of the popular 1990s alternative comic series Hate, starring slacker hero Buddy Bradley, and a Reason magazine contributing editor. He started his start in comics in the R. He graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Weirdo is a magazine edited by Robert Crumb. Bagge, his wife Joanne, daughter, and three cats live in Seattle.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781606996560 |
| ISBN 10 | 1606996568 |
| Title | Everybody Is Stupid Except For Me |
| Author | Peter Bagge |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Fantagraphics |
| Year published | 2013-09-26 |
| Number of pages | 154 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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