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We Should Improve Society Somewhat

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Half of them were really great, half of them I did not like at all.. Sometimes I did not even get the point, but overall, it was really great. Drawn very good. Everybody should read. A nice look at how the politics work in these days. In a sarcastic way.

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I think the cartoonist is incredibly talented, but I think that unfortunately this book was just not for me. Some of the strips I really liked, but overall I felt bored and just didnt want to keep reading. But again, that's not due to the author, that's due to me. I tried out this book because I enjoy getting out of my comfort zone, it just wasn't a slam dunk for me. However, if you really like political cartoons, i would say ignore my review and try the book out.

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This was a really great take and political commentary on what has been going on in America since 2015-ish. It talks about Trump's administration, the Black Lives Matter Movement, sexism, the rise of Nazism in the US, conflict in the Middle East, online trolls, and much, much more. This is definitely considered a leftist view and I would not recommend this book for those who identify as conservative or right wing. At times this book made me laugh and at others I found myself saying "ow" because of how true the depictions felt and it hurt to see how messed up America is. This satirical political cartoon compilation was well executed!

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Great art and certainly spoke to me politically! Sometimes to the point that it was hard to even keep going with it.

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I think this is a helpful medium of advocacy for those who appreciate political cartoons. I think in reading this, I realized I'm not that person. The messages were good and I didn't disagree with the commentary- but it felt like scrolling a Twitter discourse thread- and I can get enough of that on Twitter.

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I really enjoyed this graphic novel because of its art style and entrenching plot. I would highly recommend this to fans of graphic novels.

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I'm always impressed by political comedy since it string together two vastly opposite notions and creates a sense of understanding and consideration. It's tough to portray current political developments and their consequences in a manner that doesn't make you go all red with anger but still sparks the fire of empathy for those being wrongly affected by disturbing policies, poor structuring, and overall pathetic aggression depicted through gun violence, racism, sexism, deportations, caging up those at the borders, etc. But this collection of comics lays exactly that in front of you and does it in a perfectly balanced way, allowing you to grasp necessary information and also enjoy the art through which it is all being depicted.

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Matt Bors creates a clever graphic novel that is entertaining and attractively illustrated. I love the creator's use of humor and the way the text works along with the images. Nicely done indeed!

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A collection of Bors’ recent satire comics and explanations behind some of them. A good look into the art of satire comics.

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This book was fine but nothing special. The illustrations were well done but the type of humor just wasn't for me.

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Matt Bors have a very cutting type of humor. It is both funny and very very sad at the same time. He gets to the point of what is going on, and goes beyond.

It is a bit on the raw side. Some of these things are still going on, and getting worse. You have to laugh through the pain.

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If the current, as of 2020, president of the US is the bain of your existence, you might want to avoid these cartoons until it has passed.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

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I found this to be a little too heavy handed for me, in all honesty. The collection covers a wide range of current affair topics from Black Lives Matter to gun control to US and world politics as a whole. While I don't disagree with the author's viewpoint, I find his humor to be lacking. It came across as more of a sad review of today's world then a collection of comics meant to be humorous.

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This cartoon collection is by founder of Nib magazine and is collection of political cartoons.
Hero of these cartoons is of course president sir.
It shows issues of racism, immigration, double standards and policing methods.
It is hard hitting.
You have to be aware of current developments in US politics.
It is funny and profoundly sarcastic and exposes hypocrisy commonplace in political galleries.
I liked the cartoons and will like to follow author on twitter and his website.
Thanks netgalley and publisher for review copy.

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An excellent collection, beautifully drawn (his Trump, uh, trumps anyone elses). It almost makes being alive in these ridiculous and disastrous times doable.

Let me try that again.

Matt Bors takes pain, and turns it into funniness. Which then also still reminds you of the pain it started with. Ha ha ow!, like that.

On the right path.. again.

Matt Bors takes the finger of funniness, the funny finger, and squishes it into the stinky open wound of today's news.

Almost..

Matt Bors stick his fun-finger into today's stink-hole. Smell his finger, I dare you!

*chef kissing fingers emoji*

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