DVD Review: EVERGREEN: THE ROAD TO LEGALIZATION
“A compelling, provocative and enlightening glimpse into the complex and sometimes contrary world of cannabis legalization in the United States. All of the controversy, infighting and emotion that is...
View ArticleAn Interview with Donald J. Trump
Donald Trump has been in the news a lot, don’t you think? But why? Such an obvious question and yet it seems like there’s no clear answer. Well, I had the opportunity to interview Donald Trump and ask...
View ArticleReview: BERNIE by Ted Rall
“Bernie,” the new graphic biography by Ted Rall, published by Seven Stories Press, is a brilliant portrait of the celebrated iconoclast. Following up on his graphic biography of Edward Snowden, Ted...
View ArticleLooking Beyond the Nixon Mask
Nixon and Trump masks from PureCostumes.com I went to a costume party just the other night. This ain’t my first rodeo. I wore my first Nixon mask when I was sixteen. I loved how weird and recognizable...
View ArticleReview: TRUMP by Ted Rall
TRUMP is an informative guide on Donald Trump presented in a comics format by Ted Rall, published by Seven Stories Press. It is not a satire, nor is it a bombastic attack on Mr. Trump. In fact, if you...
View ArticleComix Scene: Seattle Cyclists
Cyclists in Seattle are in a highly awkward position. Seattle would like to be considered a first-rate bicycle-friendly city. Unfortunately, it’s just not up there with Copenhagen or Amsterdam. Not...
View ArticleOpen Letter to Those Protesting the 2016 Presidential Election: Seek Out Your...
There is one way out of Trump Nation and that involves galvanizing the individuals chosen to be electors to vote their conscience. Everyone who wants to make a difference, go out and protest and focus...
View ArticleResist Trump: The Trump Era is Unleashed
RESIST TRUMP! Illustration by Henry Chamberlain. As the Trump era unfolds, the opposition unfolds too. From USUncut: Some of these numbers are subject to change, but the historically massive scale of...
View ArticleInterview: Edward Sorel and a Grand Career in Illustration
Edward Sorel in his studio. Anyone interested in illustration, art, satire, or the specific art of drawing, will know something about the career of Edward Sorel. The work of Edward Sorel covers a wide...
View ArticleSIFF Review: ‘The Reagan Show’
All Hail, the Gipper! We’ve heard plenty about how the media helped to construct Donald Trump. We see how another White House and the media interacted in, “The Reagan Show,” a new documentary by...
View ArticleInterview: Jerome Charyn, Crime Fiction, and the American Presidency
Photo of Jerome Charyn by Klaus Schoenwiese Jerome Charyn concludes his Isaac Sidel mystery series with the recently published “Winter Warning.” In this interview, we begin with discussing the crime...
View ArticleReview: ‘The Impossible Presidency: The Rise and Fall of America’s Highest...
King Trump Confronts American Presidents. Illustration by Henry Chamberlain. If someone could use an employee manual, it would certainly be the current occupant to the highest post in the land. Jeremi...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House’ by Michael Wolff
FIRE AND FURY! Michael Wolff’s political bombshell, “Fire and Fury,” is like a “Harry Potter” book event: mana for political junkies as well as a breakout book for a much wider audience. It has...
View ArticleBook Review: A HIGHER LOYALTY by James Comey
TRUMP DEMANDS COMEY’S LOYALTY–BUT DOES NOT GET IT. illustration by Henry Chamberlain “The wicked flee when no one pursues.” –Proverbs 28:1 James Comey speaks up for the truth in his new book, “A Higher...
View ArticleWhite House Correspondents’ Dinner Unlikely Yet Reliable on Edgy Comedy
Aunt Lydia, Dear Lydia! These White House Correspondents’ Dinners always seem to sneak up on me. It seems that this year’s crept up on me all the more-so given the absence of a president. There was...
View Article‘The President is Missing’ Could Make a Great Comic Book–Or Not
The President is Missing! With great being a relative term and considering all the cliffhanger sequences so expertly crafted by James Patterson (let’s not fool ourselves that Bill is now a master at...
View ArticleTRUMPWORLD: Brett Kavanaugh Loves Beer!
Brett Kavanaugh Loves Beer! From his opening statement today, one thing is for sure, Brett Kavanaugh Loves Beer! For such a supposedly sophisticated legal mind, Kavanaugh has stumbled and simply come...
View ArticleDoonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau and the Infamous Rape Joke
“Bull Tales” comic strip by Garry Trudeau The very idea of a comic strip like Doonesbury is in the best spirit of what comic strips have been capable of doing. Doonesbury, which launched October 26,...
View ArticleSeattle Focus: Bob Woodward and FEAR
Bob Woodward in Seattle, 28 November 2018 Bob Woodward has a book out on Trump. You may have heard of it. It’s entitled, Fear, published by Simon & Schuster. Mr. Woodward, a legend in journalism,...
View ArticleReview: AMONGST THE LIBERAL ELITE by Elly Lonon and Joan Reilly
Off and running… Have you ever wanted to just go all Jack Kerouac and do an extended road trip? You’d yell out, “Nothing behind me! Everything ahead of me!” Well, what if you’re also caught up in...
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