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The Revolt Of The English Majors: A Doonesbury Book

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Revolt Of The English Majors is a collection of G.B. Trudeau's black and white Doonesbury cartoon strips and offers fine political satire and commentary. The classic characters of Doonesbury are entering middle age and re-thinking commitments and lack thereof - enjoy a set of strips which includes a center selection of full-color panels.

While looking at our society and lifestyles, politics and foibles, Trudeau once again tweaks us, as a whole. Either you love his work or hate it and the anthologies are for his most die-hard fans. These characters are the people you have watched evolve and this is a visit with old friends.

I am a big fan of Doonesbury and I was happy to see that there are Kindle versions of his books.

Unfortunately Once I downloaded this book the strips were so small they were unreadable. Guess I will stick to the paper versions for now on.

In this book, a master political and social satirist aims his wit at the 2000 presidential election between Vice President Al Gore and George W. Bush. Once again, Trudeau's genius comes through as he portrays Bill Clinton as a waffle with a massive dollop of butter on top and syrup dripping off the sides and George W. Bush is portrayed as an asterisk under a large cowboy hat. Many of Bush's major misspeaks are included, for as the relevant cartoon characters point out, it is impossible to improve on them.
The absurdity of the results in Florida, from the clear conclusion that a majority of Florida voters intended to vote for Gore to the vote in the Supreme Court that gave Bush the victory are all described in Trudeau's effective cartoon style. This book is an expression of sheer genius about an event that was a colossal failure of the democratic process.