JEFF DANZIGER IS an independent political cartoonist whose work appears in hundreds of newspapers around the world via the New York Times Syndicate. He draws from six to ten cartoons a week on a wide variety of subjects, from international folly to Hollywood hubris. An equal opportunity satirist, he is politically to the left of Genghis Kahn — everyone and everything is fair game. His dark drawings, pull-no-punches humor, and “Danziger” signature line are instantly recognizable to any regular reader of newspaper opinion pages. As with any great political humorist, Danziger’s funniest creations lampoon the most deadly serious subjects. Created in the heat of the moment and collected here for the first time, Danziger’s cartoons of George W. Bush’s ascent to the White House and first term in office amount to a highly entertaining excursion through the national and international political landscape of the past four years. Wreckage Begins with “W” showcases a singular wit and an artist of uncanny prescience.
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Political cartoonist Danziger contributes to the cottage industry of books on the Dubya Years with this collection of strips from January 20, 2000, to March 2004, giving a stinging and graphically startling look at recent events. Along with the usual topics—the 2000 election, the horror of 9/11 and the relentless march to war—Danziger also examines such byways of history as Vladimir Putin's strong-arm tactics, Senate legislative activities and what he sees as the continuing excesses of Hill and Bill. While he saves most of his barbs for the right, Danziger takes aim at venal pettiness on both sides of the political fence. Although not a master of caricature, he excels at stark imagery and bold composition that recalls past masters Bill Mauldin and Herblock. For instance, he captures the current Clintons in a powerful image of Bill shooting up with a needle labeled "Sex" and Hillary using one tagged "Ambition." Text beneath each cartoon sometimes gives historical context and sometimes explains the joke. Danziger, a Vietnam vet, aims his most powerful weapons at the politicians who send young people off to war, and current events have provided him ample fodder.
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“Jeff Danziger is everything a great political cartoonist should be in this over-reverential age: savage, merciless, accurate, ribald, and blessed with a lovely eye and hand. Again and again in recent years, Danziger has drawn what so few in the American press have had the guts to write.”— John le Carré
“Jeff Danziger’s muscular line cracks like a whip, flailing into shreds the hypocrisies that make up the body politic. Drawing like a dream, he renders these smart, witty (often hilarious), comic nightmares. His rage is our solace.”— Jules Feiffer
“Jeff Danziger’s cartoons are invariably great because his ability to draw, his ideas, and the composition, drama, and import of his work are great.”— Arnold Roth
“People laughed when Jeff Danziger said he wanted to be an internationally syndicated editorial cartoonist. They’re not laughing now.” — Martyn Turner The Irish Times
“Jeff Danziger’s muscular line cracks like a whip, flailing into shreds the hypocrisies that make up the body politic. Drawing like a dream, he renders these smart, witty (often hilarious), comic nightmares. His rage is our solace.”— Jules Feiffer
“Jeff Danziger’s cartoons are invariably great because his ability to draw, his ideas, and the composition, drama, and import of his work are great.”— Arnold Roth
“People laughed when Jeff Danziger said he wanted to be an internationally syndicated editorial cartoonist. They’re not laughing now.” — Martyn Turner The Irish Times
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Hilarious Compilation of Cartoons,
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This review is from: Wreckage Begins with "W": Cartoons of the Bush Administration (Paperback)
If you like Danziger's work this is a great compilation. The artwork is excellent, the humor is cutting and provocative. This is a cartoonist who can make a picture speak a thousand words. Danziger captures the emotion of the world events that have impacted us all, and still makes them funny with a dry sardonic wit. Many of the cartoons are very poignant.
If you think politicians and the poweful deserve referential treatment and respect, by virtue of their position, don't buy this book, unless you want to be outraged. The title, Wreckage begins with W doesn't really do the collection of cartoons justice - it covers the full spectrum of events over the last four years. It goes far beyond lampooning one easy target (not to say that coverage of W is in any way lacking!). This is a must read book for anyone who enjoys political cartoons and satire.
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Some of the best political cartoons ever created,
By Charles Ashbacher (Marion, Iowa United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (VINE VOICE) (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER)
This review is from: Wreckage Begins with "W": Cartoons of the Bush Administration (Paperback)
It takes a sharp pen to draw the narrow lines of a detailed cartoon, but the sharpest characteristic of Danzinger's pens is the probing that it does into the sensitive areas of the administration of George W. Bush. The number of failures of the Bush administration is amazingly high, in quantity and quality, both foreign and domestic.
Danzinger's cartoons are honest and to the point, although one must possess some knowledge of the history of the eight years in order to truly appreciate the depth of the point. Danzinger is a Vietnam veteran and my favorite cartoon appears in the foreword by Frank Miller. It shows the heads of fifteen famous conservatives and one famous liberal poking out from under a bed. The caption is "We Weren't Soldiers! They experienced the Hell of Vietnam (from a Nice Safe Place)." This is a demonstration of a semi-truism of the American political landscape, namely that it is the people that avoided serving in a war that are generally the most willing to send their nation into war. These are some of the best political cartoons ever drawn.
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There is nothing funny about the Bush White House,
By Joe Mac Guy "NA" (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Wreckage Begins with "W": Cartoons of the Bush Administration (Paperback)
The current Presidental adminstration will already go down as one of the worst in American History. Stealing the 2000 Election, the mistakes made on the war on terror after 9/11, getting us caught in a war that is Vietnam all over again, getting advice from military people who have the brains of two year olds, and having spokespersons at the news conference who have the people skills of a bully three year olds. These cartoons are not funny, they are sadly all too real.
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