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I know I just blogged about P. Bagge’s “History of Science” comic for “Discovery Magazine,” but the news that’s even more exciting is the upcoming release of his new book “Everybody Is Stupid Except For Me And Other Astute Observations.” Star Clipper just received the Fantagraphics spring/summer solicitation catalog and it was a pleasant surprise to see “Everybody is Stupid” set for June shipping. The book collects over a decade worth of cartoon reporting for Reason magazine, a leading libertarian publication. Though Bagge identifies himself as a libertarian, his cartoons are just as quick to question his own party-lines as they are to poke fun at traditional liberals and conservatives. The reason strips follows Bagge’s coverage of such hot button issues as the post-9/11 Bush administration, the Iraq war, gun control, and the war on drugs.

My favorite astute observation is from one enthusiastic interviewee who proclaims to Bagge “I say all illegal aliens should be aborted!” Bagge simply replies “Don’t you mean ‘deported?’”

His satirical take on a myriad of topics works both as a hysterical history lesson and a startling wake-up call about the confusing partisan politics of modern America seen through the eyes of an honest everyman.

-Jon

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