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Living & Dying In America Hc (06/29/2022) Fantagraphics

Living & Dying In America Hc (06/29/2022) Fantagraphics

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LIVING & DYING IN AMERICA HC
(W) Brodner, Steve (A) Brodner, Steve
FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
StockID: 42036 SKU: APR221464

Every day- late at night or early in the morning- from March 26- 2020 to January 1- 2022- the political cartoonist and illustrator Steve Brodner would get to work. In those midnight hours- he would review the day's reportage- sit down at his drawing board- and memorialize a singular person or event that played a role- willingly or unwillingly- in shaping that day. Living & Dying in America includes many lovingly drawn portraits of those who died in the pandemic and of those who displayed extraordinary strength- decency- courage- and endurance. But Brodner does not ignore those who perpetuated the pandemic in word or deed: he also etches in acid caricature those public servants and private entrepreneurs who preyed upon the public- spread lies- and aided the virus' spread through their ignorance- incompetence- and malfeasance. Released via social media- the drawings range from quick- expertly realized sketches to elaborate paintings to carefully rendered mixed media- depending on how much time and stamina and inspiration he had left at the end of the day. Each spontaneously drawn or painted image is accompanied by a brief biography of those who died- or a short summary of the person's conduct or the event depicted. Taken as a whole- Living & Dying in America is a chronicle of those who died and those who honorably served the living - as well as an indictment of those institutions and political figures who betrayed the public trust. It is a searing and essential moral document- written and drawn on a daily basis with feverish intensity by one of the great forces of American cartooning.

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