David Rees and Get Your War On: Interviews and articles

“David Rees uses unstoppable fighting technique in war on Jamba Juice”
By Lia Grainger (National Post, July 27, 2009)
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“A Q & A with cartoonist David Rees: Get Your War On!”
By Mark Medley (National Post, January 20, 2009)
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“David Rees Talks ‘Get Your War On’”
By Alex Dueben (Comic Book Resources, January 13, 2009)
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“Get Your Interview On with David Rees”
By Greg Pak (BrokenFrontier.com, December 12, 2008)
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“Get it On: The Confessions of St. David Rees”
By Nina Shengold (Chronogram, November 24, 2008)
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“Q&A With ‘Get Your War On’ Guy, David Rees!”
By Ken Layne (Wonkette.com, November 20, 2008)
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“Clip Anarchy: Cartoonist David Rees has waged a war with three drawings and a lot of profanity”
By Brandon Reynolds (Style Weekly, November 18, 2008)
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Radio Interview
By Bill Scher (LiberalOasis, November 15, 2008)
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Podcast Interview
By Ed Champion (Bat Segundo, November 4, 2008)
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Internet Interview
By John Zuarino (Bookslut.com, November 3, 2008)
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“War on Terror”
By Susan Van Dongen (Packet, October 15, 2008)
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“The Seething Genius of ‘Get Your War On’: Anger + Clip Art = Catharsis”
By Robert Lane Greene (More Intelligent Life, October 13, 2008)
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Internet Interview
By Claire Zulkey (Zulkey.com, October 3, 2008)
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“David Rees’ ‘Get Your War On’: a satiric take on a divisive issue”
By Amy Halloran (Albany Times Union, September 25, 2008)
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“Intervista con David Rees l’autore di ‘Vai con la Guerra!’”
By Fabio Izzo (Freaknet.it, March 28, 2008)
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This article is about the Italian edition of Get Your War On

“Get Your Cluster On: Vetting the votes of the candidates on a weapons ban”
By D.A. Kolodenko (San Diego CityBeat, March 11, 2008)
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This article is about an essay I wrote on the Huffington Post

Interview
(Newsarama.com, December, 2007)
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Interview
(OurArtSite.com, June 4, 2007)
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Radio Interview
(Whad’Ya Know?, February 3, 2007)
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Interview starts at 5:20; I sound like a jerk at 12:52. The effect was unintentional.
Note: The comic “A Delicate Situation” can be seen here.

Podcast Interview
(The MEP Report, January 31, 2007)
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They had me download some kind of “conference call” software and talk into my computer for this interview. You can hear how pleased I am. Interview of the year.

Interview
(Adventures Underground, February 2007)
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Interview
(LAB Magazine, January 2007)
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Online Interview
(ConstructiveAnarchy.com, January 2007)
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Review: “Get Your War On”
By Alexis Soloski (The Village Voice, January 23, 2007)
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This article is about the theatrical production of Get Your War On

Review: “Get Your War On”
By John Del Signore (Gothamist.com, January 14, 2007)
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This article is about the theatrical production of Get Your War On

“A History Lesson That Sprays Scorn Liberally”
By Jason Zinoman (The New York Times, January 13, 2007)
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This article is about the theatrical production of Get Your War On

Review: “Get Your War On”
By Eric Grode (The New York Sun, January 12, 2007)
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This article is about the theatrical production of Get Your War On

Radio Interview
(Here and Now, January 8, 2007)
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“Get Your War On delivers belly-laughs and biting wit”
By Jeffrey Parker (The GW Hatchet, October 12, 2006)
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This article is about the theatrical production of Get Your War On

“‘Get Your War On’: Precision Weapons Of Mass Derision”
By Peter Marks (The Washington Post, October 10, 2006)
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This article is about the theatrical production of Get Your War On

“Acid Reign”
By Bob Mondello (Washington City Paper, October 9, 2006)
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This article is about the theatrical production of Get Your War On

“Internet Comic Strip ‘Get Your War On’ Goes 3-D on Stage”
By Nelson Pressley (The Washington Post, October 7, 2006)
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This article is about the theatrical production of Get Your War On

“Get Your War On is a political zinger”
By Everett Evans, (The Houston Chronicle, September 23, 2006)
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This article is about the theatrical production of Get Your War On

“A satire of politics, or of the characters?”
By Toby Zinman, (The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 15, 2006)
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This article is about the theatrical production of Get Your War On

“Staging War: An Austin theater troupe brings Get Your War On to life–sort of.”
By Brian Howard, (Philadelphia CityPaper, August 31, 2006)
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This article is about the theatrical production of Get Your War On

Radio Interview
By Aaron Henkin (The Signal, WYPR, May 2006)
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“Affinity for Words”
By Matthew Brennan (The Daily Trojan, February 15, 2006)
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“Getting His War On”
By Dean Kuipers (Los Angeles CityBeat, February 16, 2006)
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“Get Your War On: Local Production Brings Popular Comic to Life”
By Jennifer Meazell (The Daily Texan, February 2, 2006)
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This article is about the theatrical production of Get Your War On

“The Art of War: As the Battle for Iraq Stretches into Three Years, Austin Artists Respond With Words, Pictures and Allegory”
By Joe Gross (The Austin American-Statesman, January 25, 2006)
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This article is about the theatrical production of Get Your War On

“Hang the DJ: The New Political Theatre Wants You to Join its Messy, Sexy Conversation”
By Katherine Catmull (The Austin Chronicle, January 20, 2006)
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This article is about the theatrical production of Get Your War On

“New, Thicker, Super Rich Formula with Anti-Drip Performance”
By Jooley Ann (Austinist.com, January 20, 2006)
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This article is about the theatrical production of Get Your War On

Radio interview
By Jim Fleming (To The Best Of Our Knowledge, November 4, 2005)
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“Get Your Rees On”
By Wayne Alan Brenner (The Austin Chronicle, April 29, 2005)
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“Rees’ Anti-War Comics Use Sarcasm, Obscenity, and Clip-Art”
By Leon Neyfakh (The Harvard Crimson, March 10, 2005)
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“David Rees Gets His Interview On”
By Edward Burch (Pamphlet, March 1, 2005)
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Internet interview
By Elana Berkowitz (Campus Progress, February 22, 2005)
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Internet interview
(Scene Missing, November 16, 2004)
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“Get Your Post-Election Rage On”
By Andrew O’Hehir (Salon.com, November 5, 2004)
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“Cartoons, Curses, Politics: Cartoonist brings his brand of political commentary to MU”
By Ashley Perks (Marshall Parthenon, October 28, 2004)
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Internet interview
By Sharon Adarlo (Bookslut.com, October, 2004)
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“David Rees Gets His Satire On”
By Mark Flanagan (About.com, March 15, 2004)
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Internet interview
By Andrew Krucoff (Gothamist.com, March 1, 2004)
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Audio interview
By Christopher Lydon (The Blogging of the President, December 9, 2003)
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“Rees’s Pieces”
By Chris Wright (The Boston Phoenix, November 28, 2003)
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“From Kung Fu to Political Commentary, and Back Again”
By Scott Kathan (Stuff @ Night, November 25, 2003)
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“David Rees, Super Genius”
By Stephanie Anderson (Evil Genius, July 7, 2003)
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“To Laugh or to Cry?”
By Tom Fox (National Catholic Reporter, June 12, 2003)
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“George W. Bush Bombarde par un Comic Strip”
By Christine Salvade (Largeur.com, April 13, 2003)
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This article is not in English.
October 9, 2001, the Curly one in front of its computer: “Brothel! I have just seen photographs of these whores of refugee camps at the Afghan border! That does not laugh!”
click here for English translation, “George W Bush Bombarded by a Comic Strip”

“Kristerapi i Serieform”
By Karoline Eriksson (Svenska Dagbladet, April 2, 2003)
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This article is not in English.

“Have Clip Art, Will Dissent”
By Tim Dickinson (MotherJones.com, April 2, 2003)
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“Bush Gets His War On: Comic strip takes on the ‘war on terrorism’”
By Petrino DiLeo (Socialist Worker, March 7, 2003)
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“Brooklyn’s David Rees Still Has His War On”
By Philip Henken (New York Press, January 22, 2003)
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“The Accidental Artist: Or, how to succeed in comics without really trying”
By Judith Lewis (The LA Weekly, January 3, 2003)
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“Une BD feuilleton moque l’Amerique de Bush”
By Claire Guillot (Le Monde, January 2, 2003)
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This article is not in English.
One month after the attacks, the Americans hang with enthusiasm the spangled flag with their car antenna. The evening, they look on CNN progress of the operation “Immutable Freedom” in Afghanistan.
click here for English translation, “A Data Base Serial Makes Fun America de Bush”

“Comic Strip Uses Clip Art as Antiwar Ammo”
By Cary Darling (The Boston Globe / Knight Ridder, January 1, 2003)
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“Life During Wartime”
By A.C. Thompson (The San Francisco Bay Guardian, December 18, 2002)
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“Now, Where is Jackson?”
By J. Bingo Holman (Jackson Free Press, November 27, 2002)
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“You Might As Well Laugh”
By J. Bingo Holman (Jackson Free Press, November 12, 2002)
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“Is It OK to Laugh Yet?”
By Bret Begun (Newsweek, November 4, 2002)
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“The Accidental Activist: Thanks to David Rees, some clip art and a whole mess of swear words, there are a few less land mines in Afghanistan”
By Pete Humes (Punchline Magazine, October 31, 2002)
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“Historia Nervosa” (Book Review)
By Bill Werde (The Village Voice, October 30, 2002)
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“Drawing on Irony and Humor”
By Susan Carpenter (The Los Angeles Times, October 17, 2002)
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“A Subversive Cartoonist’s War Against Madness: ‘Get Your War On’ hits the right note for the times”
By Ben Rayner (The Toronto Star, October 6, 2002)
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“The Truth Hurts: David Rees’s ‘Get Your War On’”
By Sam Pfeifle (The Portland Phoenix, September 5, 2002)
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“In Print: clip-art characters speak the motherfucking truth!”
By Seth Sanders (The Chicago Reader, May 24, 2002)
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“Chapel Hellion: What’s a nice boy like David Rees doing with a cult hit comic strip like ‘Get Your War On’?”
By Mark Hornburg (The Independent Weekly, May 15, 2002)
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“A Brief Interview about Swearing with David Rees”
By Amy Fusselman (Surgery Of Modern Warfare, April 22, 2002)
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“Like ‘Dilbert,’ But Subversive and Online”
By John Leland (The New York Times, April 21, 2002)
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“The Art of ‘War’: Comic-strip artist David Rees portrays a post-Sept. 11 world with razor-sharp satire”
By Gary Baum (The Daily Trojan, December 4, 2001)
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“Get Your Angst On: Comic art for the new depression”
By Jay Babcock (LA Weekly, November 2, 2001)
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