The content of this was really spot on, I thought. Anything that doesn't take politicians seriously gets a thumbs up from me. If that involves pointing out the possibility that these people are power crazed, stupid beyond belief, ignorant of issues wider than what'll get them and their mates rich, and into bestiality, then all the better. I'm writing this only a few days after they found Saddam Hussein (or someone who looks suspiciously like him) down a hole; so there's something they can try and justify that war with...? Anyway there's still no weapons of mass destruction however, that's all been quietly forgotten about; I guess the real reasons they went to war is obvious to most us now - control of resources etc...
Maybe I should start talking about the comic now rather than politics, although I suppose the comic is political so... Anyway, there are some very funny bits in here, Colin Powell as balloon, Bush's constant amorous encounters with canines, Osama Bin Laden hiding out as a member of the Washington Redskins American Football team...
Stylistically the drawing didn't particularly excite me, but then it didn't detract from my enjoyment of the story, which artwork I don't like really has a tendency to do. While it's well rendered with slightly demented looking figures and distant landscapes reminiscent of ...someone whose name I can't quite recall at the moment.
Essentially, it's great that people are prepared to deal with political stuff in there comics, especially if they treat the fools that have some kind of power over us in such an irreverent and humorous manner- in that way we don't take them seriously and they start to loose some of their power?
David Birchall