| Attitude: The New Subversive Political Cartoonists | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Ted Rall (editor) |
| Series | Attitude |
| Subject(s) | Political Cartoons |
| Genre(s) | anthology |
| Publisher | Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing |
| Publication date | June 2002 |
| Media type | paperback |
| Pages | 128 |
| ISBN | 1-56163-317-8 |
| OCLC Number | 50760357 |
| Dewey Decimal | 741.5/973 22 |
| LC Classification | NC1305 .A87 2002 |
| Followed by | Attitude 2: The New Subversive Alternative Cartoonists |
Attitude: The New Subversive Political Cartoonists focuses on cartoonists whose work appears in alternative weekly newspapers with a view toward defining a new genre of political comics that, in Rall's words, are "too alternative for the mainstream and too mainstream for the underground."
The Minneapolis Star Tribune wrote: "Some of the cartoons are type-dominated (Don Asmussen's); many are not artistically pleasing; several would not pass the standards for a family newspaper." "There is moral rage, drama and righteousness that are both breezy and mortally serious," wrote The Baltimore Sun. "This is provocative, if often still rough and immature, stuff. And if history is still a guide, many of these artists will emerge as the best of the next generation of mainstream newspaper cartoonists." The American Library Association's Booklist wrote that "Whereas old-school editorial cartoonists rely on timeworn traditions, topics, and techniques, the new breed tackles contemporary concerns, such as commercialism and environmentalism ... Their drawings are usually subservient to their scripts, and both take a back seat to their attitude ... The best of them possess so much lacerating wit and unswerving commitment that they fairly shame their hidebound mainstream counterparts into retirement."
Attitude: The New Subversive Political Cartoonists made The Progressive's list of "Favorite books of 2002."
The artists included and their comics are:
- Lloyd Dangle: Troubletown
- Andy Singer: No Exit
- Don Asmussen: The San Francisco Comic Strip
- Tom Tomorrow: This Modern World
- Clay Butler: Sidewalk Bubblegum
- Peter Kuper: Eye of the Beholder
- Jen Sorensen: Slowpoke
- Scott Bateman
- Tim Eagan: Deep Cover, Subconscious Comics
- Derf: The City
- Lalo Alcaraz: La Cucaracha
- Joe Sharpnack
- Eric Bezdek: Corn Valley
- Ruben Bolling: Tom the Dancing Bug
- William L. Brown: Citizen Bill
- Ward Sutton: Schlock 'n' Roll
- Stephanie McMillan: Minimum Security
- Mickey Siporin: America Outta Line
- Jim Siergey: Cultural Jet Lag
- Ted Rall: Search and Destroy
- Matt Wuerker: Lint Trap
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