Leadership: Political Cartoons—The Bush Years

The Pen Is Mightier

With the 2008 presidential race on its feet, the whole world waits in anticipation for the next leader of the United States. In this time of great decision it is important to look back on the criticisms and accomplishments of the last eight years. When it comes to criticism, no party is safe from political commentator and cartoonist Pat Oliphant. His self-titled "confrontational art" attacks giant issues such as the war in Iraq, Kim Jong II's nuclear antics, the tragedy in Darfur, the political response to Hurricane Katrina, and the fishy network of politics that is the United States government. Oliphant fearlessly proclaims acts of the government under the rule of George W. Bush as unjust and criticizes American voters for blindly following a flawed administration in his latest collection, LEADERSHIP: Cartoons & Sculpture from the Bush Years (Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC, $19.95).

Oliphant is not afraid to make a bold statement with his cartoons, and he has reaped great respect among political cartoonists of the world for doing so. A winner of the Pulitzer Prize as well as the National Cartoonists Society's prestigious Reuben Award, Pat Oliphant is the most widely syndicated editorial cartoonist in the world, currently published in more than 500 newspapers and magazines worldwide, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the New Yorker.

Oliphant's aggressive and "equal opportunity offender" nature remains popular over 40 years and more than 14,000 cartoons. With a foreword by P.J. O'Rourke and an afterword by Wendy Wick Reaves, LEADERSHIP is sure to spark interesting debate among audiences and is a definite must-have for any political enthusiast.

About Pat Oliphant

Pat Oliphant occupies a unique position among today's editorial cartoonists. Widely considered the dean of the profession, he is one of its sharpest, most daring practitioners.

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Contact: Kathy Hilliard, (800) 851-8923, khilliard@amuniversal.com

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Leadership: Cartoons & Sculpture from the Bush Years

By: Pat Oliphant ISBN: 978-0-7407-2674-9
Format: Paperback: 10 x 7 1/2, 128 pages Price: $19.95 ($24.95 Canada)