Amongst the Liberal Elite The Road Trip Exploring Societal Inequities Solidified by Trump (RESIST) - Hardcover

Lonon, Elly; Reilly, Joan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1576879054 ISBN 13: 9781576879054

Publisher: Powerhouse Books, 2018

Synopsis

Getting woke is hard. It takes more than listening to NPR on our daily commutes and reading Jon Stewart's Twitter feed in bed while we sip craft beer from artisanal glassware made by at-risk women on another continent to make us global citizens. Based on the successful McSweeney's column, Amongst the Liberal Elite takes readers on a cross-country road trip with Alex and Michael, endearing romantic partners whose voices will resonate with fans of shows such as Portlandia, Parks and Recreation, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, and Last Week Tonight with Jon Oliver.

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Review:

"Anyone who's ever thought the title might apply to them will laugh, while also resolving not to be such a cliché in the future." --The New York Times

"Lonon's political satire, social commentary is on point." --Essex News Daily

"Hilarious and astute." --Rewire

"Lonon is undeniably clever with a penchant for searing cultural commentary and political satire."
--Triad City Beat

"Amongst the Liberal Elite is the perfect gift for your spouse who doesn't appreciate the toll of emotional labor, for your in-laws who don't understand feminism, or for your coworker who is always using the office copier to run off flyers for an impromptu weekend march. Most importantly though, it's for anyone that needs a little comic relief from themselves." --HumorWriters.org

"To be able to take a popular column made up of clever repartee and turn it into a graphic novel is quite remarkable. I can't stress enough what an ambitious task that is." --Comics Grinder

As seen in Matters magazine, Greensboro News and Record, Foreword Reviews, Publishers Weekly, The Guilfordian, Lilith, Mountain Xpress, 35 Over 35

About the Author:

Elly Lonon, a member of the Liberal Elite herself, is still recovering from growing up in a red state. Born and raised in North Carolina, she moved to Manhattan for graduate school and to pursue a career in the music business. Weary from consistent marginalization by the patriarchy, she left both the industry and NYC, opting to work for a not-for-profit and moving to the suburbs of Jersey where living near a Superfund site promptly gave her cancer. Once in remission, she read far too many self-help books, learned to embrace life, and abandoned her previous career to write and procreate.

Joan Reilly's work was featured most recently in RESIST!, a comics newspaper edited by Francoise Mouly and Nadja Spiegelman, and in Draw the Line (drawthelinecomics.com), an online anthology of comics promoting political action. Her comics and illustration have been published in many anthologies and literary magazines over the last two decades. She is a co-editor of The Big Feminist BUT: Comics About the IFs, ANDs & BUTs of Feminism, and created illustrations for the "Ask Marilyn" column in Parade magazine for over ten years. For more information, visit joanreilly.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Powerhouse Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1576879054
• ISBN 13: 9781576879054
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 144