Ted Rall's Bernie explores the personal and political development of a man who burst onto the national stage in 2015--rallying Americans and shaking up the Democratic Party--after decades in Congress. He's leading the progressives, but win or lose the Democratic nomination for 2020, he's setting a new benchmark for transformation within a party that has been entrenched for half a century. Insightful, funny, and accessible, this biography-in-graphic-novel-form of the presidential candidate explains both his early life and political rise, but also shows the broader history (and decline) of progressive democratic values in the U.S. until Bernie brought them back to the forefront of the political conversation.
The only graphic novel-style biography of the Presidential Contender.
National Bestseller updated for 2020 with 24 new pagestaking Bernie into the 2020 election.
Ted Rall's Bernie explores the personal and political development of a man who burst onto the national stage in 2015-rallying Americans and shaking up the Democratic Party-after decades in Congress. He's leading the polls, but win or lose the Democratic nomination for 2020, he's setting a new benchmark for a revived progressivism within a party that has rejected it for half a century. Insightful, funny, and accessible, this biography-in-graphic-novel-form of the presidential candidate explains both his early life and political rise, but also shows the broader history (and decline) of progressive democratic values in the U.S. until Bernie brought them back to the forefront of the political conversation.
Ted Rall's Bernie explores the personal and political development of a man who burst onto the national stage in 2015--rallying Americans and shaking up the Democratic Party--after decades in Congress. He's leading the progressives, but win or lose the Democratic nomination for 2020, he's setting a new benchmark for transformation within a party that has been entrenched for half a century. Insightful, funny, and accessible, this biography-in-graphic-novel-form of the presidential candidate explains both his early life and political rise, but also shows the broader history (and decline) of progressive democratic values in the U.S. until Bernie brought them back to the forefront of the political conversation.
The only graphic novel-style biography of the Presidential Contender.
National Bestseller updated for 2020 with 24 new pagestaking Bernie into the 2020 election.
Ted Rall's Bernie explores the personal and political development of a man who burst onto the national stage in 2015-rallying Americans and shaking up the Democratic Party-after decades in Congress. He's leading the polls, but win or lose the Democratic nomination for 2020, he's setting a new benchmark for a revived progressivism within a party that has rejected it for half a century. Insightful, funny, and accessible, this biography-in-graphic-novel-form of the presidential candidate explains both his early life and political rise, but also shows the broader history (and decline) of progressive democratic values in the U.S. until Bernie brought them back to the forefront of the political conversation.
Twice the winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award and a Pulitzer Prize finalist, TED RALL is a radical syndicated political cartoonist, opinion columnist, graphic novelist, and occasional war correspondent whose work has appeared in hundreds of publications, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Village Voice, and Los Angeles Times. For Seven Stories Press, he is the illustrator of the full-length comic Billionaires & Ballot Bandits- How to Steal an Election in 9 Easy Steps (2012), written by Greg Palast, and the author and illustrator of The Book of Obama (2012), The Anti-American Manifesto (2010), and After We Kill You, We Will Welcome You Back as Honored Guests (Hill and Wang 2014). His most recent books are Snowden (2015), Bernie (2016, 2020), Trump (2016), and Francis, the People's Pope (2018).
"Rall’s illustrated work, in the same format as his acclaimed
Snowden, is an illuminating, clear-headed, straight-shooting
argument on why American voters should support and elect Senator
Bernie Sanders to president. ... In the months leading up to the
Democratic Convention, this is an essential survey and solid
political ammunition for Sanders supporters, with appeal to
politically minded readers." —Publishers Weekly
"More than a campaign biography, this graphic narrative traces the
decline and possible resurgence of liberalism within the Democratic
Party.... An effective, if unapologetically partisan, primer
on a strong voice from the left to counter the Democrats' rightward
shift." —Kirkus Reviews
"What sets this book apart is not that it's a cartoon, but that
it's an argument for placing Bernie Sanders in a particular
position in U.S. history, namely as the restoration of liberalism
to a Democratic Party that hasn't seen it since the McGovern
campaign. In fact, a huge chunk of the book is not about Bernie at
all, but is a history of the rightward drifting of the Democratic
Party over the decades. Another big chunk is a history of Bernie's
childhood and career. Both of these sections are well done." —David
Swanson, executive director, World Beyond War
"Whatever one’s political persuasion, 'Bernie' is quick and
thoroughly entertaining, delivering both an incisive read of
post-Vietnam War political history and Mr. Rall’s distinct,
abstract comic art." —East Hampton Star
"Delightful ... Bernie's story is fascinating." —Tablet Magazine
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