The Mueller Report: Graphic Novel
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
It's the greatest WHODUNIT of our time... or a new low for "Presidential Harassment!" Shannon Wheeler, Eisner Award-winning New Yorker cartoonist (Too Much Coffee Man, Sh*t My President Says, God is Disappointed in You), and veteran journalist Steve Duin (The Oregonian, Comics: Between the Panels, Oil and Water) turn their critical eye on The Mueller Report—a comprehensive, understandable, and readable graphic novel version of the book every patriot needs. Fight the spin spewing forth from both parties and political pulpits and check out this graphic novel that brings a 400-page legal document down to size. Wheeler and Duin, in graphic form, bring to life scenes detailed in the report: from the infamous Trump Tower Meeting of 2016 to Trump exclaiming "I'm f*cked" upon finding out he was the subject of investigation. It's in the report and it's in the graphic novel! The Mueller Report: Graphic Novel borrows style from classic private detective yarns, complete with a villainous rogues' gallery, nail-biting cliffhangers, and a lone lawman standing proud against the wave of crime. See Trump berate his Attorney General. Watch a petulant Commander-in-Chief lob insults at the White House counsel. Witness the "witch hunt" as it happened, cataloged as only the top lawman in the country could! This staggering laundry list of questionable contacts, misleading statements, unreported engagements, and possible coordination—enough to stun any student of the U.S. Constitution—is laid bare with a cold, satirical edge. Now includes new BONUS MATERIAL! Wheeler and Duin take on the Ukrainian Call and the Whistleblower Complaint that ignited the Impeachment! You'll laugh. You'll cry. You may Tweet in anger. But most importantly, you will be reading the report for yourself!
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Wheeler (Sh*t My President Says) and Duin (Comics: Between the Panels) play it up for a lefty base (who may be familiar with Wheeler's alt-press Too Much Coffee Man series) in their addition to the growing stack of graphic and parody titles to illustrate special counsel Robert Mueller's investigative report into Russian interference in the 2016 election, joining the more straitlaced entry by the Washington Post and others like Mewler Report: Mueller Report with Cats. This satirical summary makes no pretense at balance: the cover design depicts Mueller pursuing a fleeing baby president and the frontispiece has Trump defacing "E Pluribus Unum" by inserting an M to make ME. Wheeler breaks the report in half, covering first possible intrusion into the 2016 election, and then the potential collusion to cover it up. Caricatures and gags adorn and dance around commentary, such as when Vladimir Putin plays with puppets of Trump and Paul Manafort, or Trump eats trash food. A detailed timeline in the back breaks down events chronologically, but there are no annotations or a bibliography designating sources for analysis of the report. While it lacks nuance, the humor makes fast work of thorny material. This wisecracking digest version offers a resource for those already inclined against Trump, but who haven't yet studied the report and want some chuckles as they catch up.
