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Summary: Not his best work...
Review: ... But even Ted Rall's best work doesn't merit 5 stars. 5 stars should be reserved for the giants of the graphic novel medium, Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore etc. I can understand how someone could like 2024, but five stars?!? I mean, come on!
I've liked Rall's comic strips. His drawing style is unique and fun, and he's an intelligent guy. He also has a lot of high quality ammunition to fire at this distopian comsumerist/techno crazy society. Yet, 2024 lacked the #1 thing I've gone to his comics for ... humor!
Yes, there were a few funny parts, but not nearly enough to justify this much ink shed.
As for the politics, I'm afraid he's just going to be preaching to the converted here.
Try his web page for his free stuff, and maybe his collections (the worst thing I've ever done) before buying this.
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Summary: An absolute "must-read" for postmodern deconstructionists
Review: 2024 portrays a very real 21st century "neopostmodern" world run by totalitarian corporations and constant trade wars. Those who engage in the paramount crime of software piracy are punished by the state, yet there is always the threat of state-sponsored downsizing and demotion, and through that -- death. Rall's stark, simplistic drawings present the age-old human drama without cluttering or getting in the way of the compelling narrative, which is both faithful to the Orwellian plot, but presenting everything within a context that may as well be the Enron/Arthur Anderson world of today. 2024 is an absolute "must-read" for postmodern deconstructionists, as well as anyone who has every enjoyed or seriously studied George Orwell's "1984".
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Summary: It's OK to Love and Honor Our Soldiers
Review: Dear Mr. Rall,
Your cartoons depicting Pat Tillman as a sucker for dying in Afghanistan are reprehensible. Pat Tillman signed up to protect America because America was attacked on 9-11. Regardless of future policy decisions under which Pat Tillman served(i.e. Afghanistan/Iraq), you must admire and honor someone who drops everything (including a multi-million dollar contract) to come to the aid of his country when they are attacked. He didn't join to "serve an illegal usurper", he went because America was severely injured and he thought he could help.
You're seeing red through President Bush's actions and policies and projecting them onto our soldiers. It's unprofessional and illogical to make such a connection. You need to take a deep breath, put the Republicans out of your mind for one second, and see that Pat Tillman is a hero for coming to the aid of America when it was bewildered, confused, and hobbled. Pat Tillman was a great man, a great soldier, and a great American.
Until we meet again, I remain,
Always supporting our soldiers,
Uncle Sam's Son
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Summary: What a jerk
Review: How could anyone no matter left leaning or right leaning listen to anything this jerk spouts.This blabbering fool apparently doesn't understand that the reason he can spout his garbage is because "idiots" like Pat Tillman are willing to fight and die for his right to be a jerk. I hope he can sleep well at night...of course idiots like him do this sort of stuff just for the backlash it creates...he thrives in it and could not exist without the attention
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Summary: Quick and Depressing
Review: I dont' care what the other reviewers claim, this comic is depressing. I can't drink my starbucks coffee the same way anymore. :) Rall does his thing, were he keeps nailing shocking concepts into your head. You'd be reeling from the last page, before he hits you again with something else just as shocking. Overall a quick and very enjoyable book. If you take out the 1984 satire stuff, the book is funny, intriguing, insightful, and downright scary. It left me a couple of nights thinking about how screwed up Western Society really is. Buy it!
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Summary: Quick and Depressing
Review: I dont' care what the other reviewers claim, this comic is depressing. I can't drink my starbucks coffee the same way anymore. :) Rall does his thing, were he keeps nailing shocking concepts into your head. You'd be reeling from the last page, before he hits you again with something else just as shocking. Overall a quick and very enjoyable book. If you take out the 1984 satire stuff, the book is funny, intriguing, insightful, and downright scary. It left me a couple of nights thinking about how screwed up Western Society really is. Buy it!
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Summary: This Book Is a Predictable Bore
Review: Ted Rall is a two-bit talentless hack who couldn't come up with a creative idea if his flimsy career depended on it. This book is bereft of anything resembling humor. His drawings are childlike and his characters have no likable qualities. "Technology is scary...the future is scary." Brilliant. Don't waste your money.
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Summary: Perfect Satire
Review: Ted Rall parodies Orwell's 1984 while satirizing the consumer-oriented lifestyle of the 1990s/2000s and he hits the nail on the head. Funnier than anything else I've read this year, you'll probably wince a few times, recognizing yourself or someone you know. Plotline: A Gen-X consumer in the year 2024 spends all day playing video games and buying crap online. When the chance is presented to have an affair with a higher class worker, he goes for it, until both are arrested by one of the large corporations for being selfish and hurting profits. Unlike Orwell's Winston, we never see a change in any of the characters... they're happily stupid and want to stay that way... but there's still an uncomfortable feeling when we see how close society's heading down this path.
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Summary: Depicts an 'Orwellian' future
Review: Ted Rall's 2024 (279-1) provides a graphic novel of the future. Rall depicts an 'Orwellian' future where nobody cares about the past - or the present. A recommended pick.
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Summary: Warning - Not In Line With Authetic Bible Teachings
Review: The titular numerals, "2024", are not meant to correspond to any cryptic biblical reference. Do not be fooled. Ted Rall may be trying to hide secret anti-christian codes in this book and if you buy it you are only abetting Satan. The Bible teaches us that by the year 2024 the real world will not be a cartoon like it is represented in this book. On the other hand, the jokes are funny, especially how he names the lead character, "Winston". I had a dachshund named Winston when I was a boy. Dogs don't live long and there was no way this one would ever live to the year 2024.
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