You Back the Attack! We'll Bomb Who We Want!: Remixed War Propaganda

Former Army Ranger turned antiwar comic book artist Wright had what he calls a moment of clarity after participating in the U.S.'s 1989 invasion of Panama. Feeling that media coverage was blatantly pro-war, but that the post-invasion results for Panama were far from positive, he offers this as a (belated) warning against war on Iraq. Reworking American propaganda posters from WWI and WWII, Wright reveals his satiric take on current events: one poster reads,""Millions of troops are on the move...All To Protect Your Oil Supply! Is your SUV really worth their lives?"" In another, a girl sitting in her father's lap asks,""Daddy, why don't YOU or any of your friends from ENRON have to go to war?"" And many are messages from the Orwellian-sounding""Ministry of Homeland Security"": The Statue of Liberty points to the onlooker and commands,""You! Stop Asking Questions! You're Either With U.S. or You're With The TERRORISTS!"" The antiwar contingent will read these and weep, rather than laugh. 40 pages of color illus