All the Presidents

by Drew Friedman, Kurt Andersen (Foreword by)

Overview

The celebrated satirical portraitist renders all 44 United States presidents; this book of illustrations also features a foreword by Kurt Andersen, the author and host of public radio's Studio 360.

All The Presidents is created by the caricaturist of the Barack Obama/George Washington mash-up inauguration cover for The New Yorker in 2009. It features everyone from George Washington to Donald Trump, accompanied by presidential factoids. It includes a foreword by Kurt Andersen, the author and host of public radio's Studio 360, and Friedman's two-page comic strip introduction, "Drawn to Presidents."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781683962595
Publisher:	Fantagraphics Books
Publication date:	09/24/2019
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	8.60(w) x 10.60(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Drew Friedman's work has appeared in The New York Times, Mad, New Yorker, Rolling Stone, and many other magazines. He is the author of several collections of comics and cartooning, including All the Presidents, Maverix and Lunatix: Icons of Underground Comix, Old Jewish Comedians, and Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead is Purely Coincidental. He resides in Pennsylvania with his wife and collaborator, Kathy Bidus, and their beagles.

KURT ANDERSEN is a novelist (Heyday, Turn of the Century) and journalist (Studio 360).

Editorial Reviews

"Drew Friedman's All the Presidents doesn’t just bring the Presidents to life, it makes them human. And maybe even more than human. Courtesy of Friedman, the Presidents are now characters some filled with charisma while others brim with faults and frailties. From Trump's self-satisfaction and TR's irascibility to John Quincy Adam's persnicketiness and Woodrow Wilson's choirmaster demeanor, you will stare at these portraits for hours and get to know these commanders-in-chief in an all new way."

Executive Producer "Veep" David Mandel

"The great Drew Friedman took time to draw a portrait of every U.S. President. His work always blows me away."

BoingBoing

"Somehow, Drew Friedman’s mastery manages to both humanize and satirize every member of this most exclusive club of U.S. presidents. Blemishes, moles, and errant hairs are like stars in his sky."

Jake Tapper

"Drew Friedman, he’s one of the best. He’s got skill, he’s got humor. I love his stuff."

R. Crumb

"Everyone talks about 'warts and all' portraits of presidents and world leaders but this book is LITERALLY that. Mesmerizing."

Patton Oswalt