Trump: A Graphic Biography

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In this graphic biography of Donald Trump, political cartoonist Ted Rall considers him to be 'a bit of an accidental authoritarian, perhaps even an accidental proto-fascist.' So where did this man come from? Here Trump's life story is told, going all the way back to his origins growing up a rich kid in the NY suburbs. Rall shows how Trump taps into a longing among many Americans for a strongman. He doesn't make many promises; his supporters don't expect many. He'll Make America Great Again. Somehow. Trust me, he says. And they do.

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) and Bernie (2016).

"This book shows the proper medium for a Donald Trump biography: Cartoon!" -Bruce Handy, Vanity Fair "Just in time for the Republican convention, cartoonist Rall follows his recent graphic bios of Sen. Bernie Sanders and CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden with a comic book peek into the life and times of America's favorite short-fingered vulgarian. Given that Rall once called on Barack Obama to resign, saying the 44th president made 'Bill Clinton look like a paragon of integrity and follow-through,' it's a safe bet that Trump won't be flogging this one on his campaign website" -The Millions