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A review by crookedtreehouse
Enemy of the People: A Cartoonist's Journey by Jake Tapper, Rob Rogers
2.0
I wanted to love this collection of political cartoons. I'm staunchly anti-Trump and the horrid people who align with him. I'm sad about the decline of newspapers (meaning the decline in the numbers of newspapers being printed, not the quality of the news they print). I think it's bullshit that any cartoonist or journalist is losing their job because of pro-Trump editors. Especially cartoonists or journalists whose work is for the editorial page. The editorial page is second to the front page of the paper, in my opinion.
So I'm glad that this book exists, and I hope it makes him enough money to cover for the loss of income from his career as a political cartoonist.
I do not think the quality of work has gone down since he started focusing on Trump. And, OF COURSE, a political satirist during the Trump administration would be obsessed with that pouty toddler in an adult diaper that bigots and rapists love to defend. Rogers wouldn't be doing his job if he wasn't devoting most of his work to criticizing Trump.
This collection contains a wide swath of his work from before the Trump administration to support that his current work is on par with his previous cartoons about the various Bush presidents, the Clintons, Quayle, and Reagan. Which is super helpful. But which, also, made it clear to me that I just don't enjoy his work. I just don't think it's funny. Nor did I learn anything from it. It's perfectly adequate generic political cartooning. Which should be championed. Even if it's not what I would consider good.
So I'm glad that this book exists, and I hope it makes him enough money to cover for the loss of income from his career as a political cartoonist.
I do not think the quality of work has gone down since he started focusing on Trump. And, OF COURSE, a political satirist during the Trump administration would be obsessed with that pouty toddler in an adult diaper that bigots and rapists love to defend. Rogers wouldn't be doing his job if he wasn't devoting most of his work to criticizing Trump.
This collection contains a wide swath of his work from before the Trump administration to support that his current work is on par with his previous cartoons about the various Bush presidents, the Clintons, Quayle, and Reagan. Which is super helpful. But which, also, made it clear to me that I just don't enjoy his work. I just don't think it's funny. Nor did I learn anything from it. It's perfectly adequate generic political cartooning. Which should be championed. Even if it's not what I would consider good.