SLOWPOKE: ONE NATION, OH MY GOD!
It's the swankiest Slowpoke collection yet, with the unique, added feature of Jen's behind-the-scenes commentary for every cartoon. This volume tackles everything from Gay Republican Guilt Camp to the rise of virtual donuts. Also features an introduction by Ruben Bolling, creator of Tom the Dancing Bug. Available now from Ig Publishing.
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"Sly, quick and smart, Jen Sorensen's comic strip is nothing like its name. So don't be deceived–Slowpoke is going places."—Garry Trudeau
"Jen Sorensen is a maniacal genius, gleefully exposing the mendacity which lurks behind conventional wisdom, glib newscasters, celebrity culture, Republican doublespeak, and other ills of our age. I can't recommend her work highly enough." —Tom Tomorrow
"In a world that seems to get murkier by the minute, Slowpoke is a freakin' beacon of lucidity."—Alison Bechdel, author of Fun Home
"Boot-stompingly funny and progressively pointed. It skewers the bastards!"—Jim Hightower
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SLOWPOKE: AMERICA GONE BONKERS
Jen's last book, from November 2004. As seen in the hippest alternative newspapers around the country, it's Jen Sorensen's award-winning cartoon "Slowpoke," lovingly gathered in this pleasantly plump, 112-page second volume. Let Mr. Perkins, Little Gus, and Drooly Julie escort you on a grand tour of the New American Century, exposing the lunacy of our leaders and the chaos of our cornball culture. Be forewarned: This book is a bulging cornucopia of perversion and subversion, with big laffs to boot. Chronicles the years from September 11 to just before the 2004 election.
"Sorensen is brilliant, scathing, hilarious, cruel, everything good about cartooning."—Ted Rall
"I want to live in an America where Slowpoke is published in every newspaper. It's smart and sharp." —David Rees, creator of Get Your War On
All life is a blur of Republicans and meat. Slowpoke roasts them both over the coals until they're ready for human consumption—with gusto!" —Bill Griffith, creator of Zippy the Pinhead
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SLOWPOKE: CAFE POMPOUS
Slowpoke: Cafe Pompous is the Xeric Award-winning collection of the first two years of Jen Sorensen's weekly alternative newspaper strip. 64 pages long and filled with gags, this book takes on the political as well as the surreal in one fell swoop. Witness Drooly Julie as she gets cryogenically frozen by evil scientists attempting to harness her libido-power, meet pontificating CEOs and puffed-up politicians, attend an Ennui Festival with Little Gus. Fine absurdist humor for cartoon connoisseurs.
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SLOWPOKE COMIX #1
Before there was the weekly strip, there was the comic book. Slowpoke Comix #1, published in 1998, contains a variety of humorous shorts with a bit of surrealism thrown in for good measure. Also includes Droolie Julie's first appearance, in an eight-page story in which she hunts down and furiously licks a stubbly heavy-metal guitarist.
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ATTITUDE: The New Subversive Political Cartoonists
A dazzling anthology of some of the best political and social satire-oriented cartoonists working today, compiled by Ted Rall. Includes the work of Ruben Bolling, Tom Tomorrow, Clay Butler, Don Asmussen, Andy Singer, Jen Sorensen,Tim Eagan, Bill Brown, Peter Kuper, Scott Bateman, Ted Rall, Joe Sharpnack, Mickey Siporin, Ward Sutton, Jim Siergey, Stephanie McMillan, Eric Bezdek, Lloyd Dangle, Lalo Alcaraz, Matt Wuerker, and Derf. Cartoons, interviews, photos -- indeed, what more could you ask for?
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