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11/10/08

'Get Your War On' Author To Speak At SLU

CANTON - David Rees, author of the syndicated comic series "Get Your War On," will speak at St. Lawrence University on Wednesday, November 19, at 7 p.m. in Room 123 of the Griffiths Arts Center. The event is open to the public, free of charge, and is not suitable for children.

Rees also spoke at St. Lawrence in 2005, when an exhibition of his work was in the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery.

Rolling Stone called Rees' latest book, Get Your War On: The Definitive Account of the War on Terror 2001-2008, "the most original cartoon to emerge since...well, ever. Raw, enraged, sardonic, hilarious, despairing and impossible to pigeonhole," while Comedy Central writes that Rees is "the Thomas Nast of the Internet."

Rees has stated that the comic series, which has been published in British, French, Spanish and Italian editions; appeared in Rolling Stone, GQ, the Guardian, Village Voice and The Nation; adapted for the stage by the Austin theater company the Rude Mechs; and animated by 236.com, will be retired after this year's presidential election, so he is calling his presentations - including the talk at St. Lawrence - "post-election post-mortems."

All author royalties from the Get Your War On books are donated to the Mine Detection and Dog Center Team #5, which clears land mines and unexploded ordnance in western Afghanistan; to date, almost $100,000 has been raised.

For more information contact the gallery at 315-229-5174.

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