Have Clip Art, Will Dissent
What do you get when you mix politics, profanity, and clip art? For comic artist David Rees, the answer is an Internet sensation.

The news of irony's death was greatly exaggerated in the wake of 9/11. Forced to pinpoint the moment of its resurrection, many would highlight October 9, 2001, the date David Rees posted the first installment of his Internet comic "Get Your War On."

Rees is not your average Sunday-paper comic strip artist. First off: He doesn't draw. Not a lick. He uses downloaded corporate clip art. The same images. Over and over again. Second: The voice- and thought-balloons he attaches to his clip-art cast are chockablock with profanity. Shitloads of it. Fucking tons. Like if Richard Pryor were ghostwriting "Garfield." Third: He recently published his first compilation, and he's not making a nickel. All his royalties are going to clear landmines in Afghanistan.
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