Product Description

A furious escaped lab bunny vandalizes symbols of corporate greed while arguing political theory with a pigtailed eco-warrior, as Zen Pug observes it all in blissful detachment. They drag her pop culture-bedazzled brother, his anarchist boyfriend and other characters ­kicking and screaming­ into the struggle against the rapacious thugs and theocratic wingnuts ruling imperial America. Stephanie McMillan's comics, deploying an engaging visual style that draws on everything from folk art to anime, confront the insanity and heartlessness of global capitalism and war with sharp, compassionate humor and a defiant spirit of hope.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1615685 in Books
• Published on: 2005-11-30
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

Review
"... combines the politcal satire of 'This Modern World' and the absurdist wit of 'Tom, The Dancing Bug.' " -- Broken Pencil

"...screamingly funny and extremely confrontational... Rendered in a refreshingly humanist style, Minimum Security is social commentary at it's finest." -- REDZine

"It's an alternative reality...with a touch of whimsy and a subversive kick in the shins of religiocapitalism." -- Jeff Cohen, author/media critic

"She can draw well and get her point across without being preachy - so far without being jailed for it." -- Xerography Debt

"Taking on injustice everywhere, this smart cartoonist boldly goes where others don't. All this and she's funny too!" -- Michael Kunz, publisher, Comic Relief

From the Author
My cartoons are visually cute but sharply critical, like Hello Kitty mixed with Rage Against the Machine. If you like Tom Tomorrow, Ted Rall and Get Your War On, you'll probably like these too. Kranti is the main character, an angry girl who loves trees. Bunnista is her sidekick. "Resistance through ridicule" is their way of life.

Here are a couple of comments:

"When the spirit of freedom is suppressed by the rule of fear, there is nothing as liberating as a good political cartoon. Stephanie McMillan's Minimum Security is like oxygen in our suffocating times."
-- Dr. Vandana Shiva, physicist/activist/author

"It's amazing that Stephanie McMIllan can continue to produce such trenchant, cutting cartoons.... because the light really sucks here in the LIberal Cartoonist Bloc at Guantanimo Bay, and those CIA jerks wouldn't let us have our drawing boards..."
-- Derf, cartoonist

About the Author
Stephanie McMillan is the creator of the cartoon Minimum Security," which has appeared in dozens of publications including Z magazine, The Humanist, Anchorage Press, The Iowa Postal Worker, Monday Magazine, Against the Current, Alternative Press Review, Onward, Clamor, Impact Press, Portland Alliance and Funny Times.

Her cartoons have won several awards and have been included in exhibitions at the San Francisco Cartoon Art Museum, the Andy Warhol Museum, the Institute for Policy Studies and other venues. Her work appears in the 2002 book edited by Ted Rall, "Attitude: The New Subversive Political Cartoonists.

Ted Rallis a syndicated editorial cartoonist and opinion columnist for Universal Press Syndicate. Author of 10 books including the award-winning graphic novel war memoir "To Afghanistan and Back," seminal Gen X manifesto "Revenge of the Latchkey Kids" and collection of cartoons "Search and Destroy," Rall was one of three Finalists for the Pulitzer Prize and the recipient of the 1995 and 2000 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards for Cartoons.

Customer Reviews

Tiresome drivel
While this comic book tries to sort out the problems of the world in a sarcastic way it falls very short of the mark. Jokes comparing Bush to Hitler are rather played out, like most of the "witty" sarcasm contained within. It's not funny. At all. The drawings are reminiscent of a parkinsons patient grocery list and the "facts" are as misguided as a horny blind man in a fish factory. If the world runs out of toilet paper, by all means get this waste of paper. Otherwise, stay far away from this garbage.

A Book of Opinions
This is a book filled with political cartoons. They are all strongly leaning towards the left and the result is a huge amount of Bush bashing and Environmentalism. There are a lot of cartoons covering the current situation of liberals versus conservatives and provides a different viewpoint from that which you would see in national politics.

The only problem is that it's not funny. Sure, It's easy to get some giggles when you see your philosophical oppostion strawmanned but other than a political pie throwing contest there's isn't much in the way of humor involved.

This is pretty much the evil twin of Mallard Fillmore, only instead of an anthropomorphic Republiduck its a Pippi Longstockings and her one eyed rabbit. This book is decidedly one sided and though its a great bullhorn to spew opinions, but unless the simple line of 'Republicans are stupid' sends you into uncontrollable fits of laughter you aren't going to get more than a smirk out of this volume.

Great gift for a left leaning friend who hates art.

Forget the half baked politics
This is just seriously unfunny. It reads like some angsty teenagers's tribute to half understood Marxism, and it doesn't even come close to being amusing. This is comedy poison.