Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2727938 in Books
• Published on: 1995-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

Review
The syndicated editorial cartoonist of the Gazette Telegraph (Colorado Springs) expresses outrage at the assaults on our freedom, the loss of liberties, and at the destruction of the very fabric of our society. -- From the Publisher

Customer Reviews

Asay's doodles
You need this book for your coffee table: if you're a conservative, to stimulate your liberal friends and spread the word, and if you're a liberal, to irritate your liberal friends and let them worry what word you're trying to spread. Face it, there aren't many conservative toon makers. Asay has to be the best. This little book has his toons grouped under 13 topic headings: Big Government, The Justice Department, The Presidency ... on down to World. Since it's 5 years old, it's dated, but then again, not out-dated.

Editorial Cartoons from a Conservative Point of View
Asay Doodles is possibly the best collection of editorial cartoons from a conservative point of view available today. The artwork is wonderful and the jokes are fresh and funny but the ideas really grab you. Very often I got a new insight on an issue I thought I knew very well. Whatever your political perspective I think you will both enjoy this book and find your thinking on our issues and culture challenged by it. Hey Chuck, isn't it about time for another book?

Dated and sometimes unnecessary...
One obvious critique of this book is not the fault of the author. In short, the topics that it covers are extremely dated. Mr. Asay would be well-served to produce a current book, as many of these cartoons have lost their punch because the issues are no longer on the table.

My other complaint about the book needs to be established under the notion that I am a rather staunch conservative, particularly as it relates to moral issues. So, I ultimately agree with many of the points that Asay tries to make.

However, I found his approach to be rather arrogant and disheartening on occasion, even when I totally agreed with his ideology. I find it discouraging when we resort to name-calling and finger-pointing, regardless of whose side we're defending.

Of course, many will claim that I'm missing the point of political cartoons. And if you think that political cartoonists have the right and even responsibility to make statements as insulting as possible, then you will appreciate Asay's approach.

However, I have read hundreds of political cartoons over the years that have made their point with wit and intelligence, which Mr. Asay is capable of doing as demonstrated in a number of his cartoons. I just wish that he had captured that spirit of intelligent disputation and critique throughout the entire body of work.

This book will probably make some conservatives hoot and holler with glee. But I suspect that more thoughtful readers, conservative or liberal, should look elsewhere for a better (and more current) commentary on the issues of the day.