Wednesday, August 3, 2011

MR. FISH - Slideshow & Booksigning - Sunday, August 7th, 3 pm


Mr Fish
Sunday, August 7th, 3 PM
Revolution Books hosts cartoonist:

Go Fish
$18.95 paperback
MR. FISH
Slide Presentation
and Booksigning

Go Fish: How to Win 
Contempt and 
Influence People  
$10 donation / $5 students, unemployed

This debut volume of political cartoons from the revered Mr. Fish spans politics, popular culture, the economic crisis, the Obama presidency, and much more, where nobody is safe from his razor-edged satire. The volume also includes original essays from Mr. Fish. 

 Mr.FishPhotoMr. Fish has been a freelance writer and cartoonist for eighteen years, publishing  under both his real name (Dwayne Booth) and the penname of Mr. Fish with many of the nation's most reputable and prestigious magazines, journals, and newspapers. In addition to his weekly cartoon for Harper's and daily contributions to Truthdig, he has also contributed to the Los Angeles Times, the Village Voice, the LA Weekly, the Atlantic, the Huffington Post, Vanity Fair, Mother Jones, the Advocate, Z Magazine, the Utne Reader, Slate.com, MSNBC.com, and others. He has also worked for National Public Radio. 


In May 2008 he was presented with a first place award by the Los Angeles Press Club for editorial cartooning. In May 2010 he was awarded the prestigious Sigma Delta Chi Award for Editorial Cartooning from the Society of Professional Journalists. 




Click [here] for a sample of political cartoons from Go Fish.  Click [here] for the author's blog.


Welcome to the hundreds of people we met at L.A. Rising!
It was one of the most exciting, significant, and fun cultural events in years.  We look forward to working together with you to build the movement for revolution that is so urgently needed.  If you're interested in volunteering with Revolution Books and just left us your email, get us your phone number so you can get involved (323.463.3500 or revolutionbooksla@gmail.com).  And let us know what you liked most about L.A. Rising.

AskMe-LARising
Here's an article from yesterday's L.A. Times, and a photo from the on-line edition that was taken in front of our booth in the "Re-Education Camp" set up by the concert promoters hosting 40 organizations.