Genre: humor
Subgenre: art, comics, parody, satire, political humor
Format: e-galley
Source: NetGalley
I did not know this book was a sequel to another MAD book: MAD About Trump (link to WorldCat).
"As we enter the second half of President Donald Trump's interminable, unimpeachable reign, MAD feels it's high time to commemorate our steady slide into annihilation with a brand-new collection of caricature, mockery, and ridicule."
That sums up a lot of the book. The Usual Gang of Idiots is in good form in this collection. The book is divided into five major sections:
- Very fine people on both sides
- The best people
- The witch hunt
- Covfefe
- Fake News
- A liberal hopes/a liberal knows (to be honest, this one may not be as much satire as they claim).
- 2018 President's Summer Reading List
- What's in Sean Hannity's desk?
- "Tyrant of the Caribbean." (Yes. They did a movie poster parody covering his paper towel throwing in Puerto Rico. I admit I appreciated the fact they did cover this).
Overall, the humor is timely at this moment. The quality of the satire and sketches varies. Some are good, others are average, and one or two are just OK. However, the book does catch a sense of the times we are currently living and the ridiculous nature of it all. We do need to be honest here: some of this may well be just barely satire. Reading this now given current events may feel a bit too real or sting a bit.
In the end, I liked it. Some parts were more amusing than others, and a few hit close to home. Still, if you like MAD, you'll probably like this too. If you read and liked the previous book, you may as well keep going and read this one too. In terms of libraries, this is one mainly for public libraries, specially if you have other MAD books and/or good selections in political humor and pop culture. Oh, and by the way, I really liked the cover on this book too.
3 out of 5 stars.
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