The old promotion train never stops rolling in times of war. While Get Your War On creator David Rees might not technically be getting any extra stripes, it seems a safe bet that the Canadian tour he’s just embarked on will be drawing even healthier crowds than it would have anyway. Rees’ Internet comic appeared shortly after 9/11 and quickly became the unofficial manifesto of all those who were shocked and awed long before anyone gave a rat’s ass about Basra or Nasiriya. All the usual suspects are dealt with—anthrax and Afghanistan, Saddam and civil rights—but the stuff coming out of the mouths of Rees’ generic clip-art figures isn’t commentary or observation so much as one long howl of indignation at the things our brains are being expected to digest on a daily basis and still function. It’s also really funny. The strips have just been collected in a book by Brooklyn’s Soft Skull Press, and Rees will be giving a free talk on campus tonight to promote it. He’ll be speaking at 8:00 p.m. in room 108 of the Koffler Institute (569 Spadina). Space is limited.
