Hell in a Handbasket: Dispatches from the Country Formerly Known as America

by Tom Tomorrow

Images inspired by vintage American advertising, science fiction, and Norman Rockwell idylls are, in his hands, the means by which to keep laughing instead of crying at the feral descent of our... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1585424587
• ISBN13: 9781585424580
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Tarcher
• Length: 141 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.0" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Laughing to Keep From Crying

Sometimes when the exploits of BushCo becomes a little to depressing for me, I turn to political humor like that offered up by Tom Tomorrow to bring a little glimmer of a smile to my weary progressive soul. He is incisive, instructional, and informative. And he has an edge that may be sharp, but is always brutally accurate and uncannily insightful. I also love his wackily retro drawing style that seems to have been lifted from an alternate 1950s universe and plopped down in our far too serious present. This book is one of the best collections of political cartoons since Herblock put down his pen.

Funny, funny stuff....

Thanks Tom Tomorrow for a nice piece of work; much appreciated. With all the s*** that is going on right now, it's nice to know that I/we aren't alone in thinking that, yes, the world is going to "Hell in a Handbasket". I can barely stomach the nightly news or paper anymore, and it's been that way for quite some time. The laughs this book gave me lifted my spirits and made me feel like maybe I wasn't quite so alone. Everyone with a brain AND heart should read this book.

Classic Tom Tomorrow

This book is right on the money -- captures the Bush Admin. perfectly. Very funny.

Helping to endure the pain

Tom Tomorrow helps us survive in This Modern World with his unique political satire. You'll laugh, you'll groan, you'll be enraged at the madness of our times. Buy this book and see the light! Irony, sarcasm, satire - it's all here. I can think of so many people who ought to read this book.

Funny as HELL

heh I've always loved Tom Tomorrow's comics and this latest installment does NOT disappoint. Of course, this current adminstration gives him SO much material to work with, maybe we could use part of the revenues to pay down the national debt =P Whaddya say Dan?