Reviews for Why Do They Kill Me?

The average rating for Why Do They Kill Me? based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-03-31 00:00:00 Jon Gordon David Foster Wallace was spot-on in his assessment stating Kreider Rules. The magnificent cartoons and accompanying text in this book proves that point on every page. It becomes obvious the more you read and view these why Kreider had to quit drawing. The angst and daily onslaught on his psyche had to be killing him. I cannot imagine what it would be like for him today with Donald J. Trump in the White House. Kreider likely would be checking himself into a local insane asylum or drinking himself not far short of oblivion. To think that Little George Bush was portrayed in these texts as our new presidential buffoon. Who would have thought that we would come to elect an even bigger one? Donald J. Trump makes a dwarf of Bush's dumbness. And Trump's claims a personal genius that far surpasses any dumb claim Little George would have made about his own brain. But the one thing they both have most in common is that neither one reads. In some ways it saddens me that Tim Kreider quit drawing cartoons and brought to a close his adding critical text beside them in which his reasons and inspiration behind them added significant light to his creations. But his latest book of essays is certainly amazing, and he is most likely taken more seriously in his New York Times articles and opinions than his bitingly humorous and sarcastic cartoon depictions regarding what ails us in our country. His anger really shows through these important cartoons, and it is understandable why he had to stop drawing them. But they sure are good.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-11-10 00:00:00 David Landsman Wow! Dated, but he sure hits a lot of chords on issues that I agree with. Technically this is not a graphic novel but a collection of political cartoons often accompanied by short essays on how they came about, what kind of criticism they received, and other tidbit. They would drive much of my family crazy, and I'm sure quite a few on the Right were exasperated by him, if they even looked at the work. I wish I had come across his work sooner, and I definitely am going to try his other books.