Sh*t My President Says: The Illustrated Tweets of Donald J. Trump

by Shannon Wheeler

Overview

FDR had radio. JFK had TV. Trump has Twitter.
Eisner-winning cartoonist Shannon Wheeler depicts the "fire and fury" unleashed daily on Twitter by Donald Trump, our "very stable genius" and president. For the first time, these revealing snapshots of the world’s most powerful man are collected, curated, and brought to memorable new life as cartoons.

Some people are saying, I don’t know, you tell me, but a lot of people are saying this is the greatest book of the year. This guy, Shannon Wheeler, he draws these cartoons for the New Yorker, MAD, the Onion — he’s very, very, good, okay? Now he’s illustrated the most incredible tweets. Wow! You won’t believe what he does with these tweets. I mean, these tweets changed the world, folks. It’s true! It’s very true. EVERYONE is going to want this book — even the haters and losers (Sad!).

In Sh*t My President Says, Donald Trump's most revealing tweets are transformed into razor-sharp cartoons, offering a subversive and illuminating insight into the mind of the most divisive political figure of our time. Whether you love him or hate him, this take on Trump will help you come to grips with the man and his ideas thanks to Wheeler's signature mix of slapstick and sophistication.

Nominated for the 2018 Ringo Award for Best Humor Comic.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781603094108
Publisher:	IDW Publishing
Publication date:	08/15/2017
Pages:	120
Sales rank:	1,155,799
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 6.60(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Shannon Wheeler is the Eisner Award-winning creator of Too Much Coffee Man, who has appeared internationally in newspapers, magazines, comic books and opera houses. He has contributed to a variety of publications that include The Onion newspaper and The New Yorker magazine. Wheeler currently lives in Portland, OR with his cats, chickens, bees, girlfriend and children. He publishes a comic every day at tmcm.com.

Editorial Reviews

"Shannon Wheeler drew a book I wish I had thought of; that's the ultimate compliment I can offer in 140 characters! #buyit #wheelerisagenius" —Jack Ohman, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning

"A book of cartoons written by a living caricature and illustrated by one of the best cartoonists working. It’s like peanut butter and chocolate! Or maybe unregulated toxic waste and chocolate. In any case, it perfectly captures the grim absurdity of life in the darkest timeline." —Tom Tomorrow, creator of This Modern World

"An edifying distillation of the Orange One’s oeuvre, with pictures… [Wheeler] gives us reason to snicker rather than cry." — Kirkus Reviews

"Terrific." — Paste

From the Publisher

2017-07-03
An edifying distillation of the Orange One's oeuvre, with pictures.Claiming to have read more than 30,000 of Trump's notorious infodumps ("my bad dreams started around the 10,000th"), Wheeler (I Told You So, 2012, etc.)—an Eisner Award-winning cartoonist who created Too Much Coffee Man and contributes to the New Yorker, the Onion, MAD, and other publications—extracts a redolent selection that frames the current president not as an ogre but a child, albeit, to be sure, "a petulant, misunderstood, self-absorbed, self-righteous, narcissistic, spoiled brat." And so the cartoonist draws him, with stubby limbs, tiny hands (natch), and clothing that is a size or two too large. Beginning with his first self-promotional warble in 2009 and continuing to diverse paeans sung in March 2017, the tweets are presented one per page or in brief sequences—e.g., a string of variations on "Robert Pattinson should not take back Kristen Stewart. She cheated on him like a dog & will do it again—just watch," capped with a "Happy Birthday" to Ms. Stewart—for dismayed readers to contemplate. From a wry view of The Don quixotically tilting at a row of repeatedly scorned wind turbines to a toilet over a chirp touting the fragrance "Success," and, in an even more mocking vein, Trump ogling a pin-up calendar paired to a platitude about International Women's Day, the accompanying line drawings make the load a little more bearable. Previous similar harvests, not to mention new utterances nearly every day, already prove the tweets hardly need glossing—and that the author's subject is never going to grow up or learn to show even the most basic sense of decency. Wheeler seems a little shell-shocked by his material, but who could blame him? At least he gives us reason to snicker rather than cry.

Kirkus Reviews