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Available
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Series
Publication
DC Comics (2016), 144 pages
Description
America's first teenaged president is on the job in this contemporary twist on a DC classic! Oregon teen Beth Ross has just been elected President of the United States of America. Age restrictions were abolished when corporations gained the right to run for office and voting booths have been replaced by Twitter, making just about anyone eligible for the nation's top job, including the viral-video-famous Corndog Girl! Now the eyes of the nation are on Beth. But in a world so out of control that the poor are willing to shoot themselves on TV for a chance at a better life, will even the new president have the power needed to overthrow the nation's true leaders-Boss Smiley and his corporate shadow government? Writer Mark Russell (GOD IS DISAPPOINTED IN YOU) teams with artists Ben Caldwell (JUSTICE LEAGUE BEYOND) and Mark Morales (X-FORCE, SECRET INVASION) to revive and reinvent a classic! Collects PREZ #1-6 and SNEAK PEEK: PREZ #1.… (more)
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LibraryThing member DanieXJ
That was different. Definitely different, and sorta trippy too. It's about Beth, a 19 year old who gets her hair stuck in a restaurant appliance and then becomes President.
There's a lot wrong with our country in this TPB and Beth definitely seems to be trying to fix as much of it as she can. Of
I think my favorite part of the TPB though was the Science Advisor that Beth chose. Neil DeGrasse Tyson, uh, I mean Franklin. Yes, Franklin was his name. Heh. Awesome!
I got this galley through Netgalley on behalf of DC Entertainment.
There's a lot wrong with our country in this TPB and Beth definitely seems to be trying to fix as much of it as she can. Of
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course, it's not super easy.I think my favorite part of the TPB though was the Science Advisor that Beth chose. Neil DeGrasse Tyson, uh, I mean Franklin. Yes, Franklin was his name. Heh. Awesome!
I got this galley through Netgalley on behalf of DC Entertainment.
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LibraryThing member melissarochelle
Why's it always so difficult to write about the ones you like?
The story here is excellent - a teenager is elected President when the minimum age requirement is eliminated and votes can be cast on Twitter. Here come the viral voters! This series says so much about our society and where it has
Good start to the series!
The story here is excellent - a teenager is elected President when the minimum age requirement is eliminated and votes can be cast on Twitter. Here come the viral voters! This series says so much about our society and where it has
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potential to go. This is satire so it really goes OUT THERE, but given who the front-runner is for the Republican party.... Yeah, it's scary. And the scary part about this future isn't the teenager that becomes president --it's the corporations that have bought the politicians, the beanbag warriors controlling drones, and the utter joke that politics in American have become in the year 2036. Good start to the series!
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LibraryThing member roses7184
Bravo DC. Consider me a fan of Prez and all its charming political satire. With the current state of affairs in our nation, this comic rings even truer than it has before. Beth Ross isn't the president everyone was expecting. She's a teenager, first of all. She isn't taken in by consumerism,
This volume flies by, pitting President Ross against all manner of deliciously evil politicians. I loved how Mark Russell and Ben Caldwell dealt with the faceless corporations that strive to have their hands in every pocket. It's giggle worthy, and yet brutally honest, to watch a group of the richest men in the world meet with emoticons for faces. What better way to further your agenda, then to never let your true self be known? Even the way that the news outlets are dealt with is spot on in this comic. Reporting what they're told to, and nothing else.
If you're looking for something hilarious and yet intelligent at the same time, I'd give Prez a shot! You'll likely fall as hard for Beth Ross as I did. I'd vote for her for president any day, but especially now.
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corporate greed, or popularity polls. What is hiding inside these pages is a giggle worthy romp through what happens when one person, a person with real power, finally starts trying to make things better. It's not always pretty, it's not always easy, but it's definitely always clever.This volume flies by, pitting President Ross against all manner of deliciously evil politicians. I loved how Mark Russell and Ben Caldwell dealt with the faceless corporations that strive to have their hands in every pocket. It's giggle worthy, and yet brutally honest, to watch a group of the richest men in the world meet with emoticons for faces. What better way to further your agenda, then to never let your true self be known? Even the way that the news outlets are dealt with is spot on in this comic. Reporting what they're told to, and nothing else.
If you're looking for something hilarious and yet intelligent at the same time, I'd give Prez a shot! You'll likely fall as hard for Beth Ross as I did. I'd vote for her for president any day, but especially now.
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LibraryThing member LibrarianRyan
This one is a bit of a head scratcher In the begining I was really enjoying it, but the more absurd it got the more it seemed to true to current life. It’s an election year and there are 2 real candidates and 2 joke candidates. The Corn Dog Girl winds up being president due to people not wanting
+16 #TBRread
#BBRC #CatsNap - Cat Flu passed from cats is a major epidemic.
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to vote for the standard politicians who are just in everyone's pockets. They reads, fake, but also so very real. Once our girl becomes Prez, things just go crazy. This is a bit like Idiocracy, but to an entirely new level. I enjoyed it, but I am not sure I want to continue the series.+16 #TBRread
#BBRC #CatsNap - Cat Flu passed from cats is a major epidemic.
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LibraryThing member LibroLindsay
That was so very un-DC...I loved it! Good time to read it, too...
Awards
Great Graphic Novels for Teens (Fiction — 2016)
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
144 p.; 6.7 inches
ISBN
1401259790 / 9781401259792
UPC
001401259790