David Rees (cartoonist)

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David Rees
Born	June 22, 1972 (1972-06-22) (age 39) Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Writer, Artist, Pencil Sharpener
Notable works	Get Your War On
Official website

David Thomas Rees (born June 22, 1972) is a left-wing cartoonist and humorist whose best-known work combines bland clip art with outrageous "trash talk" to incongruous effect. The comic strips, often overtly political, have achieved wide popularity, while baffling or disgusting some readers.

Rees grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where he was an avid reader of Rex Morgan, M.D. comics. He is a graduate of Oberlin College, for whose student newspaper he drew some comic strips. His office-cubicle humor is partly inspired by a stint working in a basement for Citicorp; he was later a part time fact-checker for Maxim magazine and Martha Stewart Weddings magazine until laid off.

Rees lives in Beacon, New York.^[1]

Of Rees' comic series, the best known and most controversial is Get Your War On. He is also the author of the comic strips My New Fighting Technique is Unstoppable, My New Filing Technique is Unstoppable, and Adventures of Confessions of Saint Augustine Bear.

Since May 2005 he has been a contributing blogger at The Huffington Post.

Rees created a comic strip containing a glowing review (written in his characteristic style) of John Hodgman's satirical almanac The Areas of My Expertise, which is featured on that book's Internet site.

Books by Rees

• Get Your War On. Brooklyn: Soft Skull, 2002. ISBN 1-887128-76-X
• My New Fighting Technique is Unstoppable. New York: Riverhead, 2003. ISBN 1-57322-373-5
• My New Filing Technique is Unstoppable. New York: Riverhead, 2004. ISBN 1-57322-382-4
• Get Your War On II. New York: Riverhead, 2004. ISBN 1-59448-048-6
• Get Your War On: The definitive account of the war on terror, 2001 - 2008. Brooklyn: Soft Skull, 2008. ISBN 1-59376-213-5

Other activities

In July 2010, Rees announced his Artisanal Pencil Sharpening service, where for $12.50 plus $2.50 S&H, people can mail in their own pencils to be sharpened, or receive a sharpened pencil provided by the craftsman. According to the site, "...craftsman David Rees still practices the age-old art of manual pencil sharpening. His artisanal service is perfect for artists, writers, and standardized test takers. Shipped with their shavings and a 'certificate of sharpening', these extra-sharp pencils make wonderful gifts."^{[2][3] [4]}

Notes

1. ^ Cauthon, Phil. "Q&A with David Rees: Get Your War On creator returns to Lawrence to spread the gospel of dissent," Lawrence.com (Sept. 26, 2005). Accessed Oct. 7, 2008.
2. ^ Artisanal Pencil Sharpening website
3. ^ Three Questions for David Rees About His New Artisanal Pencil-Sharpening Project, Daily Details
4. ^ For the person who has everything: artisanal pencil sharpening, The Los Angeles Times

References

• Interview in The Comics Interpreter vol. 2, #3

External links

• MNFTIU - David Rees's site, an initialism for My New Fighting (or Filing) Technique Is Unstoppable
• Artisanal Pencil Sharpening
• Video of David Rees' Talk at Columbia
• David Rees on The Huffington Post
• David Rees interview by Travis Jeppesen
• OUR ART SITE DOT COM Interviews David Rees
• Video of Get Your War On on 236.com
• URL Shortening Service For Twitter

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Date of birth	June 22, 1972
Place of birth	Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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