[In an] oversized collection at just over a foot tall, Eli Valley's
comic strips are intricate fever dreams employing noir, horror,
slapstick and science fiction to expose the outlandish hypocrisies at
play in the American/Israeli relationship. Sometimes banned, often
controversial and always hilarious, Valley's work has helped to
energize a generation exasperated by American complicity in an
Israeli occupation now entering its fiftieth year. This, the first
full-scale anthology of Valley's art, provides an essential
retrospective of America and Israel at a turning point. With
meticulously detailed line work and a richly satirical palette
peppered with perseverating turtles, xenophobic Jedi knights,
sputtering superheroes, mutating golems and zombie billionaires,
Valley's comics unmask the hypocrisy and horror behind the headlines.
This collection supplements the satires with historical background
and contexts, insights into the creative process, selected reactions
to the works, and behind-the-scenes tales of tensions over what was
permissible for publication. Brutally riotous and irreverent, the
comics in this volume are a vital contribution to a centuries-old
tradition of graphic protest and polemics.
