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...majority of students, on the other hand, matched Prince’s penchant for the comic with their own interpretations of numbers from lighter shows such as She Loves Me and Carousel. Karlin sang a particularly effervescent aria on the joys of vanilla ice cream and the tribulations of love, while other performers continually had the audience chuckling over pre-teen melodrama and starry-eyed romance, even as they marveled over performers’ vocal power...
...this War on Terrorism is going to rule!” cartoonist David Rees mockingly declared in the inaugural edition of his comic strip, “Get Your War On,” less than a month after the Sept. 11 attacks...
Just a year earlier, Rees was working as a temp in the Harvard Planning and Real Estate office. But, thanks to Osama Bin Laden and the editors of Rolling Stone, Rees unexpectedly rode his new comic strip to underground cultural icon status...
...laughter and applause, Rees told his audience that he was probably about as bummed out about having to do another four years of “Get Your War On” as Bush was about having to serve another term. Rees spoke briefly about the history of his comic strip before reading some of his favorite panels from the last few years, reminding the audience of the historical context behind each...
Rees moved to the Boston area in 1994 after graduating from Oberlin College. When he wasn’t working odd jobs for a temp agency, he spent his six years here working on early versions of his current comic strips. At that point, he hadn’t really touched on politics in his artwork—his big projects were “My New Fighting Technique Is Unstoppable,” a cartoon about ninjas who do nothing but yell at each other and make threats, and its office humor spin...