DECLARATION EMANCIPATION ILLUSTRATED TP

For the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, R. Sikoryak turns his attention to the documents that shaped the United States during the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. The cartoonist, known as a master of the visual mash-up through works like Masterpiece Comics and The Unquotable Trump, presents a double volume containing the full text of three key documents – each rendered in the bright, iconic styles of more than 100 American comics, cartoons, and graphic novels spanning over a century.

• Declaration of Independence
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Gettysburg Address

As a sort of prequel to Constitution Illustrated, Sikoryak puts historical turning points into pointed visual scene – such as when Jeffy from Family Circus becomes Thomas Jefferson, or Mr. Magoo appears as a British loyalist. Declaration/Emancipation Illustrated is an entertaining, multilayered journey through American history and the visual language of American comics.