With the recent release in a collection of Prez: Setting A Dangerous President by DC Comics, I was lucky enough to get a review copy. I loved this book!

In a funny turn of events, I was actually listening to my favorite podcast about Star Wars comics, Star Wars Splash Page, when one of the hosts started gushing about Mark Russell since he wrote the Darth Maul: Black, White, and Red # 2. The comics that he was talking about that Russell previously wrote – like Prez, The Flintstones, and Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles – sounded hilarious and awesome. How lucky was I when the opportunity came up to read Prez?

The series, originally released in 2016, was a new take on a story from the 1970s where the United States gets a teenage President. The new version from Russell features Beth Ross who becomes President after being elected via Twitter in 2048.

The book is a hilarious and biting take on American politics, capitalism, culture, technology, and cable news. Russell manages to take the absurdity of a child winning the US Presidential election and makes it the least absurd part of this, let’s be honest, somewhat believable American future.

The artwork throughout was very fun. Ben Caldwell, Mark Morales, and Jeremy Lawson combined for a beautiful, pointed, and at times kind of cringy book.

This was excellent, and I really had a great time reading it. I would recommend this to anyone and everyone.

Thank you Netgalley and DC Comics for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own.

You can pick up the book here.