{"product_id":"no-concessions","title":"No Concessions!","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Nathan Gelgud. Published by \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftcover, 188 pages, B\u0026amp;W, 2026. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYour favorite gang of militant movie lovers are back for an all-new season of hijinks and takeovers from their small town single screen cinema.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Reel Politik guerillas discuss how to be an effective revolutionary while fighting the all-consuming evils of corporate Hollywood. Meditate! Fight  your inner urge to binge watch! Engage in a cinema fast to truly appreciate the oeuvre of  an auteur! Realism is bourgeois!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn an attempt to thwart a Hollywood studio from coopting the story of the Weather Underground, the  gang then pursues its own cinematic celebration of their hero Bernardine Dohrn. “There are no good or bad movies, only correct or false ones.” Along the way the gang gets sidetracked to start the MLIB, the Marxist Leninist International Baseball league.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith his trademark slapstick zingers, Gelgud lovingly skewers leftist radical politics while simultaneously illustrating how late stage capitalism has made ethical decision making fraught with compromise. At once a celebration of what makes Hollywood and independent local cinema great and a call to arms to protect it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e“Film critic-turned-cartoonist Gelgud’s looping caricatures achieve an appropriate mix of ardent and self-satirizing. This one will be snapped up by cinephiles who might, in between Agnes Varda retrospectives and complaining about Letterboxd, wonder if they could hijack the Criterion Closet van.”–\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Radicals get their pomposity punctured with every punchline, but that doesn't mean Gelgud, a one-time projectionist himself, disagrees with them.\"–\u003cem\u003eSight and Sound\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Cartoonist Nathan Gelgud’s \u003cem\u003eReel Politik\u003c\/em\u003e asks a question you never considered: What if there was a casual Sunday-comics-esque strip about insufferable movie snobs? (Yes, that’s a recommendation.)\"–\u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Gelgud has] seemingly become the official cartoonist (and satirist) of cinema culture. Movie lovers will likely recognize themselves in the characters’ small-stakes bickering over such topics as assigned seating and film formats.\u003cb\u003e”\u003c\/b\u003e–\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A full-fledged action drama that goes in wonderfully weird directions..[for] anyone who loves to talk film and politics, or enjoys sharp satire.\"\u003cb\u003e–\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cem\u003eHyperallergic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A sharp, absurdist lens on film culture, late capitalism, and the epic highs, staggering lows, and various odd rituals of moviegoing... equal parts manifesto and workplace comedy.”–\u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63839632949578,"sku":"noconcessions","price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8894\/4822\/files\/IMG_16442.jpg?v=1791385619","url":"https:\/\/littledeercomics.ie\/products\/no-concessions","provider":"Little Deer Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}