Get Your War On

In July of 2008, it was announced that comedic video website 23/6 was producing an animated series based on the satirical Get Your War On comic strip. A preview clip for the 10-part series was released on July 23, 2008, and the series is scheduled to premiere exclusively on 23/6 the following week.¹

Fast Facts

1. Creator: Huffington Post blogger: David Rees
2. Voice Actors: Jon Glaser and Anthony Laurent ²
3. Debut: October 9, 2001³
4. Adapted into a stage play in 2006⁴
5. Comic appears in Rolling Stone magazine
6. Over $100,000 from the sale of the Get Your War On books was donated to land mine removal in Afghanistan⁵

Get Your War On Books

1. Get Your War On: The Definitive Account of George Bush's War on Terror 2001-2008 (Release date: October 1, 2008
2. Get Your War On II (2004)
3. Get Your War On (2002)

Quote

"When 23/6 approached me about animating Get Your War On, I was skeptical they could do justice to my brilliance. However, they assured me I wasn’t actually that brilliant. Ever since that revelation, I’ve enjoyed breathing life into my beloved clip-art characters."—David Rees⁶

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