Get Your War On is a political comic strip that appears in Rolling Stone and other, less traditional newspapers. It debuted about a month after 9/11 and has since attacked our government for mainly its war-prone ways using a viciously cynical voice to do so. The strips are made from about six old clip art pictures slightly tweaked to portray office worker sheep, classier Joe Six-Packs, as frustrated, passive observers of politics.

Since Huffington Post site 23/6 came around it has been trying to achieve success in the world of liberal political satire, and trying to catch the tail of the oh-so-funny Bush administration. They signed GYWO writer, David Rees to do videos for their site. Though I’m not sure of how successful the clips have been, this medium change has also changed the comic strip.

After hearing voices put to these snarky characters and to see their red outlines smoothly move against the plain white backdrop, I realize that this is exactly how I hear the strips played out in my head. What this switch to video does is give GYWO legs. The clips will probably be e-mailed through places similar to where its characters work. Snarky humor coupled with simplistic design translates GYWO to video nicely. Here’s a clip of the latest talking about the Obama bandwagon:

“Obama doesn’t salute the flag. He throws rocks at bald eagles and eats the wrong kind of lettuce.”

It will be interesting to see how this comic holds up with its liberal stance and its anti-war message in an Obama administration. So far, it has been using the strategy of making fun of Obama on a conceptual level as opposed to attacking his direct actions. This comic was a baby of 9/11 and should be fun to watch grow up.