MEDiA

MEDiA KiT

For bios and pictures, check out our MEDiA KiT.

REViEWS

INTERViEWS

RAVE REViEWS FOR THE RELEASE

“THE RAPiD-FiRE BANTER CAN AT TiMES REACH “GiLMORE GiRLS” DENSiTY, EACH PAGE CRAMMED WiTH ZiNGERS FiNELY TUNED FOR THE ALMOND-MiLK-SiPPiNG SET. ALEX RECALLS AN AFTERNOON “AS ENJOYABLE AS A TERRY GROSS CAMEO ON ‘WAiT, WAiT…DON’T TELL ME.’” WHEN MiCHAEL PUTS A SLiMMiNG FiLTER ON PiCTURES OF THEiR CAT, SUSPECTiNG SHE’S PUT ON A FEW POUNDS, ALEX SLAMS HiM FOR “GASLiGHTiNG.” (HE BLAMES HiS PASSiNG MiSOGYNY ON GLUTEN.)”  ED PARK – NEW YORK TiMES

Buy The Book

“READiNG iT WiLL PROVOKE A REACTiON—iT WiLL MAKE YOU SMiLE, LAUGH OUT LOUD, AND SOMETiMES ROLL YOUR EYES AT ALEXANDRA AND MiCHAEL’S iNCREDiBLE ARROGANCE. BUT iT MAY ALSO PROVOKE WANDERLUST, SiNCE SUSTAiNiNG LONG-TERM ACTiViSM REQUiRES US TO RECHARGE AND FORTiFY. i, FOR ONE, HAVE ADDED SEVERAL ENORMOUS FRYiNG PANS TO MY MUST-SEE LiST.” ELEANOR J. BADER, REWiRE.NEWS

“AS AN AiD TO THEiR UNDERSTANDiNG TRUMP VOTERS, THiS MiGHT SEEM A BiT CONDESCENDiNG AND NAÏVE, BUT LUCKiLY, THAT’S THE POiNT. BASED ON HER CONTiNUiNG PROSE FEATURE iN MCSWEENEY’S iNTERNET TENDENCY, ELLY LONON POKES FUN AT LiBERALS’ SPEECH AND BEHAViORS WHiLE BEiNG COMPLETELY SYMPATHETiC TO THEiR CAUSE. MiCHAEL AND ALEX ARE WELL-iNTENTiONED, SOMETiMES ADMiRABLE, SOMETiMES ANNOYiNG FiCTiONAL CHARACTERS WHO SEEM VERY REAL, DOWN TO THEiR SOCiAL MEDiA OBSESSiONS, COMPLETE WiTH A RECURRiNG, CONViNCiNGLY DEPiCTED iNSTAGRAM FEED AND HASHTAGS.” PETER DABBENE, FOREWARD REViEWS

Buy The Book

AMONGST THE LiBERAL ELiTE iS A BiTiNGLY SATiRiCAL GRAPHiC NOVEL ABOUT A COUPLE WHO EMBARK ON A CROSS COUNTRY EXPEDiTiON. THEY ARE iDEALiSTiC AND WELL MEETiNG, BUT FREQUENTLY STYMiED BY…WELL, BY LOWER URGES.  ELAiNE DURBACH, MATTERS MAGAZiNE

ALEX AND MiCHAEL, SHE SAiD, AREN’T BASED ANYONE iN PARTiCULAR BUT DRAW iNSPiRATiON FROM HER COMMUNiTY iN SOUTH ORANGE, N.J., WHiCH SHE DESCRiBES AS MAYBERRY, iF MAYBERRY WERE FULL OF “iNTERSECTiONAL ACTiViSTS.” iN THE MCSWEENEY’S COLUMNS, THEY DiSCUSS LOOKiNG FOR A BEER THAT’S SUFFiCiENTLY PRO-UNiON, CELEBRATiNG EARTH DAY AND HOW BUFFY THE VAMPiRE SLAYER WAS A “CONSUMMATE THiRD-WAVE FEMiNiST.” ELLY LONON INTERViEW WiTH ROBERT C. LOPEZ, GREENSBORO NEWS AND RECORD

A NUMBER OF RECENT RELEASES SEEM TO HAVE TAKEN THEiR CUE FROM J.D. VANCE’S BESTSELLiNG HiLLBiLLY ELEGY BY DISSECTING THE EMERGENCE OF POPULAR SUPPORT FOR TRUMP…RECENT BOOKS ON THE…TOPIC INCLUDE…AMONGST THE LiBERAL ELITE: THE ROAD TRiP EXPLORiNG SOCiETAL INEQUiTiES SOLiDIFiED BY TRUMP. CLAiRE KiRCH, PUBLiSHER’S WEEKLY.

Buy The Book

THESE TWO CHARACTERS ARE VERY LiKEABLE EVEN iF YOU NEVER REALLY GET PAST THEiR WALLS OF WiTTY RETORTS. AND, HEY, MAYBE YOU KNOW PEOPLE LiKE THAT. WHAT YOU GET HERE IS A VERY LEAN, CRiSP, EXTRA-DRY AND DROLL, GLUTEN-FREE SET OF MiSADVENTURES. MATTHEW THURBER, COMiCS GRiNDER

ADVANCE PRAiSE OF THE BOOK

“ELLY AND JOAN HAVE PERFORMED A SPECTACULAR MAGiC TRiCK WiTH THiS BOOK – THEY’VE REACHED iNTO OUR HEADS AND PULLED OUT OUR COLLECTiVE iDS, iN ALL THEiR SELF-CENTERED, iNADEQUATE, WELL-MEANiNG, EARNEST, BPA-FREE GLORY, GiVEN THEM DEVASTATiNGLY ACCURATE HAiRCUTS, AND NAMED THEM ALEX AND MiCHAEL. ALEX AND MiCHAEL ARE HERE TO PROVOKE, TO QUESTiON, TO MAKE YOU ROLL YOUR EYES SO DEEP iN YOUR HEAD YOU SEE YOUR BRAiN STEM – BUT ALSO TO CHUCKLE iN RECOGNiTiON, BECAUSE REALLY, WE’VE ALL GOT AT LEAST A LiTTLE ALEX AND MiCHAEL iN US. ELLY AND JOAN’S SHARPLY OBSERVED, WiTTY, GENEROUS, SELF-MOCKiNG EPiC iS A GiFT FOR ANYONE WHO’S EVER TAKEN A JOURNEY FROM THE FRYiNG-PAN OF THEiR OWN HEAD TO THE OVEN OF OUR BURNiNG WORLD.” EMiLY FLAKE (CARTOONiST/WRiTER/PERFORMER/TEACHER/iLLUSTRATOR WiTH THE NEW YORKER AND AUTHOR OF MAMA TRiED: DiSPATCHES FROM THE SEAMY UNDERBELLY OF MODERN PARENTiNG)

“THE WiT AND THE LASER-FOCUSED READS iN AMONGST THE LiBERAL ELiTE LEFT ME GASPiNG–FROM BOTH LAUGHTER AND ALSO SELF-RECOGNiTiON. THiS iS WiLDLY iNVENTiVE SATiRE OF OUR SOCiO-POLiTiCAL CLiMATE THAT DOESN’T PULL ANY PUNCHES BUT iS NEVER MEAN. iT’S ACTUALLY MiRACULOUS THAT SOMETHiNG SO SMART AND SO GENEROUS CAME FROM SUCH A DUMB TiME. THE REFERENCES ARE SPOT-ON AND UP-TO-THE-MiNUTE (HOW!?) BUT I’LL BE RETURNiNG TO THiS BOOK FOR YEARS. ALSO, iT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT EVEN THOUGH MiCHAEL iS A FiCTiONAL CREATiON AND ALSO A CARTOON, HE iS STiLL A SNACK AND FOR THAT I AM GRATEFUL.” – R. ERiC THOMAS, PLAYWRiGHT AND COLUMNiST AT ELLE.COM.

Buy The Book

“AMONGST THE LiBERAL ELiTE IS PROOF THAT LiBERALS NOT ONLY NEED TO KEEP THEiR SENSES OF HUMOR DURiNG THiS CRAZY ERA OF AMERiCAN POLiTiCS, BUT THEY NEED TO KEEP A SENSE OF HUMOR ABOUT THEMSELVES AS WELL.” – CHRiSTOPHER MONKS (MANAGiNG EDiTOR OF MCSWEENEY’S iNTERNET TENDENCY AND AUTHOR OF THE ULTiMATE GAME GUiDE TO YOUR LiFE)

“ELLY HAD ME AT ‘GiANT GRANiTE EDiFiCE CELEBRATiNG THE PATRiARCHY’ AND KEPT ME THROUGH THE FiNAL PAGE. AMONGST THE LiBERAL ELiTE iS A HiLARiOUS, TENDER LOOK AT A COUPLE DESPERATE TO BREAK FREE (BUT NOT TOO FREE) FROM THEiR PRiViLEGE AND iNHERENT BiASES AND MAKE A DiFFERENCE (ANY DiFFERENCE!) iN TRUMP’S AMERiCA. I LAUGHED OUT LOUD ON NEARLY EVERY PAGE AND CRiNGED iN RECOGNiTiON ALMOST AS OFTEN.” – HEiDi STEVENS (COLUMNiST AT THE CHiCAGO TRiBUNE)

“AMONGST THE LiBERAL ELiTE iS THE BOOK EVERYONE WiTH OUTRAGE FATiGUE (AND A SENSE OF HUMOR) NEEDS.” – JEN MANN (NEW YORK TiMES BEST SELLiNG AUTHOR OF PEOPLE I WANT TO PUNCH iN THE THROAT.)

“LONON AND REiLLY FiND THE FUNNY iN THiER CHARACTERS’ ATTEMPT TO SQUARE THEiR LiBERAL iDEOLOGY WiTH EVERYDAY LiFE iN AMERiCA. THiS BOOK iS REFRESHiNGLY SELF-AWARE, THOUGHT-PROVOKING, AND HiLARIOUS.” – EMiLY WiNTER (WRiTER, COMEDiAN, AND CO-CREATOR OF WHAT A JOKE, A NATiONAL ANTi-TRUMP COMEDY FESTiVAL THAT RAiSED MORE THAN $50K FOR THE ACLU iN 2017)

Buy The Book

“AMONGST THE LiBERAL ELiTE” iS THE HiLARiOUS POKE AT POLiTiCS WE ALL NEED RiGHT NOW. iT MADE ME THiNK AND JUST AS iMPORTANTLY, iT MADE ME LAUGH, AND LAUGHiNG FEELS MUCH BETTER THAN CRYiNG.” – CAREN LiSSNER (AUTHOR OF CARRiE PiLBY)

“LiBERAL ELiTE’S ALEX AND MiCHAEL ARE WOKE, WHiTE-GUiLTY CHARACTERS WHO TRY THEiR BEST iN AMERiCA’S CURRENT STATE OF DESPAiR. THESE LiBERAL ELiTE CHARACTERS ARE SO FUNNY iN THEiR BACK-AND-FORTH DiALOGUE THAT READS LiKE A PARODY FROM PORTLANDiA. THiS BOOK REMINDS YOU THAT YES, YOU SHOULD FiGHT TO BE YOUR BEST BUT MAKE SURE TO NOT TURN iNTO THE WORST.” – SiOBHAN GALLAGHER (AUTHOR OF iN A DAZE WORK)