The Boys on the Bus by Timothy Crouse: This memoir of life on the campaign trail for the 1972 election is both highly informative of how the political process is constantly mutating but remarkably stable in some ways, a cautionary tale of the nature of the press and politics today that SHOULD NOT still be as relevant as it is, and a great way to fill in gaps of your awareness of the Watergate affair. Also this is my first real dive into Spiro Agnew and that he was bounced from politics for COMPLETELY DIFFERENT corruption than Richard Nixon is just the chefs kiss of the dumpster fire of that time period.
The Plastic Man Archives Volume 1 by Jack Cole: This is rough in the way that a lot of early 1940's comics are rough - the wartime jingoism at points, the casual racism of the era, etc. - but I still come down on recommending it just because Cole's panel compositions are just amazing, his creativity with the character is off the charts for the time period, and many of the plots are just batshit crazy. Like, if I tried to explain them to you, you would not believe me.
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