Billionaires

'Darryl Cunningham's non-fiction work is undoubtedly some of the most crucially important practice to have emerged in UK comics in the last decade.' - Andy Oliver, Broken Frontier; 'It can take other authors whole books to say what Darryl can say in a single illustration.'- Jon Ronson; 'Like Darryl Cunningham's previous graphic novels, Billionaires displays his brilliant faculty for communicating serious and complex information in an accessible and entertaining way-something that the comic media can excel at. Immaculately researched and clearly told, this book should be required reading-by everyone!' - Bryan Talbot; 'Billionaires takes some very important and complex subjects and distils all of that huge amount of research into a clear, thoughtful narrative that delivers detail without overloading the reader, and does so in a hugely compelling and fascinating manner. At this rate I think Darryl Cunningham may be becoming the UK's equivalent to the great Larry Gonick, and our vibrant comics scene is all the richer for his work. Hugely recommended reading.' - Joe Gordon, Down The Tubes; 'It's often dark, it's often funny and it often exposes some very dirty deeds. It's just astonishingly good.' - Liz Green, BBC Radio Leeds; 'As a writer and illustrator, Cunningham excels and there's an irresistible symbiosis between the words and the minimalist drawings. The graphic characterisation of these betes noires are beautifully succinct, with the frame composition immaculate and the sparse use of flat colour adding clarity. This is a most timely book, particularly as rebellion against pollution of the environment ought to go hand in hand with the pollution of our minds.' - Morning Star; '(A) tremendously well researched comic book... I am a big fan. I'm always in awe of the amount of information that Darryl manages to pack in to every one of his comic books.' - Robin Ince, Book of the Day; 'Gripping and necessary...some of the best comics journalism I've ever read...made indelible by his low-key, acerbic cartooning. The drawings are remarkable, varied, and always on point.' - Jeet Heer, National Affairs Correspondent, The Nation; 'Cunningham's comics journalism skills are unassailable. He has a gift for making the grotesque and unpalatable weirdly pleasurable. I was appalled and riveted and even amused throughout. Get this book, but for god's sake get it from an independent bookstore. No One-Clicking, please.' - The Comics Journal, Robert Kirby; 'Comics has long been the most effective method of imparting information and eliciting reaction (that's why assorted governments and militaries have used them for hard and soft propaganda over the last century and a half), and with Billionaires: The Lives of the Rich and Powerful we finally see that force being used against today's greatest threat to continued existence...' - Win Wiacek, Comics Review; 'Darryl Cunningham has created a beautiful piece of investigative graphic journalism. The amount of research that went into this book is enormous. The stories are fascinating and nauseating all the same. They are perfect examples of our failing democracy calling for the reform of capitalism.' - Foliovore, Bookstagrammer; 'Darryl Cunningham's piercing analysis of the One Per Cent is vital graphic reading, for how we got to now, and how we can reclaim the future.' - Paul Gravett; 'Put Cunningham's [Billionaires] on your Christmas list... It really is eye-widening reading and, if you're like me, it should give you pause about just how you spend your money.' - Cartoon Club Magazine; 'A beautifully drawn expose of the men who burnt the planet. Each picture is worth far more than a thousand complex academic words.' - Danny Dorling