George Orwell Illustrated

“…often remarkably judicious.” That’s what Peter Davison, the editor of George Orwell’s Complete Works, said in 1998 about these authors, Orwell for Beginners, contained in this volume 

No twentieth-century writer remains more vividly etched in the public imagination than George Orwell, thanks to Animal Farm and the unforgettable Nineteen Eighty-Four— and thanks, as well, to the persisting power of the logic-defying authoritarianism Orwell warned us about. George Orwell remains relevant because Big Brothers remain as brazen and truthless as ever. 

This book brings Orwell to life as never before. New discoveries—including a human rights manifesto coauthored with Bertrand Russell and Arthur Koestler—help us better understand the worldview behind the words. In part two of this book, Planet Orwell, Orwell’s manifesto appears here for the first time, along with a wealth of fresh biographical and literary insights.

David Norman Smith has published widely on capitalism, charisma, authoritarianism, anti-Semitism, genocide, and critical theory. Among other works, he is the author of Marx's Capital Illustrated (Haymarket, 2014) and the editor of Marx's World: Asia, Africa, the Americas,and Capital Accumulation in Karl Marx's Late Manuscripts (Yale University Press, forthcoming). He teaches sociology at the University of Kansas.

Artist and adventurer Mike Mosher is Professor of Art/Communication Multimedia at Saginaw Valley State University in Michigan, applying his practice to courses in drawing, comics, community murals, and technology user experience design. He has coauthored books on web design, on teaching English to Japanese speakers by using rock music lyrics, and published numerous articles and reviews in online cultural and political journals.