A review by lauren_endnotes
Students for a Democratic Society: A Graphic History by Harvey Pekar

2.0

Strong premise but poor execution - the first third of the book read like the scattered meeting minutes of the SDS in the early years. The style abruptly changed to individual oral histories. I actually enjoyed the personal stories much more, but they still felt disjointed, and at times it was unclear when and where events were taking place.

And only a cursory mention of the Weathermen? That seems off. Sure, I get that they were fringe splinter group, but a dismissive mention of them in the beginning of the book hardly seems representative.

I learned more about the SDS from film documentaries and Wikipedia than I did from this book.