{"id":28634,"date":"2016-07-12T06:00:28","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T11:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=28634"},"modified":"2016-06-22T13:36:12","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T18:36:12","slug":"prez-vol-1-corndog-in-chief-by-marl-russell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/prez-vol-1-corndog-in-chief-by-marl-russell\/","title":{"rendered":"<I>Prez, Vol. 1: Corndog-In-Chief<\/I> by Marl Russell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.3&amp;cn=1174147\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28635\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28635 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/prez.jpg?resize=258%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"prez\" width=\"258\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a>In a world where corporations have the power to rule the world, where social media has infiltrated presidential elections, and when the age restriction on who can run for president has been abolished, you know things are bound to get interesting really quick.\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.3&amp;cn=1174147\" target=\"_blank\">Prez, Vol. 1: Corndog-In-Chief<\/a><\/strong><\/em> tells the tale of this messed-up\u00a0world and\u00a0all the deals happening behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p>In the not so distant future, 2036 to be exact, the world is topsy-turvy. People vote for elections via Twitter, corporations have the ability to run for President, and a strain of cat flu has infested the world, one that costs millions of dollars to cure and that is infecting people worldwide. One of the people infected and dying is Beth Ross&#8217; father. Beth becomes\u00a0viral-video famous, an internet\u00a0celebrity\u00a0named Corndog Girl, after an unfortunate incident at the fast food restaurant where she works.<\/p>\n<p>The country is in the midst of a presidential election, one that is being controlled behind the scenes by a few major corporations. Two candidates have been presented, but\u00a0a famous video blogger has chosen to endorse Corndog Girl for President instead!\u00a0She&#8217;s eligible to become president, something the corporations never believe would happen, so they write her off. Joke&#8217;s on them! She becomes president and soon finds herself thrown into a messed-up world of politics and corporate power grabs. Beth is left to fill her cabinet with people she can trust and all the while try to figure out how if she has the power to take back control of this upside-down world. This graphic novel is full of snark, witty social media commentary, and a glimpse into what our lives could possibly be like if corporations are given more control over our way of life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a world where corporations have the power to rule the world, where social media has infiltrated presidential elections, and when the age restriction on who can run for president has been abolished, you know things are bound to get interesting really quick.\u00a0Prez, Vol. 1: Corndog-In-Chief tells the tale of<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/prez-vol-1-corndog-in-chief-by-marl-russell\/\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10,1,8],"tags":[3217,3243,400,76,2668,3661,412,420],"class_list":["post-28634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-reference","category-staff-picks","tag-future","tag-government","tag-politics","tag-presidents","tag-social-media","tag-teenages","tag-united-states","tag-women"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-7rQ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28634"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28642,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28634\/revisions\/28642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}