War StoriesVol 1
Written by Garth Ennis
Art by Dave Gibbons, John Higgins, David Lloyd and Chris Weston
2004
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Even tho I'd count myself as a Garth Ennis fan I had no idea that this series existed until I was told about it at a Islington Comic Forum meeting (thanks Malcolm!). And what can I say now I've read it? Well - put simply: it's emotionally affecting and at points heart-wrenching to the point of torture with a sense of detail in the charaterisation and dialogue that makes it all feel utterly realistic. Put more simply: It's really, really good.
Written in the same no-frills, deadly serious style as his Battlefields series (of which this is obviously the fore-runner) War Stories is a series of tales set in various locations and different units (Allies and Axis) of the Second World War. With the top flight artistic talent dream-team of Chris Weston (The Filth), Dave Gibbons (Watchmen), and David Lloyd (V for Vendetta) each delivering knockout material. And with scripts that don't pussy-foot around and refuses to either pull it's punches or go dark just for the sake of it - but rather pulls off that careful balancing act between the two and is all the more better for it.
I don't wanna be too hyperbolic - but hell: Stunning stuff.
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Links: Grovel Review.
Further reading: Battlefields, The Shadow, 303, Alan's War: The Memories of G.I. Alan Cope, Last Day in Vietnam.
Profiles: Garth Ennis, Chris Weston.
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