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Army@Love, Vol. 1: The Hot Zone Club (Army@Love #1)
Comics iconoclast Rick Veitch, the creator of CAN'T GET NO, writes and illustrates this volume collecting the critically acclaimed first six issues of the new series that is equal parts blistering battle action, sensuous soap opera and pitch-black satire that fans of PREACHER and TRANSMETROPOLITAN will love.
Comedy collides head on with tragedy when a New Jersey National Gu...more
Comedy collides head on with tragedy when a New Jersey National Gu...more
Paperback, 128 pages
Published
October 3rd 2007
by Vertigo
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When my husband set this on my nightstand for me to read, I put off reading it for a while. Honestly, war stories - even funny ones - are not usually my thing. But I finished a long non-fiction book and decided to read comics for a few days to clear my mind, and I got down to this. And I couldn't put it down. This is a satire of war and the military (but not necessarily in an unkind way), of corporate influence, of high-level political corruption, of our overly-PC society - and it's side-achingl...more
I think some of the satiric elements have potential. The fetishization of technology and the sexualization of warfare; the corruption; the infiltration of corporate culture and marketing into just about everything; and the absurdity of it all--it works. However, it never quite came together for me. It was all a bit too broad, too easy, and it hit the same notes a few too many times. It didn't make me think all that much. Or rather, it made me think that I would have responded to it better as a n...more
A high concept, low-brow satire.
The comic looks at the way our lifestyles are hypersaturated with technology (i.e. omnipresent cell phone and wi-fi service), and how that might apply to warfare. It also considers an interesting method of inspiring enlistment: advertising the army as a bacchanalia fueled adrenaline rush. Interesting concept, but bogged down by unnecessarily soapy melodrama.
My major problem with the book was this:
A lot of the character quirks came off as just that... quirks for th...more
The comic looks at the way our lifestyles are hypersaturated with technology (i.e. omnipresent cell phone and wi-fi service), and how that might apply to warfare. It also considers an interesting method of inspiring enlistment: advertising the army as a bacchanalia fueled adrenaline rush. Interesting concept, but bogged down by unnecessarily soapy melodrama.
My major problem with the book was this:
A lot of the character quirks came off as just that... quirks for th...more
In Army @ Love, Rick Veitch and Gary Erskine take a look at a very possible future where the U.S. military has begun hiring corporate professionals as officers and advertising agents to snare new recruits. It’s good satire that works well, both because Veitch is a pretty solid writer (his work on Swamp Thing was cool) and because, let’s face it, there’s no end of things to satirize when it comes to military, business, politics, government, etc. What didn’t interest me so much was the soap opera...more
The US is at war with a country much like Iraq. Combat troops have little reason to stay at the end of their tours, unless the government and corporations running the war make R&R too much fun to go home. It is a good premise for a story, especially if part of the incentive is sexual with all the repercussions that has for the characters in the military and their families at home. At least in the first several issues, reprinted here, that is not enough to make compelling reading. While mildl...more
A bizarre commentary on - well, something? THe direction modern war is taking? The insane influence the media has on how war is fought these days? The sheer ridiculousness of modern politics and society? Yup, sure, all the above, and more, and if you can get over quite how daft the whole thing is this is a hilarious poke in the eye at the way the modern world behaves itself, and how the really big decisions are often made by people who should never be making them, and indeed don't realise that t...more
Veitch is not a horrible writer, but the concept is better than the execution. The writing is a bit bland, pretty predictable, and not nearly clever enough to be considered "good" satire. Sorry Rick, but I've seen better.
Erskine's not much better - a good artist, but not terribly imaginative. Tends to stick with the conventional framing & angles, and doesn't stray far from telling the narrative-as-written.
As I said, the concept is interesting - in the hands of better authors and/or artists...more
Erskine's not much better - a good artist, but not terribly imaginative. Tends to stick with the conventional framing & angles, and doesn't stray far from telling the narrative-as-written.
As I said, the concept is interesting - in the hands of better authors and/or artists...more
An interesting premise, the USA fighting in another "Islamic" country as part of the ongoing war on terror franchise but are running low on recruits. The military and war are rebranded with overt commercial sponsorship and hip marketing to the key demographic that will make up the enlisted."i.e. its spring break on Steriods".
Its an interesting piece of satire. A grphic Catch 22 for this age but lacks the darkest of humour to be really hard satire.
Its an interesting piece of satire. A grphic Catch 22 for this age but lacks the darkest of humour to be really hard satire.
A sterling example of the American "War on Terror" satire genre, if such a genre actually exists. Funny, imaginative and often seeped in well-chosen bad taste.
It did feel a bit short, probably because I was enjoying it, and characters had a habit of being drawn into the war zone, de-populating characters the states-side part of the story.
It did feel a bit short, probably because I was enjoying it, and characters had a habit of being drawn into the war zone, de-populating characters the states-side part of the story.
A cheeky satirical painting of a possible future in a capitalist, post-industrial nation's military service. The socio-political commentary in ARMY@LOVE is very interesting, however it does seem to play second fiddle to the dramatic main storyline which is focused on the relationships of the main characters.
you know, i didn't want to like this as much as i did. but it is well written, fast paced, and above all, an excellent satire. i was a bit worried about it being overtly disrespectful of the wrong people, but though it does strp on some toes, i think its overall point is loud and clear. recommended.
There were numerous clever elements in this tale of the US Army of the future. It's really not hard to imagine military equipment emblazoned with corporate sponsor logos, soldiers chatting on cell phones in the middle of firefights, or pushy, overprotective moms chewing out military brass for being too harsh on their sons and daughters.
Good premise, but none of the characters really grabbed me. Still, I'll read onto the next one-sometimes I can still be undecided about a series judging just from the first volume.
Fun satire of the near-future US Army. Not as funny or as insightful as it thinks it is, but for all that pretty entertaining.
Got this the same time as 100 Bullets. Another brilliant graphic novel. I've been seeing Rick Veitch's work for years now. First came across him in Epic Magazine (in the 80's?). This mash-up of romance and war stories really mixed well. War stories are always open to intrigue (both political and moral) which compliments the intrigue of romance (both political and moral). Can't wait to get my hands on another volume.
Wow! I was curious about this so I picked it up expecting a decent read. This blew my mind it was so good. Smart, funny, and cynical as hell.
This started out nicely, but by the 3rd issue I couldn't tell what people's motivations were or who was who anymore. Maybe later...
Small interesting concepts, but plot and characters were... eh.
Guns, Sex, and the Military....
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