false <![CDATA[DMZ Vol. 1: On the Ground]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1214847871m/158683.jpg 158683 2 In the near future, America's worst nightmare has come true. With military adventurism overseas bogging down the Army and National Guard, the U.S. government mistakenly neglects the very real threat of anti-establishment militias scattered across the 50 states. Like a sleeping giant, Middle America rises up and violently pushes its way to the shining seas, coming to a standstill at the line in the sand - Manhattan. Or as the world now knows it, the DMZ. 153159 7 6 2006 DMZ Vol. 1: On the Ground total:795|5:274|4:324|3:155|2:35|1:7| 795 3208 969 105 5 5 false false Sun Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 18:46:36 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 19:20:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Mar 16 06:11:11 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 06:11:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 16 15:30:45 -0700 2008 Sat May 17 06:51:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 2 false false Mon Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 09:44:47 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 04 08:18:50 -0800 2008 DMZ, and will probably continue to read more of it, even though I wasn't crazy about the first volume (which comprises the first five issues of the DC/Vertigo series).

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It's set at a time in the near future and while we were playing in the sand in the Middle East with all our forces deployed, the country e...more...]]> 1 1 true false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 15 13:48:15 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 15 14:52:35 -0700 2007
It's a neat idea, certainly. America is in the midst of its second civil war, and New York is right on the dividing line be...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Feb 27 17:16:55 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 27 17:29:24 -0800 2008
The main character, a whiny rich kid reporter wanna be, was not so sympathetic to my tastes. But the characters and sitiautions he encounters are excellent. And the concept of Manhattan as a DMZ zone between 2 warring versions of the Divided States, is great. Main characte...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 12:35:27 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 12:59:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Feb 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 12:29:31 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 12:45:35 -0800 2009 America's next Civil War in bold across the back cover of the book gives a short rendition of what DMZ is about.

I discovered Brian Wood in late 2005 with his series DEMO. I wanted something off the mainstream and I found a couple issues of DEMO, the first issue and the break-up issue, a...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 18:09:34 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 18:22:32 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 15 17:47:56 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 17:59:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 15:31:43 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 15:51:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 10:07:49 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 20:59:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 10:53:07 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 14:01:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Sep 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 17:17:44 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 17:52:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 22:09:58 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 22:44:09 -0700 2009 DMZ is an engrossing, gritty take on our military excursions overseas, transplanted to a Blade Runner-style Manhattan. It has elements of Mad Max, Escape From New York (minus Snake Plis...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Mar 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 31 15:19:05 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 03 18:06:24 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 19:17:03 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 08:16:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jan 27 20:50:44 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 21:23:28 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Feb 26 10:53:05 -0800 2008 Mon May 18 22:28:39 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=158683