Guerillas Volume 2
Guerillas Volume 2
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Guerillas Volume 2 by Brahm Revel
Critically acclaimed cartoonist Brahm Revel continues his tale of primatemilitary prowess! Private John Francis Clayton's strange tour of duty in Vietnamgets stranger as he struggles with the unbelievable facts he is faced with. Theelite platoon of simian soldiers he's encountered don't make any more sense tohim than the war he's been sent to fight, but is this squad of chain-smokingchimps the most dangerous force in the jungle, or are they merely a distractionfrom the larger evil growing in the wild?
LIBRARY JOURNAL -- Right out of central casting come homesick newbie soldier John Francis Clayton, his gung-ho veteran father, and his hard-bitten squadmates bushwacking through 'Nam and watching friends get killed far too oftenBut Clayton's in for some outside-the-box challenges: a crew of chain-smoking chimpanzee soldiers gone AWOL. The chimp corps takes this war comic to a wilder and more interesting place. All seven animals are depicted as individual, idiosyncratic characters with nearly plausible, if over-the-top, battle skills. Even Tarzan couldn't get off machine-gun rounds with his feet. The chimps adopt the wounded Clayton, as Revel interweaves three narrative threads: Clayton's reminiscences, his real-time Vietnam slog with his squad and then with the chimps, and the fate of another squad, assigned to help a German scientist recapture the missing "soldiers" with the help of a nasty tracker baboon named Adolf. VERDICT Brahm's gritty blacks and grays suit this enjoyable and socially relevant read, and the narrative addresses plenty of real war horrors and the doomed futility of the entire Vietnam misadventure. This will mesmerize fans of war comics and action stories. Older teens up due to violence and cursing. The concluding volume is expected next year.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781934964996 |
| ISBN 10 | 1934964999 |
| Title | Guerillas Volume 2 |
| Author | Brahm Revel |
| Series | Guerillas Tp |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oni Press,US |
| Year published | 2012-07-24 |
| Number of pages | 120 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |