Shooting War by Anthony Lappe
The year is 2011, and Jimmy Burns, a young anti-corporate blogger, has just seen his apartment blown to bits by yet another terrorist attack on New York City (he lives above a Starbucks Coffee Shop). He's recorded the gruesome scene on his new videoblog camera -- footage Burns beams live to a freaked-out world and that makes him an overnight media star. Exploited by his own network (Global News: 'Your home for 24-hour terror coverage'), enraged by the terrorists, and determined to tell the American people the uncensored truth, Burns takes off for Iraq to get the real story of a war that's been raging for more than eight years. But Burns's greatest dream (to be a war correspondent) becomes his biggest nightmare as he nearly loses his mind in the paranoia, chaos and destruction of the spiraling civil war.
"terrifyingly plausible and plausibly terrifyingoriginally free online, this strip deserves its enshrinement between the hard covers" -- James Lovegrove FINANCIAL TIMES "The writing is witty and appropriately gonzo, with all the moral ambiguity that implies" The Observer "riveting" Plan B One of the 100 Best Things in the World! GQ "it is fascinating to read a graphic novel about what the Iraq occupation might look like" Morning Star "a darkly funny trip into a shattered country. each page is packed with in-jokes and references" -- Max Leonard Time Out
Anthony Lappe is Executive Editor of GNN.tv, the web site for the Guerilla News Network. He is the co-author of their critically acclaimed book True Lies and the producer of the award-winning Showtime documentary about Iraq, BattleGround: 21 Days on the Empire's Edge. He has written for the New York Times, the Huffington Post, New York, Vice and Salon, amongst others, and has been a producer for MTV News and Fuse. He is a frequent guest on Air America and other radio stations across the country. SHOOTING WAR artist Dan Goldman (www.dangoldman.net) is a writer/artist/designer and the co-author of the first political-fiction graphic novel, Everyman: Be the People. He is a founding member of the online comics studio ACT-I-VATE and co-creator of the upcoming comics series The 718. Artist Dan Goldman is a writer/artist/designer and the co-author of the first political-fiction graphic novel, Everyman: Be the People.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780297852742 |
| ISBN 10 | 0297852744 |
| Title | Shooting War |
| Author | Anthony Lappe |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 2007-11-08 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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