Scots Taffer on 2/8/2006 at 05:03
(
http://smithmag.us/shootingwar/) Shooting War webomic, although really it's more like a graphic novel than a webcomic. Very different feel.
This is a pretty harrowing look at the future of the US involvement in the Middle East and a minimal side-screed on the impact of further globalisation. The rotoscoped style is a bit disjoint and the quality can be patchy, but overall it works. It doesn't really pull its punches and isn't too out-there with the progressions it makes, plotwise.
If you can ignore some of the product placement and occasional dialogue faux pas, you'll find a really interesting story here.
Chimpy Chompy on 2/8/2006 at 18:44
Yeah, that's harrowing stuff.
Scots Taffer on 3/8/2006 at 00:01
A new chapter of Shooting War went online today.
That looks like a fun one, TGGP, I'll give it a look.
Ultraviolet on 3/8/2006 at 01:47
Good webgraphicnovels or whatever, both of them.
Printer's Devil on 3/8/2006 at 04:29
I think you're giving it too much credit, Scotty. The writing is sophomoric and the pencils come across as lazy (Frank Miller, anyone?). There must be tons of recent history worthy of exploration, given the last five years of conflict in Iraq. Instead, we get the usual dystopian future, with the standard compliment of characters. If you haven't seen it already look for Battleground: 21 Days On The Edge Of Empire (2004). It tries to editorialize as little as possible (the hand of the director is still visible, though) and gives its subjects room to speak clearly.
Scots Taffer on 3/8/2006 at 04:43
I said there's a fair few faux pas in terms of dialogue, and upon further reading it does rely on a few too many references scattered here and there, but I must admit that it's still pretty entertaining stuff with quite a harsh slant on where the current situation could go. I'm not much of a comicbook/graphic-novel reader though, so I doubt I'll ever come across your suggestion.
TTK12G3 on 3/8/2006 at 14:38
This is interesting. I've never been interested in anything like this before, but I guess its relation to current events got my attention.
