Posted by: pspteacher on: February 28, 2009
Follow the link for an interview with Ennis as he explains his interest in WWII and his purpose for producing the Battlefield series and in particular Tankies clipped from www.comicbookresources.com This April, Garth Ennis takes to the battlefields one more time.On the heels of his well received “Battlefields: The Night Witches” and “Battlefields: Dear Billy” [...]
Posted by: pspteacher on: February 27, 2009
Follow the link below for more information on the collection of the series and the free issue clipped from comicbookresources.com The Golden Age Lives Again! From the dawn of the 20th Century came a new chapter in mankind’s history, unleashed during a time of great war and destruction. It was the beginning of the Age [...]
Posted by: pspteacher on: February 22, 2009
Follow the link for this great interview clipped from www.newsarama.com Garth Ennis on Battlefields: The Tankies Garth Ennis moves his theater of war from the Pacific (in the currently-running Garth Ennis’ Battlefields: Dear Billy miniseries) to France for the final of three Battlefields miniseries, The Tankies. The three issue miniseries is set after D-Day, and [...]
Posted by: pspteacher on: February 20, 2009
Follow the link for more details on this interesting story clipped from www.comicbookresources.com Folks in Steubenville, Ohio, were excited to learn that their own hometown hero Frank McGee won not only the Silver Star for his bravery during the Korean War, but that he would be immortalized in a comic book dedicated to war heroes.The [...]
Posted by: pspteacher on: January 30, 2009
Difficult subject mixed into the origin of Magneto. See how he survived WWII. clipped from www.comicbookresources.com The boy survived Kristallnacht, the Einsatzgruppe, and the Warsaw Ghetto. But now Max Eisenhardt faces Hitler’s Final Solution in the death camp known as Auschwitz-Birkenau. What will it take to endure? Who are the Sonderkommando? And will a vision [...]
Posted by: pspteacher on: January 12, 2009
These historical characters are not the ones of real History, but rather DCs history and how it has interwoven into the armed conflicts of the 20th century. There are fantastic elements which are brought to the fore in Dinosaur Island and those which are placed into the background, such as the Hanunted Tank in Sgt [...]
Posted by: pspteacher on: January 11, 2009
World War One DC Comics Style through the eyes of a Future Hero exploring the DC Past, Present and Future Alternate Timelines!It’s not that confusing honest! 12+ clipped from www.newsarama.com Part 2 of the 4-part “Reality Lost” arc continues in this “Faces of Evil”issue as Booster Gold finds himself stranded in the midst of the [...]
Posted by: pspteacher on: January 10, 2009
Alan’s War deservedly has a slot in the top five. clipped from www.npr.org ‘Alan’s War’ Read a graphic excerpt from Alan’s War Alan’s War: The Memories of G.I. Alan Cope, by Emmanuel Guibert, First Second, paperback, 304 pages, $24 In 1994, an acclaimed French artist named Emmanuel Guibert met Alan Cope, a former American G.I. [...]
Posted by: pspteacher on: November 27, 2008
For a great interview with Garth Ennis, the writer of many war comics of the last few years with many different publishers continues his take on WWII, with Dynamite this February. His comics are generally mature, 15/18+. Good gateway for comic fans who are not into their history. It also give History fans a fiction [...]
Posted by: pspteacher on: November 21, 2008
A great interview with top stars discussing war comics and Sgt Rock. The best part is when Disney is compared to the military! clipped from www.comicbookresources.com New Sgt. Rock artists Billy Tucci and Mark Sparacio joined veteran artists Dick Ayers and Russ Heath along with moderator Mark Evanier for a discussion of war comics last [...]
