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dan1066's review
1.0
This graphic novel could have been so much better. Stefano Cardoselli's artwork is atrocious; I could not discern anyone other than US Presidents W Bush and Obama. The firefights were incomprehensible, none of the characters had any individuality. The Taliban soldiers all looked like Halloween creatures drawn by a four year old. I'm not looking for verisimilitude, but the drawing in this work is pathetic.
The final page is a list of the sources used for this saga. It's full of YouTube links and even a Wikipedia link. Look Davis and Maida (I can't believe the writing took two people): use Wikipedia to procure reliable sources but use nothing from it as a credible source; who knows who is helping create these articles. The tone, as other reviewers note, is nauseatingly patriotic. I love my country, yes, but this focus is childish. "Osama killed Americans. You don't kill Americans because America is a great country and will use any means, including torture, to hunt you down and kill you like the dog you are." The final words Osama supposedly heard could be true, but within this jingoistic nonsense it made me flinch with embarrassment. I get the impression I was supposed to cheer.
Could have been so much better.
The final page is a list of the sources used for this saga. It's full of YouTube links and even a Wikipedia link. Look Davis and Maida (I can't believe the writing took two people): use Wikipedia to procure reliable sources but use nothing from it as a credible source; who knows who is helping create these articles. The tone, as other reviewers note, is nauseatingly patriotic. I love my country, yes, but this focus is childish. "Osama killed Americans. You don't kill Americans because America is a great country and will use any means, including torture, to hunt you down and kill you like the dog you are." The final words Osama supposedly heard could be true, but within this jingoistic nonsense it made me flinch with embarrassment. I get the impression I was supposed to cheer.
Could have been so much better.
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