Shooting War

Shooting war, by Anthony Lappe and Dan Goldman, is non fiction comic about a journalist who covers the war in the east. This comic is written in a very interesting style. The main character, Jimmy Burns, narrates his own life, as you read the story Jimmy talks about it to the audience as if this has happened in the past and he is discussing what had happened. Another thing that makes this story unique is that there are news articles placed in the story. These are news stories about Jimmy that are created as the story unfolds. Again, this adds to the affect that the reader is in this world and watching Jimmy on the news and following and staying up to date on his life.

In this news article Jimmy is talking directly to the audience, this makes the reader distance him/herself from the story and think about what the story is trying to do. This comic book, although non fiction, is set in the real world. In the above picture Jimmy is in the Ney York Post and to the side of him there is a picture of Larry king. Since it is set in the real world, it makes this story more real. This comic is mainly about the war in the east and the terrible things that are happening there. It makes the reader think.
    This comic art work also adds to the realism. The art work is realistic but also rough. faces have a lot of detail to them but the drawings also simplistic. This might be confusing. An example of this would be jimmy burns face when he is in the middle east. He grows a beard, but his beard looks like it was scribbled on with a pen.

 

   Another point to make about the art work is some of the pages aren't fully drawn. What I mean is some pages are simply a picture with the characters drawn on it. This makes the story seem more real and its message is stronger because of it. It adds to the idea that this story is about a news journalist in a war, as these pages are pictures that he took, or could have taken.

  This comic was, overall, very enjoyable to read and it makes you think about what is happening around the world. I look forward to reading more pieces from this author.