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Notables 2010: Rick Veitch’s Army@Love: Generation Pwned

Rick Veitch (writer and penciler) and Gary Erskine (inker), Army @ Love: Generation Pwned, 2008

Army @ Love is another one of the strange, difficult, energetic Vertigo projects to appear lately that just don’t fit a genre. Veitch creates a biting satire of the military and fear-mongering high-alert political class in this over-the-top 15-minutes-into-the future farce. Knowing the war is unpopular means that the Army is on full-out marketing attack, and the troops are going wild. Elephants, outer “Mongrolian” love nests, people-walking robot legs, cheating spouses, magic monkeys and coddled man-child soldiers with Down’s Syndrome—this book’s got it all. Weird. And very enjoyable. (DC has a site for the book which can help orient you with all the multitude of characters.)

Age: Adult

What is this “Notable” thing all about? Matt and Jessica are the series editors for the Best American Comics, and are responsible for the Notable Comics list at the back of the book, which is comprised of virtually all the comics we sent to the guest editor that weren’t picked, as well as a number of others that we think are noteworthy for various reasons, but that we didn’t send to the guest editor.

We’ve always hoped readers will delve a bit into the list to find more great stories once they finish reading BAC. Realistically, though, we know that’s tough. What can you know about a story from a title and author? So this is one of a series of posts focusing on each of the Notables from the 2010 Best American Comics.

Have or know of a comic we should look at? Find submission info here.

The “age” suggestion is what we think might be the minimum age for reading and appreciating a work. All works on the list, though, should appeal to older audiences too. It’s a minimum suggestion only.


 

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