Army@Love is an American
comic bookA comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
series from
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' Vertigo imprint, which started in May
2007-January:*January 10: Superman & Batman vs. Aliens & Predator released.*January 24: The Boys is canceled with issue #6.-February:*February 2: Newsarama reports that The Boys has been picked up by Dynamite Entertainment....
. It is drawn and scripted by
Rick VeitchRichard "Rick" Veitch is an American comic book artist and writer who has worked in mainstream, underground, and alternative comics.-Early career:...
, with
Gary ErskineGary Erskine is a Scottish comic book artist born in Paisley, near Glasgow in 1968.-Biography:Erskine started drawing work for fanzines while at art college and aspired to be a comic book artist. After sending samples of his work to Marvel UK he was eventually given Knights of Pendragon to draw on...
on inking duties. Issue #12 published in February
2008-January:*January 9: Teen Titans: The Lost Annual, delayed since 2003, is published.*January 23: Hellblazer #240, marking the 20th anniversary of the series, is released.-February:...
was the "season finale". The title was featured in The Washington's Post Best of the Year. A second series of 6 issues, titled
Army@Love: The Art of War began monthly publication in August 2008.
The story follows the adventures of a unit of
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National Guard in "Afbaghistan", a fictional Middle Eastern country based on
AfghanistanAfghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
.
Plot
The unit includes both men and women, a great deal of the action following the amorous adventures of various members. The contrast between the surreal combat in Afbaghistan and the comfortable lives of the rear echelon and the people the Guardsmen and -women have left behind is also a recurring theme.
Collected editions
The series is being collected as
trade paperbacksIn comics, a trade paperback is a collection of stories originally published in comic books, reprinted in book format, usually capturing one story arc from a single title or a series of stories with a connected story arc or common theme from one or more titles...
:
- The Hot Zone Club (tpb, collects #1-5, 128 pages, October 2007, ISBN 1401214746)
- Generation Pwned (tpb, collects #6-12, 168 pages, July 2008, ISBN 1401218326)
External links
- Make Love AND War, an article on Rick Veitch
Richard "Rick" Veitch is an American comic book artist and writer who has worked in mainstream, underground, and alternative comics.-Early career:...
's Love@War, by Karen Green, a Columbia University librarian, writing for comiXology
- CCI, Day 2: Rick Veitch is a One-Man "Army@Love", Comic Book Resources
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, July 21, 2006
- Reviews of issue #1, Comics Bulletin
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- Review of The Hot Zone Club, Comics Bulletin
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