- Army@Love
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title = Army@Love
caption = Cover to issue #1 of "Army@Love". Pencils byRick Veitch , inks byGary Erskine , colors byJose Villarrubia .
schedule = Monthly
ongoing=y
publisher =Vertigo Comics
date = May 2007-ongoing
issues =
writers =Rick Veitch
pencillers =Rick Veitch
inkers=Gary Erskine
creators =
TPB = The Hot Zone Club
ISBN = 1401214746
TPB1 = Generation Pwned
ISBN1 = 1401218326
subcat=Vertigo
sort=PAGENAME"Army@Love" is an American
comic book series fromDC Comics ' Vertigo imprint, which started in May 2007. It is drawn and scripted byRick Veitch , withGary Erskine on inking duties.Citation | last = Irvine | first = Alex | author-link = Alexander C. Irvine | contribution = Army@Love | editor-last = Dougall | editor-first = Alastair | title = The Vertigo Encyclopedia | pages = 28-29 | publisher =Dorling Kindersley | place = New York | year = 2008 | ISBN = 0-7566-4122-5 | oclc = 213309015] Issue #12 published in February 2008 was the "season finale". The title was featured in The Washington's Post Best of the Year.Fact|date=March 2008The story follows the adventures of a unit of
New Jersey National Guard in "Afbaghistan", a fictional Middle Eastern country based onAfghanistan .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 paperbacks:
*"The Hot Zone Club" (tpb, collects #1-5, 128 pages, October 2007, ISBN 1401214746) [ [http://www.dccomics.com/graphic_novels/?gn=7980 "The Hot Zone Club"] at DC Comics]
*"Generation Pwned" (tpb, collects #6-12, 168 pages, July 2008, ISBN 1401218326) [ [http://www.dccomics.com/graphic_novels/?gn=9579 "Generation Pwned"] at DC Comics]
References
External links
* [http://www.comixology.com/articles/67/Make-Love-AND-War Make Love AND War] , an article on
Rick Veitch 's Love@War, byKaren Green , a Columbia University librarian, writing for [http://www.comixology.com comiXology]
* [http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=7917 CCI, Day 2: Rick Veitch is a One-Man "Army@Love"] ,Comic Book Resources , July 21, 2006
* [http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/117483553550702.htm Reviews of issue #1] ,Comics Bulletin
* [http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/119566525924251.htm Review of "The Hot Zone Club"] ,Comics Bulletin
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