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Shooting War
Shooting War
Author: Anthony Lappe
ISBN-13: 9780297852742
ISBN-10: 0297852744
Publication Date: 11/30/2007
Pages: 192
Rating:
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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4 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Orion Publishing Group
Book Type: Hardcover
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chikken avatar reviewed Shooting War on + 21 more book reviews
In the future-world, year 2011, John McCain was president and the United States was still heavily involved in Iraq. Jimmy Burns, hip Brooklynite video blogger, witnesses a suicide bombing in a Starbucks underneath his apartment while shooting a "vlog" and the video is commandeered by the future-world television network "Global News Network." Instantly famous, he is sent to Iraq to cover the war for Global News.

Originally a web comic, but now offered in its entirety in book form, Shooting War certainly gained a lot of buzz back when it was first published in 2007, and is worthy of that buzz. It is engaging, apparently drawn from Lappe's own experiences as a war correspondent. Goldman's art is interesting, a mixture of photographs and illustrations, sometimes it works, sometimes it seems awkward. But overall, a very worthwhile read.
chikken avatar reviewed Shooting War on + 21 more book reviews
In the future-world, year 2011, John McCain was president and the United States was still heavily involved in Iraq. Jimmy Burns, hip Brooklynite video blogger, witnesses a suicide bombing in a Starbucks underneath his apartment while shooting a "vlog" and the video is commandeered by the future-world television network "Global News Network." Instantly famous, he is sent to Iraq to cover the war for Global News.

Originally a web comic, but now offered in its entirety in book form, Shooting War certainly gained a lot of buzz back when it was first published in 2007, and is worthy of that buzz. It is engaging, apparently drawn from Lappe's own experiences as a war correspondent. Goldman's art is interesting, a mixture of photographs and illustrations, sometimes it works, sometimes it seems awkward. But overall, a very worthwhile read.
chikken avatar reviewed Shooting War on + 21 more book reviews
In the future-world, year 2011, John McCain was president and the United States was still heavily involved in Iraq. Jimmy Burns, hip Brooklynite video blogger, witnesses a suicide bombing in a Starbucks underneath his apartment while shooting a "vlog" and the video is commandeered by the future-world television network "Global News Network." Instantly famous, he is sent to Iraq to cover the war for Global News.

Originally a web comic, but now offered in its entirety in book form, Shooting War certainly gained a lot of buzz back when it was first published in 2007, and is worthy of that buzz. It is engaging, apparently drawn from Lappe's own experiences as a war correspondent. Goldman's art is interesting, a mixture of photographs and illustrations, sometimes it works, sometimes it seems awkward. But overall, a very worthwhile read.