Has anyone read DMZ? Creepy near future civil war...

[Matariki]

Recent events have been reminding me of that excellent-but-dismal graphic novel.

http://www.dccomics.com/vertigo/graphic_novels/?gn=5272

From indie comics icon Brian Wood (Demo, Channel Zero, GLOBAL FREQUENCY) and up-and-coming Italian artist Riccardo Burchielli (John Doe) comes the first volume of DMZ, collecting the first 5 issues of the series about the ultimate embedded war journalist trapped in a most unlikely war zone: the streets of New York City.

In the near future, America's worst nightmare has come true. With military adventurism overseas bogging down the Army and National Guard, the U.S. government mistakenly neglects the very real threat of anti-establishment militias scattered across the 50 states. Like a sleeping giant, Middle America rises up and violently pushes its way to the shining seas, coming to a standstill at the line in the sand — Manhattan or, as the world now knows it, the DMZ.

[arcadian]

1. I love DMZ

Ground Zero still hasn't been built on in the comic series.

[Matariki]

2. Yeah, great stuff.

I'm half way through it. It's way too close to the current news. Or perhaps the fact that I'm currently reading it is making things like bricks though congressional offices seem a whole lot scarier to me right now.

[friendly_iconoclast]

3. DMZ is scary smart

Great, great stuff. A smart graphic novel w/ no underwear perverts, thank God.

A lot of otaku don't quite get how offputting the whole'funny clothing' schtick can be.
I never could get into that whole costume thing. Maybe that's why I find Venture Brothers so amusing.

[Matariki]

4. Venture Bros - my absolute favorite viewing right now!

in fact I'm heading to they gym right now to watch an episode of season 4 on my ipod while running... whee!

and you used the word otaku! heh. fellow geek ;-)