World War 3 Illustrated tackles censorship, from Comics Code to Wikileaks
Anthologies are an overlooked lot in comics, and one of the most overlooked is the long-running World War 3 Illustrated. I myself have fallen victim to having a blind spot for the series, but the solicitation in the most recent Previews catalog drew my attention.
Scheduled to ship in July, World War 3 Illustrated #43 focuses on the subject of censorship ' an all-too-current subject in the larger world of comics. Subtitled 'Expression/Repression/Revolution,' this issue features cartoonists who may not be all that familiar to our readers. The best-known name is Peter Kuper, who's joined by the likes of Mike Diana, Gianlucca Costantini and others to do stories about Occupy Wall Street, Wikileaks, the Comics Code Authority and more.
World War 3 Illustrated is a different kind of comic than what most people expect, akin to magazines like Maximumrocknroll, 2600: The Hacker Quarterly and Adbusters. Definitely an overlooked facet of comics, and something many comic stores don't even stock. If your comic shop doesn't, you can order World War 3 Illustrated #43 directly from the publisher, Top Shelf.
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Let me guess, it will feature'
-Uncritical support of OWS, their crimes, their extremist political positions, and all coupled with the usual willful ignorance about business and economics
-Uncritical support of wikileaks and the people they got killed in Iran
-A lot of whining about 31 years dead Frederic Wertham and 10 years dead Comics Code as if they're still relevant and out there to take your books.
And then the guys that make this stuff will scratch their heads and wonder why no one takes them seriously.
Red Comet: Perfectly stated.
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