A group of young New Yorkers sit around discussing the Ukrainian war - it would never escalate to all-out nuclear warfare, right?
… but in this reality it does. And everyone gets nuked - Russia, America, Europe. Human civilization is done. What happens next?
I was always going to read The War - Garth Ennis is one of my favourite comics writers and Becky Cloonan’s art is always quality - but I’m a little disappointed that it’s not as good as I expected it to be, given the creative team.
Ennis indulges in the worst case scenario for the Ukrainian war and nuclear fallout in New York is what you’d expect it to be: massive death toll followed by a total breakdown of society amongst the rapidly declining survivors. And…? I kept waiting for Ennis to give us something unpredictable but there are no surprises here, just one horribly realistic thing (if they were to happen) after another. It’s not entertaining, thoughtful or imaginative storytelling. So what’s the point? No idea.
Ennis has done this kind of thing before in books like Crossed, except The War doesn’t have the zombie aspect, and so it feels played out and unimpressive to read.
The book is well-written and well-drawn but I got nothing much out of this gratuitously grim story. For fans of these creators, keep your expectations low if you’re going to check out The War.
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