The Losers
Reason why you should read this on memorial day: Not to be confused with DC comic World War II Losers, the Losers I’m talking about is the DC Vertigo’s 2006 limited series about the story of five rouge black ops members and one mysterious woman name Aisha who later joins the group of CIA operative misfits.The Losers are a special forces Team that must cleared there names of being the CIA most wanted list. The Losers consist of Franklin Clay who is the leader and has a main grudge on the main antagonist called Max, who he and his squad left for dead during the 1990s. William Rouge is second in command and has a bad temper, he is also well known to have daggers and knives for the use of weapons. Jake Jasen is the nerdy, blonde hacker with a funny and witty sense of humor. Jasen is also my favorite character in the group who is viewed as the comic relief. Carlos “Cougar” Alavrez is a mute but accurate sniper and famous for wearing his cowboy hat and last but not least is Linewood “Pooch” Porteous who is a pilot and being a humble family man. Aisha joins the Losers later on in the story, she is a cold blooded killer with a mysterious ruthless past.
Media
The Losers movie adaptation was released on April 23 2010 but received mixed critic reviews for its enjoyable story and characters but was often criticized for its cliched plot and formulaic characters. However, the movie Losers have to be one of my best and underrated DC/Graphic Novel movies that I have ever watched. I love the movie so much I had to read the source material and I ended up loving both dearly. The actors that portrayed there comic book counterparts were Jeffrey Dean Morgan who played the character Clay, Chris Evans (Captain America!) as Jake Jasen, Idris Elba as Rogue and Zoe Saldana as Aisha. If you want to know more about m thoughts on this movie check out my top five underrated movies based on graphic novels by this link https://taboocomics.wordpress.com/2015/05/01/my-top-five-underrated-movies-based-on-graphic-novels/?preview=true&preview_id=183&preview_nonce=62555064ea
Artist/Writer: Written by Andy Diggle and illustrated by Jock, Shawn Martinbrough (who I met once), Ale Garza and Ben Oliver
Publication: Vertigo
The Activity
Reason why you need to read this on veterans day: The Activity is a graphic novel that based on the actual Intelligent Support Activity (ISA). The Activity comic series about a team that handle defusing explosives internationally (Middle East territories mainly). The Activity team is called the Omaha team, a team that have diverse backgrounds, especially when comes to the Armed Forces.
Artist/Writer: Written by Nathan Edmondson and illustrated Mitch Gerads
Publication: Image
Unknown Soldier (1997)
The reason you need to read this on memorial day: Its a re-imagining of the DC Unknown Soldier character that first appeared in Army of One in 1966. In this new take Agent Clyde a.k.a the Unknown Soldier has a secret assignment to assassinate the Mexican president’s brother but forbid not to because two of his young children could be part of the hit. Clyde is often depicted as a “boy scout” because of his morality and his good work ethnic. When a mysterious name appears on his computer his instincts automatically kicks in, to track out the source of the mysterious name which will lead him to a unknown mystery that even the Unknown Soldier might cannot solve.
Artist/Writer: Written by Garth Ennis and illustrated by Kilian Plunkett
Publication: Vertigo
Loveless
Why you need to read this on memorial day: Loveless is a western graphic novel during after the events of the Civil War. The story involves around Wes Cutter who fought for the Confederacy in the South and was captured. After the events of the Civil War, Wes Cutter is released from prison and returns to his home Blackwater. Wes soon discover that he is hometown is under the governance of the Union control. The book of Loveless also explore the bleak reality of racism, deep rooted in our American history.
Artist/Writer: Written by Brian Azzarello and illustrated by Micheal Frusin, Danijel Zezlj and Wrether Dell Edera
Publication: Vertigo
Army @ Love
The reason you should read this on memorial day: Army @ Love is viewed as a romantic army action comedy that set in a fictional Middle Eastern country “Afbaghistan” and follows the wacky misadventures of a New Jersey native National Guard.
Artist/Writer: Written and illustrated by Rick Vietch and Gary Erkine.
Publication: DC Vertigo
War Stories
The reason why you should read this on memorial day: The story follows many war stories of World War II veterans dealing with the horrific causalities of war and them experiencing in front line combat.
Artist/Writer: Written by Garth Ennis and illustrated by Matt Martin
Publication: Vertigo
Conclusion
To honor the American veterans that often honor their lives to fight for are country these are my list of graphic novels that would make you laugh, cry or be engage when comes to reading army literature. So what’s your veteran graphic novel I would like to know below the comment section.
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