Joe Colquhoun
Forfatter af Charley's War: 2 June 1916 - 1 August 1916
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Talisman of Doom 1 eksemplar
La grande guerre de Charlie 1 eksemplar
La Mort venue du ciel 1 eksemplar
La Der des Ders 1 eksemplar
Le jeune Adolf 1 eksemplar
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- 20
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- 1
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- 199
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- #110,457
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- 4.3
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"You don't need to be clever to fight in the trenches — he's a tough-looking lad — he'll do!
It's 2 June, 1916, and young Charley wants to help out his country, even though he's not old enough to enroll. He's not the brightest crayon in the box, but he's a good kid, so he decides to try and fib it. The recruiters accept him anyhow, since they need bodies, and, as the "sarge" points out, he's a tough-looking lad. Charley is just in time to start getting acquainted with life in the trenches before going into the Battle of the Somme, which began on 1 July, and cost 20,000 British soldiers (including 60% of their leading officers) their lives on that day, while another 40,000 were injured. By the time the battle was over the Allies had made few gains and never penetrated further than seven and a half miles, yet the cost was 420,000 British casualties and another 200,000 French.
Pat Mills was none too pleased with the overly many "war is hell" style items that, as he says, "may claim to be anti-war but are actually not. [...] I'm told US soldiers watched the 'War is Hell'-style movies, such as Full Metal Jacket and Apocalypse Now, to psyche themselves up just before going into combat in Iraq. I doubt those same US soldiers also watched All Quiet on the Western Front, which was one of the role models for Charley." He wrote something deeper, a heavily researched character-driven drama, with controversial anti-war statements right in your face, unable to be ignored. Not only was his story anti-war, but he also kept center the fact that WW1 was at heart a class war. His amazingly written story combined with Joe Colquhouns brilliantly detailed art, is unrivaled.
"Tell Aunty Mabel I'll have a word with General Haig if I sees him. But its funny, you never sees no generals in the trenches."
This is something everyone should read. It's deep and moving and angry and real.… (mere)