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In the near future, America's worst nightmare has come true. With military adventurism overseas bogging down the Army and National Guard, the US 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 pushes its way to the shining seas.
About the author
Brian Wood developed his skills as a comics writer and designer whileworking a string of internet design jobs. Since then he has created aseries of successful comics and graphic novels, most notably DMZ, DEMO,NORTHLANDERS, Channel Zero and The Couriers. In addition to earning himinternational acclaim, these projects have also resulted in four Eisner award nominations. Brian was also a designer for the video gamefranchise series Grand Theft Auto for Rockstar Games.
Summary
New York City... otherwise known as the no man's land in this second American civil war. Cut off from his support system and family, rookie journalist Matty Roth remains the lone voice for those left behind in the world's most dangerous war zone.
Instead embracing a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to document the city under siege with a classic journalist's objectivity, Matty Roth has allowed himself to blur the lines to the point of no return, to fall in with politicians and opportunists, warlords and mercenaries. Having helped secure an election and fund an army, he commits perhaps the worst offense to date: trafficking in WMD on behalf of the newly elected Delgado regime.
Brian Wood and artist Riccardo Burchielli's DMZ, one of Vertigo Comics' longest-running series, continues its blistering look at politically motivated war in what Popmatters states "reads like a journalistic document," and actress/writer Felicia Day says is "amazing and has poignant analogies to our current political climate. Thought provoking and engrossing." Joined by guest artists Cliff Chiang, David Lapham, Danijel Zezelj, Andrea Mutti, and Nathan Fox, DMZ: THE DELUXE EDITION BOOK FOUR collects issues #45-59 in the penultimate chapter of this critically acclaimed series.
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"...reflects the anxieties of many living in the world today and continues the kind of mature storytelling Vertigo thrives on."--Publishers Weekly
"Wood and Burchielli gut-wrenchingly portray the chaotic reality of life in a war zone."--Washington Post
"If residents of Manhattan often feel at odds with the rest of the country, the comic book series DMZ magnifies that anxiety with its radical premise."--The New York Times
