Written by Joshua DysartArt by Alberto Ponticelli
This book is shaping up to be my favorite Vertigo title this side of Scalped. I love the idea of shifting the classic DC war character of the Unknown Soldier to Uganda, and setting the story a couple of years ago so that the civil war in that country can be used as a backdrop. Africa is often ignored in comics (aside from the current JSA arc and that Hyperion/Nighthawk title of a couple of years ago), and when it is portrayed, it is never with this level of attention to detail.
The text piece in the back is helpful for people who aren't too aware of Uganda's situation; it came as a nice reminder of an article I read in Harper's a couple years back.
The lead character is intriguing - the pacifist doctor who now must become a killer, and in some ways, he reminds me of Wesley Dodds in the older Sandman Mystery Theatre stories - a person driven by voices and visions to embrace violence in order to stop it.
The look of this book is gorgeous. Ponticelli does an amazing job of conveying emotion in the faces of his characters.
I'm really looking forward to watching this title develop.
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