One of British comics’ most politically conscious series is to be collected in its entirety for the very first time!
Using brand new scans of the original artwork supplied by the family of the late Carlos Ezquerra, in 2020 the Treasury of British Comics is publishing the definitive collection of Pat Mills and Carlos Ezquerra’s highly-political comic book classic of global capitalism, rebellion and exploitation – Third World War.
Eve is unemployed after leaving university and is immediately conscripted as a soldier working for a corporation and discovers just how South American countries are being exploited to create food needed to feed the increasing population for their profit under the guise of western paternalism.
Running in Crisis from 1988-1990 and including work by Angie Kincaid and Matt “D’Israeli” Brooker, Third World War is suffused with economic, political, and social issues, and deals with ever-more-prescient issues around capitalism and global politics. Ezquerra’s painted colour artwork is a highlight of his long and distinguished career.
A truly anti-establishment graphic novel, unlike anything else published by the Treasury of British Comics so far.
NEW 12-ISSUE "BEST OF" MONTHLY
Best of 2000 AD #1 launches in April 2020, a 100-page anthology of full-colour stories in US-format for the direct market!
The first new major monthly title from the British publisher in almost 30 years, the first issue boasts a brand-new cover from Jamie McKelvie (The Wicked + the Divine) with the entire 12-issue volume featuring design by highly-acclaimed designer Tom Muller (House of X/Powers of X).
Behind the cover, the first issue will feature comics by John Wagner & Colin McNeil (Judge Dredd: Terror), Gordon Rennie & Simon Coleby (Jaegir: Stragoi), Alan Moore & Ian Gibson (Halso Jones), Dan Abnett & INJ Culbard (Brink) and Henry Flint (Tharg's Alien Invasions). With 100 pages to fill, the stories are given plenty of space – the Dredd runs to 50 pages – and is "precision-engineered to be accessible to a whole new generation of comic readers. Every issue is 100 pages, headlined by a self-contained Judge Dredd adventure and supported by a selection of 2000 AD's stand-out series." Mike Molcher, Rebellion's PR guru, describes it as "for new and curious readers; science-fiction fans who love their comics dangerous and thrilling but have never read 2000 AD ... The ultimate gate-way to the Galaxy's Greatest Comic."
And now, a roundup of this week's releases from Rebellion...
Cover: Richard Elson
JUDGE DREDD: KILL BLOOPY by Kenneth Niemand (w) Dan Cornwell (a) Jim Boswell (c) Annie Parkhouse (l)
BRINK: HATE BOX by Dan Abnett (w) INJ Culbard (a) Simon Bowland (l)
PROTEUS VEX: ANOTHER DAWN by Michael Carroll (w) Henry Flint (a) Simon Bowland (l)
THE ZAUCER OF ZILK: A ZAUCERFUL OF SECRETS by Peter Hogan (w) Brendan McCarthy (a+c) Len O'Grady (c) Jim Campbell (l)
FERAL & FOE by Dan Abnett (w) Richard Elson (a+c) Joe Elson (c) Annie Parkhouse (l)
Rebellion 978-1781-08751-0, 9 January 2020, 208pp, £19.99 / $24.99. Available via Amazon.
Using brand new scans of the original artwork supplied by the family of the late Carlos Ezquerra, this definitive collection of Pat Mills and Carlos Ezquerra’s groundbrreaking, highly-political comic book classic of global capitalism, rebellion and exploitation is collected in its entirety for the very first time!
‘Third World War’ is suffused with economic, political, and social issues, and deals with ever-moreprescient issues around capitalism and global politics. Ezquerra’s painted colour artwork is a highlight of his long and distinguished career. A truly anti-establishment graphic novel from the late 1980s, this is unlike anything else published by the Treasury of British Comics so far!
A limited edition hardback is available through the 2000AD and Treasury of British Comics webshop.
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