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Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey of “We3″

In Comics on June 14, 2012 at 12:25 am

WE3

written by Grant Morrison
art by Frank Quitely
hardcover deluxe edition, 144 pages
published by Vertigo Comics (August 2011)
 

It is gruesome. It is drenched in blood. It is, as one of its creators puts it, a story of meat and motion. It is startling, cute, horrifying, vibrant, humorous, absurd, logical, disturbing. And it is heartbreaking.

It is We3. A comic mini-series about three domesticated animals transformed into war machines. Grant Morrison wrote it, Frank Quitely illustrated it. I could call it a masterpiece, but that word seems too small. Read the rest of this entry »

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