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Dong Xoai, Vietnam 1965 by Joe Kubert
Requirements: CBR reader, 190 Mb
Overview: In 1967, Joe Kubert illustrated a Veterans' Day series run by a newspaper syndicate and included a dramatic rendering of an episode from the battle of Dong Xoai in which two members of a Special Forces team helped one of their wounded comrades to safety. Years later, the wounded man, Col. Bill Stokes, contacted Kubert about the drawing, and the conversations that followed inspired Kubert to create an original graphic novel about the harrowing battle. In 1965, a Special Forces "A-Team" was lifted into a remote Montagnard village near the Cambodian border. Its original mission was strictly advisory, but a change of plans relocated the team to Dong Xoai, a crucial point the Vietcong needed for control of the region. In the middle of a torrential downpour, a massive force of Vietcong launched an attack on the A-Team and its contingent of poorly trained South Vietnamese soldiers. Kubert tells the story of the assault, with waves upon waves of black-clad guerrillas storming the barbed wire, in clipped, docudrama fashion (he based this lightly fictionalized account on heavy research and interviews, and the attention to detail shows). While Kubert's dialogue can slip into clenched-jaw heroics, his epic but personal treatment of one incredible but little-remembered battle is in the running as one of the greatest war comics ever made.
At 83, Kubert is still experimenting. Although perhaps best known for his war comics, particularly the larger-than-life Sgt. Rock, he has never done one like this before. It's an account of the Vietcong's first large-scale attack against South Vietnamese forces in a 1965 battle over the village of Dong Xoai near the Cambodian border. Kubert focuses on a U.S. Special Forces detachment that had been training the local troops. The characters are fictional, but Kubert hews closely to actual events. He eschews some standard comics devices; for instance, dialogue is in captions rather than balloons; the visuals are presented in one or two floating illustrations per page rather than in framed panels, and the drawings are rough, unfinished pencil sketches making up in vitality what they lack in polish. The experimentation isn't entirely successful. The straightforward, documentary-style presentation and lack of characterization make one wish for a bit of Sgt. Rock's bravado, exaggerated as that might be. Still, this admirable work should interest anyone seeking a realistic account of heroism and sacrifice in warfare.
Download Instructions:
(Closed Filehost) https://ul.to/fxwbx0e2/Dong_Xoai,_Vietnam_1965.cbz
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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=W1O69TLQ
Requirements: CBR reader, 190 Mb
Overview: In 1967, Joe Kubert illustrated a Veterans' Day series run by a newspaper syndicate and included a dramatic rendering of an episode from the battle of Dong Xoai in which two members of a Special Forces team helped one of their wounded comrades to safety. Years later, the wounded man, Col. Bill Stokes, contacted Kubert about the drawing, and the conversations that followed inspired Kubert to create an original graphic novel about the harrowing battle. In 1965, a Special Forces "A-Team" was lifted into a remote Montagnard village near the Cambodian border. Its original mission was strictly advisory, but a change of plans relocated the team to Dong Xoai, a crucial point the Vietcong needed for control of the region. In the middle of a torrential downpour, a massive force of Vietcong launched an attack on the A-Team and its contingent of poorly trained South Vietnamese soldiers. Kubert tells the story of the assault, with waves upon waves of black-clad guerrillas storming the barbed wire, in clipped, docudrama fashion (he based this lightly fictionalized account on heavy research and interviews, and the attention to detail shows). While Kubert's dialogue can slip into clenched-jaw heroics, his epic but personal treatment of one incredible but little-remembered battle is in the running as one of the greatest war comics ever made.
At 83, Kubert is still experimenting. Although perhaps best known for his war comics, particularly the larger-than-life Sgt. Rock, he has never done one like this before. It's an account of the Vietcong's first large-scale attack against South Vietnamese forces in a 1965 battle over the village of Dong Xoai near the Cambodian border. Kubert focuses on a U.S. Special Forces detachment that had been training the local troops. The characters are fictional, but Kubert hews closely to actual events. He eschews some standard comics devices; for instance, dialogue is in captions rather than balloons; the visuals are presented in one or two floating illustrations per page rather than in framed panels, and the drawings are rough, unfinished pencil sketches making up in vitality what they lack in polish. The experimentation isn't entirely successful. The straightforward, documentary-style presentation and lack of characterization make one wish for a bit of Sgt. Rock's bravado, exaggerated as that might be. Still, this admirable work should interest anyone seeking a realistic account of heroism and sacrifice in warfare.
Download Instructions:
(Closed Filehost) https://ul.to/fxwbx0e2/Dong_Xoai,_Vietnam_1965.cbz
Mirrors MU:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=W1O69TLQ
