IRAQ WAR GRAPHIC NOVELS
Cartoonists Explore War in Iraq and Afghanistan As the War's Fifth
Anniversary Draws Near

March 20 is the fifth anniversary of the United States’ entry into the

Iraq war. The news media will observe that day with stories of the war

and its consequences.

Graphic novelists and political cartoonists have responded to the war
in Iraq and the larger war on terror by creating striking work. NBM
Publishing is honored to present their work to the public.

NBM books related to the war include:

War Fix, by combat journalist David Axe and Steve Olexa. War Fix is
Axe’s journal of his addiction to the excitement of being in battle.
Amazon.com placed War Fix on its list of 2006’s ten best graphic
novels, and the American Library Association's Young Adult Library
Services Association nominated the book for its list of Great Graphic
Novels.

Johnny Jihad by Ryan Inzana. Based on the facts of terrorist training

camps in the U.S.A. and inspired by “American Taliban” John Walker
Lindh, Johnny Jihad tells how an ordinary teenager becomes a jihadist –

and what happens when the CIA catches him. Booklist has named Johnny
Jihad one of the year’s ten best graphic novels.

Generalissimo El Busho: Essays and Cartoons on the Bush Years by Ted
Rall. The controversial Pulitzer Prize finalist and Firecracker
Alternative Book Award winner compiles his most scathingly satirical
cartoons and commentary. Generalissimo El Busho is a brilliantly
tragicomic week-by-week dissection of the Bush Administration.

Attitude, Attitude 2, Attitude 3. These collections of new subversive

cartoons and interviews with their creators have appeared every other
year since 2002. Edited by Ted Rall, Attitude collects the best new
political cartoonists, Attitude 2 covers alternative cartoons, and
Attitude 3 spotlights talent from the online world.

Silk Road to Ruin: Is Central Asia the New Middle East? by Ted Rall.
The cartoonist went to Afghanistan and other parts of what he calls the

New Middle East, and returned with this mix of travelogue, political
analysis, and graphic novel. He sees Islamic radicalism, oil wealth,
and American ambition collide to turn the region east of Iraq into
something explosive.