Galactic Comics and Video

I just had chance to read the first trade paperback of the sleeper hit DMZ. Written by Brian Wood(Global Frequency), DMZ tells of a near future where the U.S. military is spread so thin fighting many conflicts worldwide, that it neglects the buildup of radical militias in the states themselves. As a result, a civil war breaks out. New York is in complete chaos and is considered a demiliterized zone(DMZ)which is kind of a no man's land. Young photojournalist Matty Roth is thrilled to get an assignment with an experienced veteran crew in New York, but when their helicopter is fired upon, the crew is killed with the exception of Matt who has decided to stay on the job as it is a career chance of a lifetime. Matt soon realizes that everything he heard from the media is not necessarily true and learns many lies that came out of much of the political spin.

Brian Wood has created a very complex, gritty, and plausible world that given the state of the world today, doesn't seem in the least far fetched. We haven't learned all the details about the United States vs the Free States yet(which have only been referred to so far as New Jersey and inwards), but the set up has masterfully created an infinite amount of stories to come from this unlikely war zone.