Comments on: Review of Matamoros #1 http://www.floppingaces.net/2008/02/15/review-of-matamoros-1/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:28:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Matamoros : The Comic Book » Blog Archive » Recent mentions http://www.floppingaces.net/2008/02/15/review-of-matamoros-1/#comment-22259 Matamoros : The Comic Book » Blog Archive » Recent mentions Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:00:53 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/2008/02/15/review-of-matamoros-1/#comment-22259 [...] had recent dicussions of the book on Flopping Aces and FrontPage Magazine. Special thanks to Jamie Glazov of FrontPage for giving us an [...] [...] had recent dicussions of the book on Flopping Aces and FrontPage Magazine. Special thanks to Jamie Glazov of FrontPage for giving us an [...]

]]> By: Scott http://www.floppingaces.net/2008/02/15/review-of-matamoros-1/#comment-20919 Scott Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:11:47 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/2008/02/15/review-of-matamoros-1/#comment-20919 Got my comic (or is it graphic novel?) a few days ago. I liked it a lot, and will be buying #2. This is NOT something for an opponent of the war in Iraq or a Bushbasher. In no uncertain terms, it speaks very plainly in words and pics. What struck me the most wasn't the story, the sideline jabs at the ACLU etc., no, what struck me was the genre. When I was a kid I remember reading G.I. Combat, Sgt. Rock, Nick Fury, and others. During WWII, Korea, and Vietnam comics went to the frontlines; I mean they were actually shipped there. Is it the message, the entertainment, propaganda, what? Well, I think we see a little of everything in em, but what you didn't see was anything that didn't help bolster support the efforts for the war(s) to succeed. Today, that pc message has changed, and it's too often not only unacceptable, but reprehensible in many circles to point out the horrors of war and how they're countered by brave men and women. Matamoros is a vigilante, and vigilantes aren't new to literature (including comics), but what is new, AND WHAT I FOUND TO BE VERY BRAVE, was the effort to show an American making his way through the litigation maze to fight terrorists. If I had my wish for future editions I'd hope that they'd take some real backpage news stories of the horrors that Al Queda does daily, and include them in the most graphic and realistic sense. The political left reminds us all the time of how horrible war is (as if someone disputes that), but they too often ignore by distraction that it's not 2million Americans who have served in Iraq who are the really bad guys over there. Al Queda's horrors are so disgusting and sinister that they aren't even allowed to be described or reported here in the states. I think this comic is the perfect engine for opening that door since books are ignored, movies are more anti-American than anti-Al Queda, and the news is pure and simple afraid to print cartoons let alone the stories of how (for example) an Iraqi police chief in Fallujah had his 3yr old daughter's head put on his front porch because he was against Al Queda. Oliver Stone's not accepting scripts for that kinda thing. The NYT is afraid to publish the Danish cartoons, and books about Al Queda's atrocities don't sell as well as Jon Stewart's funnies. No bs, I think this comic has some serious potenial, and I really REALLY hope they stick with it! Got my comic (or is it graphic novel?) a few days ago. I liked it a lot, and will be buying #2. This is NOT something for an opponent of the war in Iraq or a Bushbasher. In no uncertain terms, it speaks very plainly in words and pics. What struck me the most wasn’t the story, the sideline jabs at the ACLU etc., no, what struck me was the genre. When I was a kid I remember reading G.I. Combat, Sgt. Rock, Nick Fury, and others. During WWII, Korea, and Vietnam comics went to the frontlines; I mean they were actually shipped there. Is it the message, the entertainment, propaganda, what? Well, I think we see a little of everything in em, but what you didn’t see was anything that didn’t help bolster support the efforts for the war(s) to succeed. Today, that pc message has changed, and it’s too often not only unacceptable, but reprehensible in many circles to point out the horrors of war and how they’re countered by brave men and women. Matamoros is a vigilante, and vigilantes aren’t new to literature (including comics), but what is new, AND WHAT I FOUND TO BE VERY BRAVE, was the effort to show an American making his way through the litigation maze to fight terrorists. If I had my wish for future editions I’d hope that they’d take some real backpage news stories of the horrors that Al Queda does daily, and include them in the most graphic and realistic sense. The political left reminds us all the time of how horrible war is (as if someone disputes that), but they too often ignore by distraction that it’s not 2million Americans who have served in Iraq who are the really bad guys over there. Al Queda’s horrors are so disgusting and sinister that they aren’t even allowed to be described or reported here in the states. I think this comic is the perfect engine for opening that door since books are ignored, movies are more anti-American than anti-Al Queda, and the news is pure and simple afraid to print cartoons let alone the stories of how (for example) an Iraqi police chief in Fallujah had his 3yr old daughter’s head put on his front porch because he was against Al Queda. Oliver Stone’s not accepting scripts for that kinda thing. The NYT is afraid to publish the Danish cartoons, and books about Al Queda’s atrocities don’t sell as well as Jon Stewart’s funnies.

No bs, I think this comic has some serious potenial, and I really REALLY hope they stick with it!

]]> By: Scott http://www.floppingaces.net/2008/02/15/review-of-matamoros-1/#comment-17390 Scott Sat, 16 Feb 2008 13:32:25 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/2008/02/15/review-of-matamoros-1/#comment-17390 I just ordered mine. Will there be subscription options in the future, or do we have to buy each one individually every month etc? I just ordered mine. Will there be subscription options in the future, or do we have to buy each one individually every month etc?

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