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CHAPTER FOUR: THE AWESOME CONCLUSION COMING SOON!
"Kyle Baker's "Special Forces" limited series (Image Comics), based on the true tale of a man with autism who was accepted into the Army. His whole squad, as it turns out, are more special-needs than special-training, and the work is horrifying and mind-blowingly clever.
Baker is an amazingly deft hand with a brush -- a bit like the legendary "Mad"man Jack Davis -- and has a keen ear for dialogue and plotting. His previous stuff was hilarious and cartoony, and the same style is being used to create an adreneline-crazed view of combat that is subversively skewed in tone. The primary character, in fact, is the very vision of a camouflage-clad pin-up girl who's bulging right out of her scanty BDUs. No one seems to notice this except the reader, and Baker is making a needling comment on the relationship between sex and violence and the way we absorb both greedily.
Much of the book is simply horrific, and then we discover that Baker is often just recreating images and attitudes posted online by real soldiers. Ouch." - Burl Burlingame , Honolulu Star Bulletin
"Gripping, smart and relentlessly bleak this is a fantastic book from a creator at the top of his game." Alasdair Stuart, FIREFOX NEWS
"a welcome parody while steeped in reality in the style of Jack Davis and Frank Miller by way of EC Comics." DEAN HASPIEL
"Baker combines absurdity, wit, violence, and social standing into a comic experience unlike anything you’ll read this year." Robert Murray, Silver Bullet
"ISB BEST OF THE WEEK" Invincible Super Blog
"Sold out as of 20 minutes ago. I think I miscalculated how much interest there would be for this very fine comic book." Atlantis Comics Online
"Special Forces is the grittiest, most emotional and meaningful war comic I’ve ever read." Geekanerd
"Special Forces was a book I was originally going to wait for the trade on, but now I can't wait to see what happens next." Kevin Church
"Of special note, Kyle Baker’s Special Forces #1 is the first book to get Picked by two of our tastemakers — so be sure to check that one out!" PopCultureShock
"An irresistible premise can carry a first issue, and this is a VERY GOOD starting point." Joe McCulloch
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