"I Never Paid Attention to Politics..."Economic inequality in the United States has grown rapidly since the 1980's. By the year 2007, the country's richest 1% owned no less than 34.6% of the country's overall wealth, while the poorest 40% had to make do with only 0.3% of their country's overall wealth. More and more people are falling into poverty, and the consequences are devastating. Since the year 2010, for example, U.S. American women have the lowest life expectancy among the women of all fo...

Its good but I slowly wss losing interest towards the latter issues. I likedl Roth as a character but I'm not sure he can develop much more. Very political and I guess current for the times. Not a big follower of US politics being from Australia, so didnt flow or hook me as much as I would have liked.

I came to this book having just read volume 3 and volume 2, in that order. In this one the mayor has to get to the bottom of a blackout, and we see more of what he did on September 11 (and people think they stretch out the backstory in Lost!). I enjoyed this just as much as the previous books, but damn that sketchbook at the back for tricking me into thinking I still had lots of comics to go.

It was a cool graphic novel. I picked it up used cos Vertigo seems like a good comics company and I was not disappointed. Interesting idea pretty well executed. I liked the art, even though it was extra dark and girtty (I realize it's a book about war) but the main character's motivations were a little perplexing to me. I did really like how the political situation was explained throughout though.

Hard for me to be completely unbiased about this series, because I spend so much time in the DMZ, so for me, it's fascinating just to see how Wood depicts the various neighborhoods. He must send a ton of pictures to the artists, because some of the blocks and buildings are completely recognizable.Anyway, second arc, Matty gets caught in the middle of a negotiation between the USA and the Free States, and the residents of the DMZ are going to lose no matter who wins. So Matty has to find a way to...

Great followup to the first. Loved it. Definitely provocative and timely.

Building off the previous foundation Vol. 2 continues as expected. Yet where it veers from its predecessor is the change in agency of our pasty faced protagonist. Not merely swept up by the forces around him, buffeted and bashed by environs and peoples alike, Matty actually forges something akin to his own path. So to does the narrative mature and grow as it trailblazes its own (somewhat) unique path in the Vertigo canon.Compounded by thick undergrowth of lies, deceit and the unending bevy of po...

Given away (to Craig?)See also my review of the first volume.Most of the book deals with the abduction of a journalist and the ways in which the government tries to use his experience as a propaganda tool, but this kind of forced drama just seems to squander the potential of the book's central idea.I guess it's "urban," or "street," or "gritty and realistic" to have the government be willing to kill innocent people as an excuse to fight a war, but it's not particularly fresh or exciting. Maybe i...

America is in the midst of a civil war, and New York City is a battle ground popularly called the DMZ. Matty, who grew up a privileged annoying richwhitestraightable guy, is still pretty privileged and annoying in the DMZ. The plot is weak and certainly not novel. The art is typical Vertigo--lots of harsh lines, cross-hatching, gratuitous female nakedness (without matching sexy male nakedness). An obese woman in a bikini is blown apart in the opening scene. There's a whole page of a guy getting

Volume one was good, but this volume (2) makes a huge jump in quality and world building. Some loose ends from the first volume are tied up in an excellent story arc involving Matty’s father* and the two opposing elements here: the US government and the Free States of America. Events that led up to NYC becoming the DMZ are explored through the character of Zee. Life and the culture that has sprung up in wartime Manhattan since the American Civil War started is explored in the excellent final iss...

Volume 2 of DMZ definitely builds on the first volume and moves it forward greatly. The main character no longer looks out of his depth and has matured a lot between the two volumes which makes the story more believable. The artwork is still fabulous and the back story for some of the characters brought a lot to this volume. Four stars from me

There is a jump happening in this volume, it seems like a jump in time but it isn't; we continue where we left off, but something is different, it is more mature in writing and the world around us. The Civil War is ragging on, and politics are having its spin on the situation in this volume.I like the story so far; not that much fond of the artwork though.

First of all, no matter how high I suspend my disbelief, I still can't get with Brian Wood's notion that apocalyptic war zone NYC could also serve as some hippie vegan organic utopia. Second, the protagonist here -- one Matty Ross -- has to be the dullest major character I've seen in recent comics. All he does is scowl, vomit, and explode with diarrhea. And finally, there's DMZ issue #12, entitled "New York Times" (ha ha), which is supposed to be a homemade Lonely Planet guide to post-NYC's rubb...

A stronger volume than the first, but still not Wood at his best. The start of this one is a lot more of a rush. We get a kidnapping, a reveal of someone thought to be dead who is still alive, alot of backstabbing, and a lot of "What if" and "Who can it be" that keep you on your toes. The last two issues are one shots, one covering Zee's origins and how she ended up int he city while the last issue is basically just showing off a bunch of the city by almost news clipping type format. Good: I did...

Great series. Totally believable? Nah. But fun. The art is still growing on me. When it’s landscapes, it’s fantastic. But the people leave something to be desired. Excited to see what comes next.

Enjoyed the personal story and many of the politics, but the back story of the history leading up to this point is spotty at best and ludicrous at worst. One must believe that everyone in the mountain states is a gun toting libertarian to swallow the premise that no one stood up to the free armies as they started their campaign. As someone who has lived much of their life in Wyoming (and a big chunk in New York as well), I just don't see it going down the way it is portrayed here. There are enou...

This fantastic series continues here, with rookie photo-journalist Matty having now been in the DMZ for nearly a whole year. Suicide bombers, kidnappings, food and water rationing...NYC just like Iraq/Afghanistan. Terrorism, resistance, government manipulation, competing media trying to get the scoop by any means necessary, and the real issue, the condition of the people living in the DMZ, just forgotten amidst the chaos of the powerplays.This is an angry book, written by someone who has watched...

wow, wow, wow.The first volume set the scene. This one takes it to a whole other level.My advice. Grab a shot, stick some chilled NY hip hop on (Nas first album for me) and immerse yourself into a New York City life that you could never begin to imagine.Seriously. Go out and buy this.I am going to somehow wait till next month as at £9.99 a Vol (feels right to buy it in Gosh comics, Soho, rather than Amazon. Though I am far from an Amazon hater), I could burn through a lot of money very quickly.B...

This volume takes place a year after Matty's settled into the DMZ, and focuses on the political struggles over another journalist captured, and Matty gets thrust into the middle. There's a lot of political posturing, kidnappings, and betrayals, and Matty gets a chance to actually make a real difference in the world. The volume also includes Zee's origin, which is almost as strong as the main plot. It's hard to really put into words how powerful the story is, painting the world of a war zone in a...

1.5 starsDMZ rides that fine line between being edgy or lame, then falls flat on its face on the side of being lame. There is a good concept there, it's just that all of the characters talk and act like a cross between angry teenagers and members of a hippie commune. There might be some sort of political or general point to the story but it's lost on me, war is bad or something?It reminds me of the likes of Warren Ellis' Transmetropolitan, except Ellis does stick the landing and Transmet is stil...