The Stringbags is more than a story of heroism. It’s more than a history lesson. It’s an eye-opener to the horrors of war, and the limits of humanity when face-to-face with death. This is a fictional story that takes place during a very real war that took real lives. Archie, Ollie and Pops are the… Read more

War is often romanticized. People dream of finding glory and purpose in war. Sometimes they succeed in realizing those dreams. However for Paul Bäumer and his comrades, such is not the case. All Quiet on the Western Front tells a tale of strength, friendship, and brotherhood, and how war can destroy such things in a… Read more

Gone, but never forgotten. Creative Staff: Story: Garth Ennis Art: Russ Braun Colors: Tony Aviña Letters: Simon Bowland What They Say: As the German Army smashes deep into the Soviet Union and the defenders of the Motherland retreat in disarray, a new squadron arrives at a Russian forward airbase. Like all night bomber units, they… Read more

While the first books from Dead Reckoning focused on Afghanistan and WWI, their spring line-up from last year concentrated on WWII. In particular, the Eastern Front would provide the backdrop for three of the five books released that season by the Naval Institute Press as part of their graphic novel imprint (one of the outliers,… Read more

Writer Garth Ennis and artist PJ Holden present The Stringbags, an original graphic novel based on the true story of the Royal Navy’s Swordfish crews in early World War II. A biplane torpedo bomber in an age of monoplanes, the Fairey Swordfish was underpowered and under-gunned; an obsolete museum piece, an embarrassment. Its crews fully expected… Read more

Dead Reckoning announced it will release Churchill: A Graphic Biography, a graphic novel about the life of Winston Churchill, on April 15, 2020. Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War II, is considered one of the greatest Britons in all of history, and this new graphic novel adds art to the… Read more

Ben Towle, Cartoonist. 2020 Projects: In 2020 I’ll be wrapping up work on Four-Fisted Tales: Animals in Combat for Dead Reckoning. The book’s a collection of real-life short stories of animals in war–messenger dogs, carrier pigeons, etc. The book is fully roughed now and I’m starting to ink and tone. I’m fairly happy with how… Read more

Based on a true story, Once Upon a Time in France follows the life of Joseph Joanovici, a Romanian Jew who immigrated to France in the 1920s and became one of the richest men in Europe as a scrap-metal magnate. For some, he was a villain. For others, a hero. As Germany occupies France, Mr. Joseph thinks… Read more

A Jewish-immigrant war profiteer tries to reconcile what he did to survive the Nazis. In a time of war, how should a person’s actions be judged? If that person seeks to do more than survive, if he seeks to get a few steps ahead, to gain economic and social power — at what point does… Read more

When I saw the announcement for The Stringbags, after the obvious glee at a new Garth Ennis comic, the publisher stood out; publisher Dead Reckoning is the graphic novel imprint of the U.S. Naval Institute’s Naval Institute Press. So war comics but for war history enthusiasts, which is about the only way to phrase that… Read more