I'm on the mailing list of a company called WarGameVault. The best that I can tell, they specialize in supplying people who play war games, with printed matter especially.
Anyway, they occasionally have "Deal of the Day" books, at steep markdowns, that could be of interest to a much more general audience. Today is one of those days. The book is
The Comic Art of War: A Critical Study of Military Cartoons, 1805-2014.
This is not a comic book, but a book about a special type of comics. Therefore, I'm posting it on this thread, not the comic books thread.
The blurb:
For military cartoonists the absurdity of war inspires a laugh-or-cry response and provides an endless source of un-funny amusement.
Cartoons by hundreds of artists-at-arms from more than a dozen countries and spanning two centuries are included in this study--the first to consider such a broad range of military comics.
War and military life are examined through the inside jokes of the men and women who served.
The author analyzes themes of culture, hierarchy, enemies and allies, geography, sexuality, combat, and civilian relations and describes how comics function within a community.
A number of artists included were known for their work with Disney, Marvel Comics, the New Yorker and Madison Avenue but many lesser known artists are recognized.
They have the ebook (watermarked PDF) today for only
$6.00. They say that the MSRP is $35.95. Amazon's ebook version (Kindle mobi) is $19.99.
To purchase the ebook, point your web browser to
this webpage.
Unfortunately, with this being a deal of the day, once you see the deal there is often much less than a full day left before the deal expires. At this writing, there is approximately 13 hours before the end of this one.