([August] 2007)

First Second, 2004 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
16.95 USD
Pages
132
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
First Second
Brand
:01 First Second
ISBN
1-59643-261-6; 978-1-59643-261-1 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781596432611 51695
Editing
Danica Novgorodoff (design)
Color
color
Dimensions
6.3" x 8.2"
Publishing Format
graphic novel

Issue Notes

First American Edition

Notes for a War Story (Table of Contents)

cover / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Gipi (watercolor art)
Inks
Gipi (watercolor art)
Colors
Gipi (watercolor art)
Letters
Danica Novgorodoff (design)
Characters
Giuliano; Christian "Little Killer"; Stefano
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Notes for a War Story (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 109 pages (report information)

Script
Gipi
Pencils
Gipi (watercolor art)
Inks
Gipi (watercolor art)
Colors
Gipi (watercolor art)
Letters
Danica Novgorodoff (design)
Genre
drama
Characters
Giuliano; Christian "Little Killer"; Stefano; Felix
Synopsis
Three young men eke out a living in a countryside ravished by civil war, but petty crimes lead to bigger jobs for a local thug. Their adventure takes them through one of the bombed scared cities and into the heart of the conflict itself.
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Indexer Notes

Winner of the 2005 Goscinny Prize for Best Script
Best Book of the Year at the Angouleme Comics Festival in 2006

Of Boys and Guns: Reflections on Gipi's Notes for a War Story (Table of Contents: 2)

text article / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Alexis Siegel
Letters
typeset
Synopsis
Author Alexis Siegel’s essay relates the characters and events of Gipi’s Notes for a War Story to the collateral damage witnessed in the Balkans during the 1990s and other recent civil wars. It specifically focuses on the impact that the subsequent lawlessness has had on young men.
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Notes for a War Story
  2. 1. Notes for a War Story
  3. 2. Of Boys and Guns: Reflections on Gipi's Notes for a War Story
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