Unknown Soldier
Issue: #4
Writer: Joshua Dysart
Artist: Alberto Ponticelli
32 pp. Vertigo. $2.99
Reviewed by Paul Stotts
Every month after reading the newest issue I’m reminded of how fantastic Vertigo’s Unknown Soldier is, each issue revealing a fascinating new layer to the story. A new beautiful bloom on a twisted, ugly plant.
Unknown Soldier is not a pleasant experience. It’s like watching extremely brutal news footage from a war zone. A collection of gritty and grainy celluloid moments focused on the collapse of a civilization. Filmed chaos. A movie monument to human depravity. Like reveling in the darkest corners of the human soul, in the darkest emotions, in the darkest thoughts. Far from hope.
But Unknown Soldier is a rewarding experience. Rewarding for its insight into that darkness. A study of how terrible human beings can become, how far they can fall. And how goodness and altruism can still exist in the middle of this.
Writer Joshua Dysart and artist Alberto Ponticelli are creating an incredible comic series here, one that successfully broadens the scope and impact of the medium. Dysart’s well-researched and balanced presentation is astonishing for its critical—but not judgmental—approach. The scripts are real and honest, showing us how things truly are—the good, the bad, and the absolutely terrifying. A guided tour of humanity’s madhouse.
Groundbreaking, topical and intense, Unknown Soldier is a must-read experience. A special experience. A learning experience. It’s enlightenment in thirty-two pages.
Final Grade: 90 out of 100
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