It’s super-old news that Michel Gondry has published a comic book called We Lost the War But Not the Battle. In fact, Vulture published frames from the book almost a month ago –– which, ironically, we missed while we were at Comic-Con. But due to a confluence of forces through which you probably don’t hare to hear about, today I stumbled on Jog The Blog’s review of the book, which very much piqued my interest. An excerpt:
There’s certainly a winsome appeal to Gondry’s curly graphics, and anyone who draws their own back-of-issue merchandise ad gets a smile from me. The story, however, is also about what I’ve come to expect from the solo Gondry (more solo than usual, this being a comic), chock-full of knotty thematic threads and some determined immaturity, this time with an added splash of over-the-top misogyny, underplayed narratively so as to become disquieting nonetheless.
A bit of a surprising “splash”, considering I’ve always found Gondry’s work to be rather worshipful of women, even if it’s always really about adolescent boys. The the rest of the post basically spoils the plot of the book, but it’s a great read. Suffice it to say, “blood is spilled, sexual organs are unveiled, and Mia Farrow appears to **** the main character, which I think is funny?” if you’re still interested (or, more interested?) you could buy We Lost The War here for $5.99.
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