War Is Boring, and so is everything else.
by Ned Lannamann
CUMBERSOME CLASSIFICATIONS like "nonfiction graphic novel" and "comics journalism" could be used to describe David Axe's War Is Boring, but in this case the term "graphic memoir" feels more appropriate. Axe's book, based on the webcomic of the same name, recounts his travels to several war zones across the world. He's ostensibly a war correspondent for an arms trade publication, but more than that, Axe is a thrill junkie with an unquenchable and somewhat illogical thirst for being in harm's…
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