tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963510.post110294268819535782..comments2023-10-02T09:40:54.779-04:00Comments on Yet Another Comics Blog: Quick Manga ReviewsDave Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12392905720500587211noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963510.post-1102992737969337002004-12-13T21:52:00.000-05:002004-12-13T21:52:00.000-05:00It doesn't even come close to even Tom Clancy--the...It doesn't even come close to even Tom Clancy--there's no plot at all. He may have meant to 'blow off steam,' but there's three volumes of the stuff, so it was more than just a lark. If you're going to invest that much time and effort in a comic, it should be more than just a bad video game.<br /><br />And if someone does animals + war, the <I>Maus</I> comparisons are inevitable, whether justified or not.Dave Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12392905720500587211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963510.post-1102990201888506352004-12-13T21:10:00.000-05:002004-12-13T21:10:00.000-05:00From what I've heard, Kobayashi was in no way tryi...From what I've heard, Kobayashi was in no way trying to produce something on a level with <I>Maus</I>. He was working on a serious Vietnam War comic at the time (with human characters) and did the animals thing to blow off steam. I don't think he ever intended to produce anything of artistic merit, and it shows (in fact this was originally serialized as a webcomic called "Cat Shit One." A webcomic!)<br /><br />It bugs me that everyone wants to peg Animals + War as a formula for detecting a <I>Maus</I> wannabe, when sometimes no such aspirations exist. This is really more Tom Clancy with furries than anything else.Patahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02963406201091492113noreply@blogger.com