"The Sublime Satire That Is ‘The Forever War’ in Comics" Topic

"I first read Joe Haldeman's The Forever War as a teenager. It was one of my father's favorite novels and a salient work of military science fiction for the Vietnam generation. He was glad the U.S. government never called up his draft number and sent him into that nightmare. My uncle volunteered, served in the U.S. Army infantry and lived a troubled life. I don't know the war had anything to do with that last fact.

It's too neat and tidy to say combat causes post-traumatic stress. There is something to be said for the alienation which ex-soldiers experience in an atomized, individualistic society after leaving a tightly-knit group of warriors — who share deep bonds and loyalties between them borne from shared experiences. Civilian life is decidedly lacking in this area. This, more than far-flung technology, is what The Forever War is about.

I recently re-read the book, published in 1974, in the graphic novel form first published in 1988 and adapted by Haldeman and illustrated by Belgian artist Marvano. Titan Comics republished it in a series in 2017 and has the full-length collection arriving in December…"
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Amicalement
Armand

I just finished reading it once again. I love it!

Happy for that my friend!

Amicalement
Armand

They made a graphic novel?!

They should make a movie!

If its the grtaphic novel by dark horse it sucked.

…sublime? The Forever War?

I have the older Marvano copy (in several volumes).

I once met Joe Haldeman at one of the late night parties at a world science fiction con. We had a nice albeit none to sober discussion about his book and why he wrote it the way he did vis-a-vis Heinlein's Starship Troopers.

I was a brand new 2LT at the time, so quite a while ago.