Goddamn this War!

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War I in 1914, Fantagraphics releases a deluxe edition of Jacques Tardi's acknowledged masterpieces of the conflict. The first book, It Was The Year of the Trenches, focuses on the day-to-day horrors of the men in the trenches, creating an astonishingly evocative world unlike any other depiction of life on the front line, and featuring some of Tardi's greatest artwork. His second masterwork, Goddamn This War! Is told with a sustained sense of outrage and pitch-black gallows humour. An essential purchase.