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Friday, April 08, 2005

DC/Vertigo's WE3 Now a TPB

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DC Comics/Vertigo will collect the widely acclaimed tale of how a dog, a cat, and a rabbit became the deadliest war machines the military ever created -- and fought against -- in the WE3 TPB, a collection of the three-issue mini-series by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely. WE3 earned numerous accolades with its terrifying and heartbreaking 104-page story of three cybernetically enhanced lab animals that use their weapons-laden exoskeletons to escape their masters, and to traverse an equally frightening world in search of a place called "home."

Here's DC Comic's write-up on it:
Collecting on of the most talked-about series of the year by superstar creators Grant Morrison (SEVEN SOLDIERS) and Frank Quitely (THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS), who provides a new cover, WE3 tells the unforgettable story of three innocent pets — a dog, a cat and a rabbit — who have been converted into deadly cyborgs by a sinister military weapons program.

With nervous systems amplified to match their terrifying mechanical exoskeletons, the members of Animal Weapon 3 have the firepower of a battalion between them. But they are just the program's prototypes, and now that their testing is complete they're slated to be permanently "de-commissioned" — until they seize their one chance to make a desperate run for freedom. Relentlessly pursued by their makers, the WE3 team must navigate a frightening and confusing world where their instincts and heightened abilities make them as much a threat as those hunting them — but a world, nonetheless, in which somewhere there is something called "home."

"Morrison has crafted an eerie tale of sci-fi and horror... with cute furry animals." — Syracuse Post-Standard

"[A] startling, disturbing and perhaps enlightening series... a provocative tale." — Atlanta Journal Constitution

Sporting a cover by Quitely, the TPB is scheduled to ship on June 1 for $12.99, and is suggested for mature readers.

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