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Overview
From renowned comics writer Pat Mills and legendary artist Joe Colquhoun comes a truly classic piece of graphic storytelling: thrilling, horrifying and deeply moving.In 1916, Charley Bourne lies about his age to fight in France. But thoughts of glory and patriotism are swept aside by the horror of life and death in the trenches of the First World War. In this second volume, we follow the continuing trials of Charley during the bloody and disastrous Battle of the Somme.
Volume 2 of Charley's War also features a director's commentary' by Pat Mills, along with an article on the sociological and political bias of the comic by military historian Dan Todman, formerly of the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst!
Synopsis
From renowned comics writer Pat Mills and legendary artist Joe Colquhoun comes a truly classic piece of graphic storytelling: thrilling, horrifying and deeply moving.
In 1916, Charley Bourne lies about his age to fight in France. But thoughts of glory and patriotism are swept aside by the horror of life and death in the trenches of the First World War. In this second volume, we follow the continuing trials of Charley during the bloody and disastrous Battle of the Somme.
Volume 2 of Charley's War also features a director's commentary' by Pat Mills, along with an article on the sociological and political bias of the comic by military historian Dan Todman, formerly of the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst!