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A devastating, beautifully illustrated fable exploring the brutal and complicated price of sudden liberation. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Pride of Baghdad.
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- 01
Rolling Blackouts
Sarah Glidden
A quietly devastating, watercolor-washed exploration of the ethics of journalism and the human echoes of war.
- 02
Imperial Life in the Emerald City
Rajiv Chandrasekaran
A surreal and sobering look inside the insulated, luxurious bubble of American bureaucracy operating in the heart of a war zone.
- 03
Ex machina
Brian K. Vaughan
A gritty, high-stakes collision of municipal politics and supernatural superhero dread beneath the streets of New York.
- 04
Y The Last Man, Vol. 1
Brian K. Vaughan
A darkly funny, relentlessly paced road trip through the chaotic ruins of a suddenly transformed world.
- 05
DMZ Vol. 4
Brian Wood
A gritty, boots-on-the-ground descent into the moral gray areas of urban warfare and the heavy cost of truth.
- 06
We3
Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely
A hyper-kinetic, blood-soaked sprint for freedom that will absolutely shatter your heart.
- 07
100 bullets
Brian Azzarello
A gritty, high-stakes plunge into a brutal war of retribution where no one is safe from the crossfire.
- 08
Mouse Guard Fall 1152
David Petersen · 2007
An epic, autumnal fantasy where tiny, cloaked heroes face a vast and dangerous world with unwavering courage.
- 09
Sunrise over Fallujah
Walter Dean Myers
A gritty, deeply humanizing look at the chaos of modern warfare through the eyes of a young soldier grappling with duty and survival.
- 10
Outlaw Varjak Paw
S. F. Said
A wintry, high-stakes animal adventure where survival depends on fierce friendship and the courage to lead.
- 11
Persepolis 1-4
Marjane Satrapi · 2007
A fiercely intimate, darkly funny, and deeply moving portrait of growing up rebellious in a world turned upside down.
- 12
In the Shadow of No Towers
Art Spiegelman · 2005
A frantic, visually explosive time capsule of post-9/11 paranoia and political fury.
