IRAQ: OPERATION CORPORATE TAKEOVER book

- Noted as one of the 'Top 100 books of 2007' by The Comics Journal poll of critics!

Here are the cover and interior pages from my latest new documentary book...
IRAQ: OPERATION CORPORATE TAKEOVER, out NOVEMBER 2007, and published by excellent UK activist charity WAR ON WANT - www.waronwant.org/ Art by Lee O'Connor, script by myself. The books is a grass roots look at how corporations like Bechtel and Halliburton are exploiting the situation in Iraq for their own ends. Its deals with issues like the pressure of oil companies on Iraq and the terrible behaviour of Private Military and Security Companies as a private military force. Based on the extensive research and on the ground contacts of War on Want, we see how a young Iraqi man, Nazem, explores the situation in his country, and searches for a positive way to do something about it!

It was launched at a special event on Nov 6th in the London ICA, as part of Paul Gravett's excellent COMICA celebration of comics (see photo from the day). This year was by far the best line up yet. The IRAQ: OPERATION CORPORATE TAKEOVER book (ISBN: 9780954659639) is available from Diamond distributors, in their December 2007 Previews catalogue under the 'Boychild Productions/WoW' listing. Code: DEC07 3504. Also from the Boychild Books website - click the post title to go there.
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The book has attracted a lot of media attention so far, from various non-comic book places. Reuters news report shown in Germany, France, Korea, India etc, an Austrian Radio report, a newspaper in Dubai, even some military personnel websites! Check out some of them below, this one is on Chinese TV's English channel, with a very cute presenter introducing the clip:
http://www.cctv.com/program/cultureexpress/20071129/102938.shtml

A free preview pdf of the book can be had here:
http://www.waronwant.org/Graphic%20Novel%20-%20Iraq:%20Operation%20Corporate%20Takeover+15063.twl

A short film which promotes the book and the important issues is on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGELxbvzTEo&feature=related

The DUBAI newspaper aricle on the book:
http://www.7days.ae/print.php?id=63228&flag=s

A review by two US chaps that were initially against the book, but were won over:
http://comicsand.blogspot.com/2008/02/iraq-operation-corporate-takeover_09.html

August 2008 - the most recent review of the book is up at the site 'Curled up with a good book', where they nicely say:
"Like many recent books, Iraq: Operation Corporate Takeover combines strong personal narrative and quality art with thought-provoking information that stimulates readers and further legitimizes the medium."
http://www.curledup.com/iraqcorp.htm

A small preview of the book can be downloaded to mobile phones in the UK, South Africa and China from here:
http://www.rokcomics.com/full_player.php?comicid=122598456

QUOTE TODAY:
" This world is small to an ambitious girl'
- Jin-archy

A Paypal button is here - a few inches below - if you want to get the book directly from this blog. The issues are vital, the story engaging, the art wonderful... and its another good effort to extend the range of comic books, so give it a go: