Just in time for the Fourth of July! A masterpiece nearly twenty years in the making, this archival volume contains the complete life story of Martha Washington, the twenty-first century freedom fighter created by comic-book megastars Frank Miller (Sin City, 300) and Dave Gibbons (Watchmen), now in a more affordable softcover edition. Our story begins in the squalid corridors of a maximum-security housing project, where a young girl will rise from the war-torn streets of Chicago to battle injustice in a world insane with corruption. Her fight will take her far, from the frontlines of the second American Civil War, to the cold, unforgiving reaches of space. She will be called a hero, a traitor, and nearly everything in-between, but all along the way, her courage, her integrity, and her unwavering commitment to that most valuable of rights - liberty - will inspire a movement that will never surrender.
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By Rafael
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I love this story and the main character. Just a great narrative and tons of great social commentary throughout. The art is quite nice too. I highly recommend it, well, unless you're on the far right.
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4.5 out of 5 stars
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The best $30 you'll ever spend on comics, EVER!
Sep 7 2010
By Kid Kyoto
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Launched in the early 90s and continuing sporadically for more than a decade, the adventures of Martha Washington are sometimes hysterically funny, sometimes scary and always entertaining.
Set in the near future, Martha is a poor black girl born into a maximum security housing project in an America where the President is re-elected forever and we are at war with forty different countries. As years pass the president is assassinated, America collapses into a second civil war and finally the world starts to rebuild. Martha becomes a soldier, a freedom fighter and an explorer.
The book is deliberately over the top but always played straight. Even when Martha is battling a 100' tall corporate mascot it is treated like a deadly threat. Sometimes the satire cuts too close to home and we see echoes of current politics in Martha's battles.
Frank Miller (Dark Knight Returns, 300) and David Gibbons (Watchmen) are two top creators and this is their masterpiece. It will make you laugh, it will make you shudder, and it will make you cry. In this book they give Martha Washington more personality and heroism than Wonder Woman has developed in 70 years.
I had the entire series as individual issues but I am very glad to have them in one package, along with pages and pages of sketches, designs and creators' notes. I still cannot believe I got it for under $30. This book would be worth it for twice the price.
Buy it!
Set in the near future, Martha is a poor black girl born into a maximum security housing project in an America where the President is re-elected forever and we are at war with forty different countries. As years pass the president is assassinated, America collapses into a second civil war and finally the world starts to rebuild. Martha becomes a soldier, a freedom fighter and an explorer.
The book is deliberately over the top but always played straight. Even when Martha is battling a 100' tall corporate mascot it is treated like a deadly threat. Sometimes the satire cuts too close to home and we see echoes of current politics in Martha's battles.
Frank Miller (Dark Knight Returns, 300) and David Gibbons (Watchmen) are two top creators and this is their masterpiece. It will make you laugh, it will make you shudder, and it will make you cry. In this book they give Martha Washington more personality and heroism than Wonder Woman has developed in 70 years.
I had the entire series as individual issues but I am very glad to have them in one package, along with pages and pages of sketches, designs and creators' notes. I still cannot believe I got it for under $30. This book would be worth it for twice the price.
Buy it!
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
This should be a movie already !
Feb 26 2010
By M. Uribe
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
This is a great book, very heavy, great story, i have to admit that the ending was not really one of my favorites and somewhat disappointed, felt like they could have gone a little further and maybe had a better ending. But if you like a story enough that you debate the ending enough, you know you enjoyed it.
You want to root for Martha every step of the way, from her child hood to adult hood. You want her to go far, and its sad at the obstacles she has to face. But its through these obstacles, and humbleness that make her such a great character. I have to agree the story can be messy at times, and some of the later stories are a little bizarre. But i would recommend this to any comic fan or first time comic reader alike.
The question now, who can play her in a real live movie ! Get this book it will be a collectors item for sure
You want to root for Martha every step of the way, from her child hood to adult hood. You want her to go far, and its sad at the obstacles she has to face. But its through these obstacles, and humbleness that make her such a great character. I have to agree the story can be messy at times, and some of the later stories are a little bizarre. But i would recommend this to any comic fan or first time comic reader alike.
The question now, who can play her in a real live movie ! Get this book it will be a collectors item for sure
6 of 9 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
A mixed bag (and everything good is on top)
Nov 23 2011
By Charles Gitteau
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Give Me Liberty is a classic graphic novel, arguably one of the finest ever produced. Though the dystopia depicted within the story is convincing, there is a wink in Miller's writing that allows an escape from the grimness. Martha Washington is an incredibly endearing character, so it's no surprise that Miller attempted to churn out a few more stories featuring her. Unfortunately, by the time he got around to using her again, he had descended into the depths of hackery that he's still plumbing to this very day. He's got some Randian nonsense in here, and then some anti-futurist stuff and blablabla. I don't mind anyone's views, so long as they can be presented in an entertaining way. This doesn't fit the bill. Gibbons' art falls off pretty steadily, as well. In one of the apology notes that Dave includes at the beginning of each storyline, he mentions that he began using a computer shortly after Give Me Liberty, and I suspect that is the problem. It doesn't help that Miller sticks him with a bunch of splash pages and panoramas to which his style of art is not particularly suited. I'm not sorry that I bought this book, especially at this price, but I'd be just as happy if it ended 400 pages earlier.
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