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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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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
My only warning is do a little bit of weights because this collection isn't light. Comes in a lovely protective case and is already a sturdy hardcopy. The print quality is great, all the covers and some special explanations of how this amazing comic series came together.
A really special edition of my favourite graphic novel ever. with us waging war all over the world for peace the messages in this book are even more important than ever. Places like the green still exist and government is still compromised by private interests.
An essential and underrated collection.
I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
A really special edition of my favourite graphic novel ever. with us waging war all over the world for peace the messages in this book are even more important than ever. Places like the green still exist and government is still compromised by private interests.
An essential and underrated collection.
I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Ive been in love with Martha Washington since i was a kid.... Her character is simply sublime. Shes a strong and independent woman born into extreme poverty... who goes on to kick the ass of all the badness and crap that is thrown at her.
When i first saw the give me liberty comic novel in a dublin library i wasnt even a teenager, but i fell in love with the book so much so...
Id constantly renew it over and over....
I brought it everywhere with me...
I looked everywhere to buy it but could never find it....
Then as i got into my teenage years i saw the 2nd and 3rd books of the series had came out and i bought them in a comic shop... They were shorter than the First Give me Liberty novel that i fell in love with and they were not as good.... but i really dont think anything could have lived up to My Baby.
In the last couple of years Amazon has enriched my life by letting me purchase things that i truely want that i wouldnt be able to go out and find on the high street because it would be logistically impossible....
So i thought ill try and buy the first Comic novel i ever fell in love with, Martha Washingtons Give me liberty....
For whatever reason when it came to the purchase the vendor wouldnt ship the book to my address, i tried a few times over a number of years but it wouldnt do it....
Very fortunatly this Antology of all of Marthas stories came out...
I hoped so much it would ship to me.... And when it did it really was one of my wishes come true.
Really!!!
The book itself is fantastic..... very much worth the price.
All the little nuances from Miller and Gibbons and their explanations of the stories and the storyboards are great.
And the extra Martha Washington one off stories that i missed that are here aswell are brilliant.
Even if its just that you want a good read, and a an inspirational story,
GO FOR THIS!!!
When i first saw the give me liberty comic novel in a dublin library i wasnt even a teenager, but i fell in love with the book so much so...
Id constantly renew it over and over....
I brought it everywhere with me...
I looked everywhere to buy it but could never find it....
Then as i got into my teenage years i saw the 2nd and 3rd books of the series had came out and i bought them in a comic shop... They were shorter than the First Give me Liberty novel that i fell in love with and they were not as good.... but i really dont think anything could have lived up to My Baby.
In the last couple of years Amazon has enriched my life by letting me purchase things that i truely want that i wouldnt be able to go out and find on the high street because it would be logistically impossible....
So i thought ill try and buy the first Comic novel i ever fell in love with, Martha Washingtons Give me liberty....
For whatever reason when it came to the purchase the vendor wouldnt ship the book to my address, i tried a few times over a number of years but it wouldnt do it....
Very fortunatly this Antology of all of Marthas stories came out...
I hoped so much it would ship to me.... And when it did it really was one of my wishes come true.
Really!!!
The book itself is fantastic..... very much worth the price.
All the little nuances from Miller and Gibbons and their explanations of the stories and the storyboards are great.
And the extra Martha Washington one off stories that i missed that are here aswell are brilliant.
Even if its just that you want a good read, and a an inspirational story,
GO FOR THIS!!!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
The best $30 you'll ever spend on comics, EVER!
7 Sep 2010
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!
Finally
4 Feb 2012
Amazon Verified Purchase
I ve search for this series for twenty years! I had almost given up. I had no idea the complete series in one volume was available. Great story, great art, I wish this could be turned into a movie! One of my favorite characters of all time. Buy this now.....
All in one is WAY more fun
20 Jun 2011
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I owned these as individual books. Once I got this gem, I was able to enjoy them in one volume. It's not small, but can be read as a complete body of work as I think embodies the original intent of the writer and artists.
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