DMZ is a comic with hit or miss writing but wonderful illustrations (at least the first 20). If your into eye candy then this is the place to go for some of the best urban landscapes I've seen in a long time. I really enjoyed romping along the sniper infested neighborhoods of NYC, discovering the local flavor of an occupied DMZ with that famous 'up-yours' New York attitude.
The basic summary is that America is in the midst of another civil war, with undefined battlefronts, with the exception of NYC. Here the main forces of the US army and the Free States have declared a tentative ceasefire. Our photojournalist intern/hero is plopped down in the middle of the DMZ and promptly cut off from the safety of his escort. Now alone he makes friends with locals and tells the 'real' story about what is going on in this bullet riddled no-man's land. Citizen journalism at it's finest.
There is a great story arc that references Blackwater, in the story the mercenary force is called Trustwell, and the danger of putting private security in charge of public well being. My favorite element is that the mercenaries have the word "TRUST" emblazoned on their flack jackets.
More and more it seems that we have to fight to keep our country from becoming a police state. There are several comics and sci-fi movies coming out of Britain and the US that mimic this subconscious fear. I've always believed that these kinds of stories are like a canary in the cave on serious social issues. If you see it enough in literature and tv then you have to worry about the future of freedom in our country. Already Big-Brother is watching our phones, email and ISP's, in direct violation of the our Constitutional right to privacy. Sooner or later you're going to see curfews in effect, travel restrictions and the requirement of paperwork to move about the country... sounds an awful lot like the Soviet Union to me.
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