Good collection of poems in comic book format. I still don't know too much about World War I, but in the intro Duffy acknowledges that he finds Americans seem to have little knowledge of the war. I remember being taught in school, but it was brief, probably because we talk more about the Civil War and then World War II. Regardless, you don't need to know too much about the war since these focus more what soldiers think about during and after wars. Also, I like the fact this is black and white, I think color would have dramatically changed the mood for these poems. ( )

I really like the aim of this collection, but I felt distracted alternately by both the verse and the illustrations. Sometimes I was paying too much attention to the graphics and found it hard to get into the flow of the poetry and vice versa...and I really wanted to devote my attention to both equally. Still, my interest is piqued and I suspect I shall revisit this in the future.

My favorite poet/artist combination was "The Next War" by Osbert Sitwill/Simon Gane. ( )

This is an extraordinary collection and impressive concept -- to represent the works of WWI trench poets like Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen, Robert Graves and others in graphic form. The different styles depicted by the cartoonists are well matched to their subjects and capture the essence of the poems beautifully. Mostly it testifies to the horrors of war in any age and begs the question -- why do they persist? How have we not learned from the past? ( )

moving combination of graphic art and poetry

This is a brilliant collection of graphic novel interpretations of WWI poetry. There isn't a miss in the collection, and there is a good mix of very familiar poems (Dulce et Decorum Est) and more obscure ones. I won't lie...I cried several times. ( )