| We3 | |
 Cover artwork to the We3 trade paperback. Art by Frank Quitely. Frank Quitely (born January 18, 1968) is the professional Pseudonym of Scottish Comic book Artist Vincent Deighan |
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| Publisher | Vertigo Comics |
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| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Mini-series |
| Publication date | 2004 |
| Number of issues | 3 |
| Main character(s) | Bandit Tinker Pirate |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Grant Morrison |
| Artist(s) | Frank Quitely Jamie Grant |
We3 is a three-issue American comic book mini-series by writer Grant Morrison and artist Frank Quitely, who describe its kinetic style as "Western Manga". Vertigo is an Imprint of the American Comic-book publisher DC Comics. A limited series is a term originated by Marvel Comics referring to a Comic book series with a set number of issues Events February February 6: Marvel Enterprises and Electronic Arts announce a multi-year agreement in which EA Grant Morrison (born January 31 1960 is a Scottish Comic book writer and artist Frank Quitely (born January 18, 1968) is the professional Pseudonym of Scottish Comic book Artist Vincent Deighan An American comic book is a small Magazine originating in the United States and containing a Narrative in the Comics form A limited series is a term originated by Marvel Comics referring to a Comic book series with a set number of issues Grant Morrison (born January 31 1960 is a Scottish Comic book writer and artist Frank Quitely (born January 18, 1968) is the professional Pseudonym of Scottish Comic book Artist Vincent Deighan ˈmɑŋgə is the Japanese word for Comics (sometimes called komikku コミック and print Cartoons In their modern form manga date from shortly It was published in 2004 by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics, with a trade paperback released in 2005. Events February February 6: Marvel Enterprises and Electronic Arts announce a multi-year agreement in which EA Vertigo is an Imprint of the American Comic-book publisher DC Comics. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company In Comics, a trade paperback ( TPB or simply trade) refers to a collection of stories originally published in comic books, reprinted in book format Events April April 13: DC Comics announces the discontinuation of its Humanoids and 2000
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Plot
The story follows the journey of We3, a squad of three prototype "animal weapons," as they flee captivity. Following the decision to terminate them in preparation for expanding the project of which they are a part, their escape is engineered by their trainer. The group consists of a dog, "Bandit" a. The dog ( Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated Subspecies of the gray wolf, a Mammal of the Canidae family of the order k. a. "1"; a cat, "Tinker" a. WikipediaManual of Style (spelling, articles should conform to one overall spelling style of English typically the one most linked to the article topic (if it is geographic k. a. "2"; and a rabbit, "Pirate" a. Rabbits are small Mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world k. a. "3", who were all kidnapped from a nearby city and encased in robotic armor. Armour (or armor) is protective covering most commonly manufactured from metals to prevent damage from being inflicted to an individual or a vehicle through use of direct contact They were also given the ability to speak through implants in their skulls; this ability is, however, severely limited - as one scientist notes, "don't expect the sonnets of Shakespeare. " The armor in which the animals are encased also fields numerous weapons, including mine laying devices, machine guns and razor claws.
As We3 break free and try to find their way home, the US Air Force attempts to capture them before anyone can find out about the Animal Weapons program. We3 are pursued by helicopter gunships and troops on foot, but their weaponry and fighting skill is vastly superior and they dispatch all soldiers sent against them with apparent ease. In desperation, the military and scientific personnel charged with We3's recapture release a swarm of cybernetically enhanced rats, themselves prototypes within the Animal Weapon program. Once again the effort fails - We3 evade the verminous pursuit, destroying a railway bridge (and a train passing across it) in the process.
We3 reach a city and encounter a father and son out hunting with their pet dog. Shocked by the appearance of the cybernetic animals, the father opens fire on the rabbit with a shotgun, wounding it severely and damaging its speech implant. 1 and 2 immediately attack and kill the father, an act for which 1 later exhibits great remorse. Following this, We3 ends up in an urban railyard, where they encounter a homeless man who feeds them. Police and soldiers arrive and arrest the homeless man. The program directors have sent out animal weapon 4, a bull mastiff encased in similar armor to We3, which was intended to represent the next stage of the program, as a last ditch effort to stop them. The Bullmastiff is a powerful Dog, which was originally a cross between the English Mastiff and the Old English Bulldog. Weapon 4 kills the rabbit, but not before it is grievously damaged by the latter's mines. The scientist who engineered We3's escape has agreed to lure 1 into the firing line of three snipers as a form of plea bargain. However, she recants at the last minute, throws herself into the sniper's line of fire, and is killed. 1 and 2 team up to fight 4, which is subsequently blinded by the cat. The cat, dog, and mastiff break through an expressway sound barrier and land on the expressway, causing a serious car accident. The police arrive and open fire. The mastiff tries to kill the police officers, and is terminated by his handlers. Exhausted and desperate, 1 and 2 make their way to what 1 feels to be "home" only to find an old neighborhood being demolished and reconstructed. The damage they have suffered (1 is especially hurt, but 2 manages to survive all their travails relatively unscathed) awakens them to the truth that their armor suits are not intrinsically part of themselves, and can be discarded. They rid themselves of their exo-skeletons, which are approaching a point of critical instability; an army patrol arrives in time for the suits to explode, killing all of them. Meanwhile, 1 and 2 have escaped to a tumbledown basement where they are encountered by the homeless man, who had been looking for them. The story's final scene shows the dog and cat, no longer 1 and 2, sitting with the homeless man, who originally found them in the railyard, on the steps of a courthouse where one of the scientists is preparing to testify before a commission about the Animal Weapon program.
Reception
We3 was nearly unanimously praised by critics, who particularly celebrated Quitely's experimentation with panel layout and page design. For example, Quitely's action scenes often depicted a large primary image overlaid with dozens of tiny panels showing extreme close-ups of individual actions. In Film, Television, and Still photography a close-up tightly frames a person or an object Morrison's characterization (the title characters are sympathetic, despite their limited communicative abilities) and pro-animal rights stance also attracted praise. UserScottandrewhutchins: http//enwikipediaorg/w/indexphp?title=Characterization&diff=next&oldid=157919139 --> Characterization is a process of conveying "Animal liberation" redirects here for other uses see Animal liberation (disambiguation.
Publication
The mini-series has been collected as a trade paperback:[1] titled We3 (104 pages, Vertigo, 2005 ISBN 1-4012-0495-3). In Comics, a trade paperback ( TPB or simply trade) refers to a collection of stories originally published in comic books, reprinted in book format
Movie adaptation
New Line Cinema has optioned We3 as a movie project. New Line Cinema, founded in 1967 is one of the major American Film studios Though it initially began as an independent film studio it became a Morrison is attached as screenwriter and completed the script in 2006, while Don Murphy, Susan Montford and Rick Benattar are attached as producers. Don Murphy Susan Montford is a Scottish film director screenwriter and producer The film is currently in development. If the film is made, the cybernetic animals would be completely computer-generated. Computer animation Computer-generated imagery (also known as CGI) is the application of the field of Computer graphics or more specifically 3D computer graphics [2][3][4]
References
External links
Reviews
- Review by Kaustubh Thirumalai at Kvltsite. Vertigo is an Imprint of the American Comic-book publisher DC Comics. Variety is a weekly entertainment trade newspaper founded in New York in 1905 by Sime Silverman Newsarama is an American Website that publishes News, Interviews and Essays about the American comic book com
- Review by Greg McElhatton at ReadAboutComics. com
- Review by Josh Green at Comics Bulletin
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