[Comicsstudiessociety] IJOCA review opportunity - Maximilian Uriarte's full-length graphic novel, BATTLE BORN: Lapis Lazuli

[Mike Rhode]

The book has been claimed.

Mike

On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 2:53 PM Mike Rhode <mrhode at gmail.com> wrote:

> *Available digitally to the first person who writes directly to me at
> mrhode at gmail.com <mrhode at gmail.com>* . We'll run the review on the blog
> as soon as it's ready and in print in the Winter 2020 issue of the
> journal.  Mike
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> Infantry Marine and Iraq veteran *Maximilian Uriarte*, creator of the hit
> comic strip *Terminal Lance*, latest full-length graphic novel, *BATTLE
> BORN: Lapis Lazuli, *publishes July 28, and it's a return to form for the *New
> York Times *bestselling author of THE WHITE DONKEY.
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> *BATTLE BORN* is a "thrillingly cinematic" (*Publishers Weekly*),
> gorgeously illustrated epic saga from the voice of a new generation of
> military veterans. I'd love to send a finished copy of the book over to
> you, and hope we can stay in touch about possibilities for coverage, or
> setting up an interview with Max. More information below, and thank you for
> your time,
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> “*A tragic meditation *on the value of honor and justice in a world ruled
> by violence.”*—Library Journal*
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> “Uriarte’s illustrations are* lush and vivid *with an* appealing
> manga-tinted realism*. The effect is* sumptuously cinematic.”**—Kirkus*
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> “*Thrillingly cinematic…This visceral war *story reinforces the
> difficulty of decisions by forces fighting across blurred lines.” *—Publishers
> Weekly*
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> “Uriarte’s *manga-derived graphic chops and storytelling technique have
> grown immensely* since The White Donkey; his deliberate pacing,
> especially in the book’s final sequences, is *daringly bold*. But the *combat-based
> verisimilitude he brings… is its strongest element*.”*—Booklist*
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> The hotly anticipated* BATTLE BORN: Lapis Lazuli*
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> (Voracious/Little, Brown; July 28, 2020) is the latest graphic novel and a
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> return to form for *New York Times* bestselling author and creator of the
> military’s
> <https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/ULhOCmZ0MZtRvRV8uGsAar?domain=urldefense.com>
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> most popular comic strip, Terminal Lance
> <https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/ULhOCmZ0MZtRvRV8uGsAar?domain=urldefense.com>,
> *Maximilian Uriarte*.
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> His debut full-length graphic novel, THE WHITE DONKEY, was an honest,
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> hilarious, and compulsively page-turning tribute to the experience of war
> and
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> PTSD and the first graphic novel about the war in Iraq from a veteran.
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> Originally funded via Kickstarter, Max’s initial 3,000-copy run sold out
> in a
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> mere 36 hours, and Little, Brown’s acquisition of THE WHITE DONKEY
> catapulted
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> it to the *New York Times* bestseller list. It was published to instant,
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> universal praise and went on to be named one of the* Los Angeles Times*’s
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> 10 Most Important Books of 2016.
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> *BATTLE BORN* is a heartbreaking and visceral graphic
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> novel set against the stark beauty of Afghanistan's mountain villages that
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> examines prejudice and the military remnants of colonialism. Lapis Lazuli
> is a
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> rich blue semiprecious gemstone found deep in the Sar-i-sang mountains of
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> Afghanistan's Badakhshan province. For thousands of years it has sustained
> the
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> nearby mining villages, whose inhabitants lived peacefully in the
> mountainous
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> landscape--until the Taliban, known in the region as the Horsemen, came to
> seek
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> the riches stored deep beneath the earth. Taliban rule has turned the stone
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> into a conflict mineral, as they steal and sell it for their own gain.
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> At the behest of the fledgling Afghan government, seeking to
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> wrest back control of the province, United States Marines are sent into the
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> mountains. A platoon led by their eager and naive commander, First
> Lieutenant
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> Roberts, and a stoic, fierce squad leader, Sergeant King, must overcome
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> barriers of language and culture in this remote region to win the locals'
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> trust, and their freedom from Taliban rule. Along the way, they must also
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> wrestle with their demons--and face unimaginably difficult choices.
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> A sweeping yet intimate story about brutality, kindness, and
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> the remnants of colonialism, *Battle Born: Lapis Lazuli *is an epic saga
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> from the voice of a new generation of military veterans.
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