Issue Description

A hard-hitting historical graphic novel... with cats and rabbits! Rabbits are fighting in the Vietnam War?! That's right-the characters of this pseudo-historical account of Vietnam War are rabbits, cats, and other animals representing various nationalities involved in the war. It's the story of the life and adventures of the Special Operations unit lead by Sergeant "Perky" Perkins. The reader will experience and feel the danger and life or death excitement of the battlefield alongside Perky and his rabbits as they face terrible battles in the jungles of Vietnam. A remarkable synthesis of gritty realism and fable-like characters. Apocalypse Meow is a unique masterpiece!

Inside Cover Blurb

The Vietnam War may be a generation removed from out collective consciousness, but it never looked like this! Revisit the conflict anthropomorphically chronicles through the eyes of three young, brave... rabbits. Join the courageous Special Operations Group -- Perky, Rats, and Botaski --- as they recon the booby-trapped jungles of Vietnam. Their mission: to engage the feline forces of the treacherous Viet Cong, and make it out alive! Don't let these animals fool you -- this nightmarish experience is well researched and carefully crafted around the history of the conflict. This fresh perspective daringly casts a new light on one of the greatest moral quandaries of the 20th Century. Apocalypse Meow, Vol. 1 -- the Vietnam War as you've never seen it before!

Chapter TitlesMission 1: SpecialMission 2: The SniperMission 3: Search & rescue OperationMission 4: FO (Forward Observer)Mission 5: SA-2 GuidelineMission 6: Year of the Monkey (Part 1) - Assault on the FirebaseMission 7: Year of the Monkey (Part 2) - Bridge DemolitionMission 8: R&RMission 9: Political AsylumBonus: Dog Shit One

Apocalypse Meow (2004)

Publisher

ADV Manga

Volume Description

A manga series that follows the lives of three American soldiers, Botasky, Parky and Rats, during the Vietnam War. They are part of a recon team called Cat Shit One, which also happens to be the title of the original Japanese manga. The American release was named after the movie Apocalypse Now.

Characters in this manga are depicted as animals based on their nationality. For instance: Americans are rabbits, the British are rats, and the Vietnamese are cats. There is some reasoning behind these depictions, as the Americans for example are rabbits due to a pun on the Japanese word for Americans: "usagi", or USA GI.

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