In his introduction to the first volume of Guerillas, Brahm Revel's absurdest Vietnam War story, Jackson Publick (The Venture Brothers co-creator) encapsulates my view on the title: "You don't need the likes of me to tell you to buy a comic book about apes with machine guns. They're APES, for God's sake. With MACHINE GUNS!" For those few who didn't immediately rush out to acquire the book, I'll go on. Reminiscent of Alex Toth, Revel's minimalistic stylings perfectly relate the strange story of Private John Francis Clayton's first tour in 'Nam. After the massacre of his platoon, a group of gun-toting, cigar chomping, military trained chimps befriend the dazed and lost private. But Revel does far more than draw a bunch of apes, he adeptly explores war from the viewpoint of a soldier with all of the accompanying powerlessness and chaos. Complete with an evil scientist, a blood thirsty baboon, covert military squads, and a massive conspiracy... oh hell, does it really matter? It's comic book about APES with MACHINE GUNS! ( )