SOLICITATIONS: The dead shall rise in Afghanistan

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From Alexander the Great’s Macedonian army to Genghis Khan’s Mongol horde to the British Imperial machine of the nineteenth to the Soviet Union to the twenty-first century United States of America, no occupying force has ever been able to control Afghanistan — the very reason it’s known as the Graveyard of Empires. Mark Sable and Paul Azaceta drew upon that history in their Image Comics series GRAVEYARD OF EMPIRES, set in present-day Afghanistan, where American troops are caught in a seemingly unending conflict with the Taliban. That is, until a new enemy enters the field: the undead. The only way to defeat them is for the Americans and Taliban to unite forces, and as former enemies become uneasy allies, tension will rise on all sides.

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ADVANCE REVIEW: Graveyard of Empires #1

War has had the effect of turning the most saintly, and honorable men into monsters. In a isolated Fire Base in a remote region of Afghanistan, a group of United States Marines are finding out that the irate villagers, and Taliban are the least of their worries.

HEADS UP! This comic doesn’t come out until June 16th, 2011. SPOILERS ahead!

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Unthinkable headed to the big screen

Boom! Studios has announced that the Mark Sable created mini-series Unthinkable has been optioned by Mandalay Pictures to be turned into a feature film.

“Unthinkable” centers on a brilliant man who was recruited just after 9/11 into a government think tank consisting of America’s most imaginative minds and tasked with dreaming up wild scenarios for possible attacks on U.S. soil. Years after the think tank was disbanded, the attacks the man concocted begin to occur, and he becomes the only one who can stop them. But the government has become his pursuer.

We’ve covered the series since it first debuted, and commented early on that this was a story that was perfect for a big screen adaptation.   This is the sixth Boom! Studios title that has been optioned for a motion picture.

via THR