Three animals (A dog, a cat, and a rabbit) have been experimented on by the government and turned into killing machines. When the military decides to decommission then and kill them, they make their escape and go on the run. The story is sad, really sad. Anytime pets are harmed, it is always crushing. The story is mainly told through Frank Quitely's detailed, kinetic art. This may be the best art of his career. It's like looking at a blockbuster action sequence frame by frame. It's stunning and

This review* is about kitties. Let's start it off with a gratuitous and only slightly relevant picture:*now with 100% more lolcats!Do you remember that cute Disney movie The Incredible Journey, in which a trio of animal friends (a cat and two dogs) is accidentally left behind by their owner and must travel across the wilderness in order to find their way home?We3 is just like that, except there is a rabbit instead of one of the dogs and instead of experiencing amusing and only slightly harrowing...

After a couple of successful missions, the government decides to shut the them down since they were just the prototypes. That leads to a breakout. Now, the government is in pursuit after the animals. The animals must stick to each other in order to survive.The execution is alright. Sometimes, it was kind of challenging to make out what the animals were saying. There was some pretty gory action, which I liked. Overall, it was relatively short. Maybe with the addition of another one or two issues

If you’ve ever talked with me about Frank Quitely’s art, you’ll know that I’m not a fan. And I suppose this should be qualified somewhat because in some ways the man does some ridiculously enviable work.WE3 actually exhibits pretty well where Quitely’s weaknesses and strengths lie. His human figures are lumpy, over-saturated bags whose movement is articulated by some awkward skeletal foundation. And yet his page design is sometimes superlative. His faces are alien renderings, where eyes float ap...

I’ve lost a pet recently, a tawny tabby named Tiger who liked to roll over to have his belly rubbed. As eager he is to play, he hunted with feral ferocity; roaches die with a quick swipe of his paw and he once caught a cobra with nothing but fangs and speed. He disappeared a few days before the wind and rain from Typhoon Sendong came to trash my city; and in the aftermath, his survival was no longer certain. That would be one explanation why my eyes got misty as I was reading the last few pages

Dream team Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely's beautifully drawn and poignant tale of a dog, a cat and a rabbit - WE3, used as remote weapons of destruction; and what happens when the military decides to pull the plug on their R&D. 6 out of 12

If you've read Morrison's run on Animal Man, you know how he feels about animal testing. He really, really doesn't like it. And he's used that to fuel his work on We3, resulting in a heart-wrenching take on Homeward Bound that turns the violence up to eleven.The three animals on the cover were orginally normal house pets. Kidnapped for testing, they've been turned into cyborg animal soldiers. And then they escape, just trying to get home, causing all kinds of mayhem on the way. I have to give Mo...

Excellent short story by Grant Morrison.If you're a fun of graphic novels you must read this.

the incredible journey crossed with robocop. man, this is one of my favorite comics, but i've refused to buy or re-read it because it seriously bummed me out so much. it's pretty predictable and way emotionally manipulative, but heck, sometimes you just want to cry over a soppy animal story. with cyborg machine guns.i usually don't like frank quitely's art much, but he's a lot more palatable when he's drawing animals instead of humans, and his layouts are incredible. (also, for a long time i

A wonderful little stand-alone story. It's a great example of the amazing work Grant Morrison is capable of. If you have a friend that doesn't read graphic novels, this book would be a good way to show them what the medium is capable of. (And yes, I just ended a sentence in a preposition. I can do that if I want. I'm a writer.)

This book is so many levels of great.I find that with literally every comic book I read-- especially ones published by big names such as Vertigo-- there is some aspect to the plot, the illustrations, or the characters that I find offensive. In order to continue enjoying comic books, I've had to swallow my moralism and keep on plugging for the sake of sequential art... but luckily enough We3 was a refreshing break from that. The humans were racially diverse, women weren't drawn to be titillating,...

About ten years ago I saw Elfen Lied, a Japanimation series that features (among other ridiculosities) a first episode which is composed almost entirely of a naked woman walking (not running) to escape from a military containment facility while dispatching the armed personnel therein with an assortment of gruesome techniques based around the eight invisible arm-like appendages that can be extended from the small of her back.Grant Morrison just can't top that.I've seen exploitation media before,

Me: This concept sounds dumb. Dog: 1 ProtectMe: Fuck....FUCK! Okay hold the horses here. We got a Grant Morrison book here. You all know my feelings on him. I dislike a lot of his shit. Weird doesn't even cover what he mostly does. However this time we get a book about 3 animals who work for the government as special units to take out scum and the story is very very straightforward. Almost to a point it might be a little too "safe" So why the high rating? BECAUSE IT HITS YOU WITH FEELS. For some...

Also available on the WondrousBooks blog. Not my thing at all.A friend told me about this, so I decided "Why the heck not?". But even just the three issues really burdened me. And, sadly, it was not an emotional burden coming from feeling bad for the characters. It was an "I don't want to read this" kind of burden.First of all, I hated the art. I couldn't find a single thing that made me go "Oh, nice". I'm not sure how to pinpoint what bothered me exactly. I'm not into manga, so my generaliza

The American Military have kidnapped three pets, Bandit the dog, Tinker the cat and Pirate the rabbit. Fitted them with weaponized mech suits, given them the ability to speak and reconditioned them to be killing machines. After years of successful covert operations they are to be “decommissioned” (or killed in our money) but manage to escape. They set off in search of “home” while fighting off the military might send to eradicate them. What is it about animal protagonists that instantly make a s...

A violent twist on "The Incredible Journey". A dog, a cat, and a rabbit have been weaponized by the government and work as a team of cyborg assassins. When their program gets decommissioned (they are to be destroyed), they escape and go in search of "home".Morrison and Quitely do some pretty amazing things with the art and panel layouts. The first scene is gorgeous, introducing us to the animals with obstructed shots and silhouette views of their sad, warped bodies. When a target is shredded in

We3 answers the long-asked question "Can a half-dog/half-robot assassin make me cry?" The answer is yes.Rescued or stolen from who knows where, a dog, a cat, and a pet rabbit are part of a secret government project and have literally been turned into killing machines. They are exceedingly good at it. What happens when they start to have doubts? What happens when they escape? Jam-packed with action, ultra-violence, and a hell of a lot of heart, this may be the best pro-animal and anti-WMD book I'...

Honestly, I really didn't like this. It was choppy and difficult to understand what was happening. There were few words and most of them the animals said, which was difficult to understand. Basically, this is the Super soldier from Marvel, only, the government made a robotic suit that made the animals smarter and deadly. Dog, Cat, Rabbit are our soldier and they escaped and the government is hunting them down, which makes them dangerous. One of the animals does die and it's horrible. The animals...

A short but unsettling graphic novel. What if animals are made into cybercontrolled murder machimes? Is this a vision to the future? Hope not. 3 ordinary, loved pets are by the army made into high tech murder machines. It's unsettling, horrifying, gruesome but about all, it touches me to the hart. Once they were loved but fate decided otherwise. Above all, a real page turner but maybe one could have got more deep in the characters. But though the end really touched me so much...