Adventures in the Rifle Brigade - Garth Ennis

Adventures in the Rifle Brigade - Garth Ennis: Raiders of the Lost Left Testicle (1077 words)
by Frankingsteins - written on 07.11.07 (Very useful, 65 readings)
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One of the more obscure entries in the canon of acclaimed Irish comic writer Garth Ennis (most famous for his epic ‘Preacher,’ currently being developed as a television series), ‘Adventures in the Rifle Brigade’ consists of two three-part stories released between 2000 and 2002, and collected together in paperback format in 2004. These brief escapades of a crack unit of British soldiers during pivotal moments of the Second World War play out along the lines of similar satires, from Michael Palin and Terry Jones’ ‘Ripping Yarns’ to the similar and presumably influential treatment of the previous war in ‘Blackadder Goes Forth,’ presenting the higher ranks of the British ...