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On sale now from Image Comics is Graveyard of Empires #1, the 32-page first chapter of a new limited series set against the war in Afghanistan. Created by Mark Sable (Unthinkable) and Paul Azaceta (Amazing Spider-Man, B.P.R.D.: 1946), the story is a prodigiously researched and unflinchingly violent depiction of what life is really like for American troops in this 10th year of war in Afghanistan, b

Not to be outdone by Mattel and all the other vendors showcasing their wares at this week's Toy Fair, Rupert Valero spoke to design blog Another Limited Rebellion about the very cool action figures he created from recycled materials he finds lying around in Afghanistan, where he is presently deployed with the U...

The war in Afghanistan has been a steady fixture in the news and in political cartoons over the past nine years, and with good reason. Embedded reporters have delivered thousands of images of a war-torn land, a demoralized populace, and vicious fighting directly to our television sets and computer monitors...

Five years after their first post-Taliban democratic presidential election, the people of Afghanistan return to the polls today to cast their ballots. While mainstream news coverage is primarily focused on the excitement of the Afghan populace and the question of whether the United State's prefered candidate Hamid Karzai will win, Boingboing points out that comics are playing their own role in the