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""When I was 18, Uncle Sam told me he'd like me to put on a uniform and go off to fight a guy by the name of Adolf. So I did.""When Alan Cope joined the army and went off to fight in World War II, he had no idea what he was getting into. This graphic memoir is the story of his life during wartime, a story told with poignant intimacy and matchless artistry. Across a generation, a deep friendship blossomed between Alan Cope and author/artist Emmanuel Guibert. From it, Alan's War was born - a graphic novel that is a deeply personal and moving experience, straight from the heart of the Greatest Generation - a unique piece of WWII literature and a ground-breaking graphic memoir.

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<p>Starred Review in Publisher's Weekly<p>Guibert writes and draws for American G.I. Alan Cope in this poignant and frank graphic memoir of a young soldier who was told to serve his country in WWII and how it changed him forever. When he first enters Fort Knox at 18, he is young and impressionable, more of a dreamer than the military type. Slowly, Cope grows through his experiences in the war. He forges candid friendships with his fellow soldiers and remains ever insightful in his recollections of the war and his life afterward. Together, Cope and Guibert forge a story that resonates with humanity. Guibert's illustrations capture the time period vividly. While the subject matter is familiar from many wartime memoirs, Guibert's fluid, simple but assured linework captures the personalities of Cope and his friends, elevating the material to a far more affecting level.<p>Starred Review in Kirkus Reviews<p>This epic graphic memoir spans oceans and generations, with a narrative as engrossi

<p>Starred Review in Publisher&#8217;s Weekly<p>Guibert writes and draws for American G.I. Alan Cope in this poignant and frank graphic memoir of a young soldier who was told to serve his country in WWII and how it changed him forever.&#160; When he first enters Fort Knox at 18, he is young and impressionable, more of a dreamer than &#8220;the military type.&#8221;&#160; Slowly, Cope grows through his experiences in the war.&#160; He forges candid friendships with his fellow soldiers and remains ever insightful in his recollections of the war and his life afterward.&#160; Together, Cope and Guibert forge a story that resonates with humanity.&#160; Guibert&#8217;s illustrations capture the time period vividly.&#160; While the subject matter is familiar from many wartime memoirs, Guibert&#8217;s fluid, simple but assured linework captures the personalities of Cope and his friends, elevating the material to a far more affecting level.<p>Starred Review in Kirkus Reviews<p>This epic graphic

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Emmanuel Guibert has written a great many graphic novels for readers young and old, among them the Sardine in Outer Space series and The Professor's Daughter with Joann Sfar. In 1994, a chance encounter with an American World War II veteran named Alan Cope marked the beginning of a deep friendship and the birth of a great biographical epic. Another of Guibert's recent works is The Photographer. Showered with awards, translated around the world and soon to come from First Second books, it relates a Doctors Without Borders mission in 1980s Afghanistan through the eyes of a great reporter, the late Didier Lefevre. Guibert lives in Paris with his wife and daughter.

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