WE3

WE3 (3-issue mini; w Grant Morrison; a Frank Quitely). [From DC Comics: Collecting on of the most talked-about series of the year by superstar creators Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, who provides a new cover, WE3 tells the unforgettable story of three innocent pets ‹ a dog, a cat and a rabbit -- who have been converted into deadly cyborgs by a sinister military weapons program. With nervous systems amplified to match their terrifying mechanical exoskeletons, the members of Animal Weapon 3 have the firepower of a battalion between them. But they are just the program's prototypes, and now that their testing is complete they're slated to be permanently "de-commissioned" -- until they seize their one chance to make a desperate run for freedom. Relentlessly pursued by their makers, the WE3 team must navigate a frightening and confusing world where their instincts and heightened abilities make them as much a threat as those hunting them -- but a world, nonetheless, in which somewhere there is something called "home."] Book of the Week 6/2/05: [Between New X-Men and Seven Soldiers, Grant Morrison wrote a group of shorter, simpler, but still challenging minis; the best of these is WE3. It is perhaps as close to high-concept as Morrison gets—a dog, a cat, and a rabbit are transformed into cyborg killing machines. But the execution was flawless, with Morrison capturing perfectly the alien minds of his protagonists, and the art of Frank Quitely hitting a new high as his daring and inventive layouts mesh perfectly with the complex, fragmented narrative. Quitely's rendering is also more consistent than in the past, due perhaps to the shorter length and/or the lack of deadline pressures. If this is the level their Superman is going to achieve, I'm excited about Superman for the first since, well, ever.]