DMZ #71
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Art by RICCARDO BURCHIELLI
Cover by JOHN PAUL LEON
Size: 32 pages
Price: 2.99
This review contains spoilers, click here to read
I finished this penultimate issue a little while ago and it's fair to say that the goosebumps still haven't quite gone down. The book recounts the story of Matty Roth's trial by military tribunal, as he cops to everything no matter how badly the government twists his actual involvement. It also manages to recap the most significant moments in the title's six year history as it goes, acting as a neatly constructed retrospective before next issue's epilogue.
The story of DMZ has always been two fold: the bigger picture of a second American civil war and the smaller, more intimate story of Matty Roth playing against that larger canvas. There have been many self contained stories of this kind of length in the past and they all have varying degrees of successw ith their conclusion. I'd say that Wood is closing everything down with significant aplomb. The war has come to an end in what is a realistic and unforced end, and Matty's story ends just as satisfyingly. More important though is the growth and development of Matty's character. Gone is the spoilt boy going to a war zone as an act of rebellion against his parents. Gone is the naivete of his early days, having made his way through some brutal mistakes to finally sacrificing his life (or at least his freedom) for a greater good. And finally just accepting his guilt. He could fight at the end, but he's just not innocent enough anymore. Why fight over what he sees as almost technicalities, when he accepts he's done so much wrong himself?
It's bold and complicated, and it's the perfect ending for a series like this. I can't heap any more superlatives on the art. It's always excellent, it's always the spot-on companion to this most epic of New York stories. At the finale, both writer and artist combine to build to a final page that is so simple and yet soars with emotion as to knock your socks off. DMZ, you will be missed.
Story: 5 - Excellent
Art: 5 - Excellent
Art: 5 - Excellent
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