With the growing advent of Project Wonderful and related advertising projects, it is probably interesting to note that the majority of new comics I’ve reviewed came through signature file banners in forums. I’m not talking about creating forum posts begging people to read your comic. Instead, I’m talking just ordinary forum board posts with a banner that took probably an hour or so to sketch up and create using a Photoshop-style program. It was one of these led me to Gunbaby, an alternative reality war comic.

I call Gunbaby a war comic, but it’s honestly a bit too early to really determine the main thrust of the comic. Few comics focus exclusively on war, and this comic seems no different in that regard. While the early comics focus on the launch of an air raid on another nation in an act that will (in the words of one of the pilots) start a war, the comic promises to have several storyline interwoven. These stories include the attackers going to Falcon City, their target (a lab experimenting on something called “Gears”), and your traditional band of teenagers who undoubtedly will find themselves up to their chins in the mayhem that will be unleashed.

It will be interesting to see if Matt and Gabe White can capitalize on their comic’s potential. While the attack on Falcon City will undoubtedly take months to tell, the chaos and confusion that happens when a city is attacked by the air, and the horror of having war suddenly appear on your doorstep is one that I’ve rarely seen in war-related comics. Perhaps this is part of the reason that Hailey and her friends were included: to give a civilian perspective of a surprise air raid, even as they’re dragged further into the plot. Still, this is the type of story that can’t just focus on one element; no doubt this is why we were introduced to several characters. Not just to humanize them in our eyes… but to set the stage for multiple plotlines.

Addendum: Sadly, the comic has succumbed to hiatus, though I continue keeping an eye on it from time to time. I hope it comes off of hiatus, because the story is interesting enough that I want to see more.