AlterNet reports on controversial war comic

Posted: Friday, November 18, 2005
Posted By: Shaun Manning

In an article titled "G.I. Jihadi," AlterNet's J. Caleb Mozzocco discusses Black Heart Irregulars, a comic about security contractors in Iraq. Published by Blue King Studios, Black Heart Irregulars is written by Neil Hendrick, whose brother served in Iraq, and illustrated by Ulises Carpintero.

In the interview, Hendrick describes his inspiration for the series:

"[My brother] Ray had told me about these mercenary companies called "private security details" -- like, for example, BlackWater Security Inc., who are like old west guns for hire -- have gun will travel. They provide personal security for practically every non-military Westerner in Iraq and Afghanistan. They like to hire ex-Army people, who they pay scandalous money to protect contractors and diplomats in the lawless new Iraq. I imagined these guys left to their own devices, shut out into the cold, as angry as unpaid as the radical Islamic fighters that birthed this war, and the Black Heart Irregulars were born."

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