Cat Shit One

In the same vain as the graphic novel Maus, Cat Shit One aka Apocalypse Meow seeks to tell a pivotal moment in history with anthropomorphism. While Maus dealt with the Holocaust, C.S.1 is basically a well written documentary of the Vietnam War. If it were not for the fact that the characters are humanoid animals it would almost be too realistic and factual to be really be enjoyable, as evidenced by one of the side stories at the end of volume one involving actual humans.

10/10 The art is outstanding with effective use of screen tone and painstaking detail to the background and tools of war. The characters themselves look like cute animals, but in a very realistically drawn sense. In fact it has almost none of the usual trappings you would find in a typical manga, such as speed lines or giant sweat drops.

9/10 The characters are your typical soldiers. They party with the local women (which in this case are cats) and engage in shoot outs with the enemy. What is interesting is to see what country is represented by which animal and the dry humor jokes about this through out the story (like a local Vietnamese cat asking a G.I Rabbit if he wanted a carrot)

All in all an interesting and engaging read. 10/10