The Ultimate Nightmare

"Shooting War" isn't your typical comic book.
After reading it and participating in class discussions, I have come to the conclusion that this is the dark political comic of the 21st century. Lappe views Republicans (mostly McCain) as right-winged nut jobs, who would build a wall that puts The Great Wall of China to shame just to keep out illegal aliens. Liberals are not your typical average working class person in this comic, they only exist in the form of bloggers who comment on terrorists attacks and other unacceptable behavior.
Lappe pokes fun at everythig nuance and seemingly technologically advanced from the bloggers who sit in Starbucks and write about the corporate takeover of America to the disappering souls of "real journalists", who seem to shove out high doses of de-humanization just to get higher ratings. A reader can't help but to feeel that Lappe IS his protagonist, Jimmy Burns. It's apparent that he hates American Apparel and other corprate logos tht are popping up around the world. The fact that he chose to blow up a Starbucks in this comic shows that he longs for the days of the small business owner and mom and pop shops from the past. Where no one person had the bulk of the money and was born into the American Dream, like Paris Hilton and other celebrities who ride the coatails of their family name.
Since Jimmy Burns is suppose to be the "ultimate blogger", Lappe portrays bloggers as egotistical racists and sexists, who feel that everyone wants to hear their opinion. Even though they gripe and moan about the pitfalls of the society in which they live in, they know that it is worst in other places and if they ever dared to step out of the comfort of the laptop and Venti Iced Mocha Latte they would beg to be on the first plane back to their "civilized country".