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A Kickstarter campaign raising money to produce this graphic novel style illustrated 12 issue series:

TILT-SHIFT marries police procedural intrigue with hard-hitting modern warfare action in its hyper-real presentation of the work done by Special Operations teams throughout Afghanistan.   More than that, it paints a picture of young Americans rising from their varied upbringings, distinguishing themselves from among their peers and flying to the most desolate ends of the world to quell a violent insurgency that suppresses the freedom of the Afghan people and threatens the security of their families back home.

Quite a boilerplate description above, but as you can see the artwork looks like it speaks for itself.  The 12 issue series that they want funding for follows a team of American soldiers as they pursue enemy combatants in Afghanistan from their fortified mountain strongholds to their booby trap filled bomb factories.

As you can see (left) they are getting very close to getting complete funding to make the book a reality.  Click on the title of the kickstarter embed to visit the page if you want to read more about the project and/or throw a few dollars their way.

Lots more pictures and information also available on the Tilt-Shift facebook page.

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On adding Popeye as a character to represent the Navy:

Interesting how Beetle Bailey wasn’t in the Army when Mort Walker originally started the comic strip.  A newspaper editor’s suggestion to have Beetle visit a recruiting office and get drafted proved to be the best advice Mort Walker ever received.

Lots more strip explanation videos over on the Beetle Bailey YouTube channel.

If you’re a fan make sure to check out the official Beetle Bailey website.

The drawing style and “safe” humor are both very typical of the 1950s era time period comic was extremely popular in.

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