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7 April 2024 (Sunday
VOLUME TWO RELEASED
Western Pacific War - The Invasion of Taiwan
By Wendell Minnick (Whiskey Mike) 顏文德
TAIPEI - Order HERE!
VOLUME ONE:
Volume One: West Pacific War is a great way to learn Chinese for the U.S. military and intelligence community.
Since 2018, LSS [Mr. Liang] created "West Pacific War" which is about China invading Taiwan, but there is a conspiracy behind the war [in the plot]. He is going to produce a total of 24 issues, and currently has finished 20. Around 1000 pages have being created.
If you want to procure them as a digital-format online, go HERE.
There is also a Facebook page to read about them.
The comic book line has just been sold to Sparks Publishing, which will begin reissuing them under their imprint in December as actual comic books (hardcopy).
The covers use art common in Japanese manga that attract young males.
Some of the girls are showing a lot of skin and umpfh and there is an odd new comic book line on Trump (see bottom of this article), but others use heroic imagery:
These covers demonstrate the hero archetype. Note the above cover has a ZNN news video of a U.S Aircraft Carrier burning.
The covers are deceptive, designed as a “hook” to get the potential recruit to open the comic book.
When that happens, everything changes. No more manga-style sex appeal or disgust (depending on your subjectivity).
What the reader discovers are plausible scenarios using maps, combat tactics, propaganda, etc. All of which use heroes, anti-heroes, villains, mentors - classic archetypes mixed with a conspiracy.
Below describes the scenario (anti-amphibious landing operation):
Some of the artwork describes the underground aircraft bunker inside a carved out mountain behind Hualien Airbase.
Below are some of the original busty covers that might make it difficult for the U.S. military to use for Chinese language study, this despite the amazing maps, illustrations, tactics, etc.
Perhaps the Woke have gone too far?
Also, there is a Donald Trump cover with a sexualized pinball machine and Nazi-like march down main street.
BELOW ART FOR 18 YEARS OR OLDER.
There is also a bizarre prequel, Under the Banner of Stars and Stripes, now at Issue No. 4, involving Trump. Taiwanese have a different perspective on the world that many in the U.S. would find either amusing or shocking. The Trump administration released the F-16V sale to Taiwan when former presidents refused to anger Beijing.
The Trump covers with a pinball machine and something reminiscent of a Nazi parade are understandable based on the the Woke’s perception of him.