Word has leaked. There’s some exciting news brewing in the Shooting War bunker. Check it out here and here. More details to come.

Speaking of good news. One of Shooting War’s unofficial military advisers, Paul Rieckhoff, founder of IAVA (see the web comic for his cameo), will be making his long-awaited debut on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher Friday night. Give ‘em hell, bro.

Josh Wolf, the videoblogger who in part inspired the Jimmy Burns character (and who himself makes a cameo in the book), has a great blog on Shooting War’s predictions coming true over on CNET. I’ll be writing more the topic shortly.

I’ll be at the NACA conference in St. Louis this weekend. If you’re a college booker, please come on by our booth for a free book and/or limited edition Dan Rather tee-shirt while supplies last or check out my showcase on Monday.

Shooting War artist Dan Goldman is interviewed in a feature on Shooting War Tokyo’s massive circ. Daily Yomiuri. The always insightful Chris Arrant over at Newsarama also caught up with the hardest working man in comics, for this update on Shooting War and Dan’s next zeitgeist-surfing project, the campaign diary 08, with New Republic editor Michael Crowley.

Finally, for those of you in the New York area, Dan and Anthony will presenting their multi-media presentation at the New York Public Library’s main branch on Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 6:30 PM. If you haven’t got a chance to check out our Keynote extravaganza, this may be the last time in NYC for a while. (Note: Thanks to everyone who came out to the Library of Congress and the Modernist Society event at Bourbon in DC. Both events, in their own special way, rocked. As did the bourbon.)

And for any aspiring Jimmy Burnses out there who are interested in the intersection of citizen journalism and democracy, be sure to check Video the Vote. Shooting War author Anthony Lappé is helping the non-partisan citizen journalism/democracy watchdog group monitor and upload video of election irregularities. If you haven’t signed up, learn how you can help in November’s general election.

The Modernist Society presents a conversation about “Shooting War” with author Anthony Lappé

“A stunningly rendered graphic novel that manages to stick a red-hot skewer into the war on terror, Islamic jihad, the mainstream media and the antiestablishment blogosphere in one fell swoop.” – Newsweek

“Fierce, shocking, over-the-top, and wickedly smart.” – New York magazine

“A satire that could serve as the Apocalypse Now of the War on Terrorism.” – Forbes.com

Come hear author, blogger and filmmaker Anthony Lappé discuss his new graphic novel about the media and the war in Iraq in the year 2011. Drinks, DJ to follow.

Sponsors: shootingwar.com, themodernist.com, www.politics-prose.com

THURSDAY, JAN. 31
Modernist Society
Bourbon Bar, Washington DC, 2321 18th St NW
9:00 PM

Earlier in the day, Anthony will be appearing at the Library of Congress, for a talk hosted by the Professional Association Veteran’s Forum:

12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
101 Independence Ave. SE
Madison Bldg, Dining Room A, 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20540

A podcast of a lively interview on the Dragon Page’s Coast to Coast radio show is available here. Also up is a new review from libertarian magazine, Reason. Read it here.

Shooting War author Anthony Lappé is interviewed by NYC’s top blog, Gothamist.

Q: How much of yourself is in Shooting War’s protagonist, Jimmy Burns?
A: I’d say a lot.

Read the full interview here.

For those interested, Shooting War author Anthony Lappé be making what is fast becoming a weekly appearance via satellite on the London-based Sky News’ Sky.com ‘net news wrap-up show. He’ll be steaming live at 2:30 EST - 7:30 GMT. I don’t believe there is an archive. Yes, Sky News is owned by Rupert Murdoch. And yes, it’s sort of like Shooting War come to life…

Sky.com on Sky News

Shooting War is finally coming home to where it all began - beautiful Brooklyn. Please join me and my main man Sander Hicks for a lively behind-the-scenes account of the making of the book followed by some of Brooklyn’s finest underground political rappers. The beer is organic and so are the rhymes.

Brooklyn Release Party at Vox Pop featuring author Anthony Lappé (8:30 PM presentation) + the best of Brooklyn’s Live Hip Hop:

Tah Phrum Duh Bush
Hired Gun
Super King Armor
Tranquill

Just added:
Loki Da Trixta
Saga

Friday January 18, 2008
$8 cover 8 PM door
Vox Pop, 1022 Cortelyou Rd, Brooklyn

“Part bookstore, coffee bar, performance space, instant publishing center, community center, Vox Pop is sort of a live blog, with tons of atmosphere and cultural vitality.” - Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn

Or buy the book at the door, for $19.99 ($2 off the cover price!) and get a free drink, too!

All the details and directions here.

Coming straight from New Hampshire, where he’s gathering material for his next project, 08, a gonzo campaign trail nonfiction account written by the New Republic’s Michael Crowley, the hardest working man in comics is in sunny Florida tonight. You can catch Shooting War artist Dan Goldman at the always awesome Books and Books at 8:00 PM (265 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables, FL, 33134). For more info, check out the newly pimped out: dangoldman.net.

Shooting War’s trailer (animated by our friends at Grand Theft Country, and directed by Shooting War author Anthony Lappé) caps the holiday special for The Listening Post, a media show hosted by former ABC News correspondent Richard Gizbert on Al Jazeera English:

Watch it on Anthony’s blog here.

Special thanks to everyone who helped pack the house at Anthony’s event at McNally Robinson in NYC Tuesday night.

Anthony is going to be doing a Q&A with NYU prof and media gadfly Mark Crispin Miller on Tuesday at New York’s coolest independent book store, McNally Robinson at Prince and Mulberry Streets at 7:00 PM.