Webcomic about narrative-formation with respect to war?

January 28, 2023 6:54 PM

I remember reading a poignant web comic a few years ago — possibly related to Sept. 11 and/or the Iraq War, but also possibly going back in history — about how we spin chaotic and incomprehensible events into narratives over time. Anyone happen to know what I'm referring to based on this brief description? Thanks!
posted by archagon to Media & Arts (3 answers total)

Possibly In the Shadow of No Towers by Art Spiegelman? It gets into the political uses to which the attacks were put.

Maybe something from Nate Powell? Any Empire is about militarism in the American national narrative, though not explicitly about 9/11.
posted by Wretch729 at 7:22 PM on January 28, 2023

Response by poster: I don't think it was either of those. It was hosted on a (pretty long) webpage, and wasn't book length.
posted by archagon at 7:30 PM on January 28, 2023

Best answer: Ah, I think it was this one by Mike Dawson: https://thenib.com/greatest-generation-interesting-times/

"The war was something made sense of after the fact."

I might have been conflating some bits with another one of his comic essays: https://thenib.com/the-good-war/

Or possibly this one by Nate Powell: https://popula.com/2019/02/24/about-face/
posted by archagon at 10:16 PM on January 28, 2023 [6 favorites]