DRAFTED #9
Felix Vasquez Jr.

 

It's not a good time to be a human.

After issue 8, Audrey was lost in battle, the rebels kidnapped a bunch of priests, and the team are now doubting themselves, but all just doesn't seem right in the movement. As the single vessel has managed to take down Earth's forces, the call to arms have become so anxious that the entire alien military are recruiting every single person on Earth. Old, crippled, young, what have you, they're calling on everyone to defend their Earth.

But things are still seeming very familiar and shifty as writer Mark Powers continues introducing a conflict and then suddenly asking us to question as the humans aren't. Why didn't they get to see Audrey die? Why is everyone being called to battle when they were told the recruits stood a fighting chance? Why did Hannibal lie to everyone? And why have the reconnaissance unit been sent in to a veritable war zone of vessels who were perfectly aware of their presence?

Most of all, why has Audrey appeared on a dissection table to be poked and prodded? The themes of political corruption continue on with thick overtones of manipulation, propaganda and a firm stance on the issue of war and defending your home turf. Even if you're being obviously scared in to fighting for your world, does it make you a coward if you choose not to fight?
 

Most importantly, can you even trust the people who originally persuaded you to fight when you've only been handed half the story? Whether there's a traitor among the humans or the recruiters, the clues are adding up to possibly split man kind down the middle and fight for a cause that may not even exist.

If it does exist, it's likely within their ranks. I have a big feeling as to what may be occurring and it's an interesting glance at politics as a whole whether it concerns humanity, or otherworldly beings. To brainwash and horrify beings at risk of being destroyed and then suddenly have them question the authority, it will lead to potential anarchy where everyone on the ships will look to their neighbors with a second glance. The last panel in the issue is a foreshadowing of things to come and things that may come if the humans don't stop to think about what's happening. Is this "war" all one big song and dance, or are the humans being trained to destroy their potential saviors?

"Drafted" is still leaving the doors open for social undertones and hints of hidden prejudice and xenophobia, while also commenting our distinct lack of common sense when war applies. Why don't we question anymore? Why do we just take up arms? All the while, Powers sets us up with layers of side-plots and characterization that imply that the biggest battle has yet to be fought. With Rebekah Isaacs' wonderful art at hand, "Drafted" is just getting better and better.
 

 

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