EXTRACTS: The Art of Commando (illustrators special) © 2019 The Book Palace (144 PAGES in Full edition)

4 black and white interiors and a full colour illustrated wrap-around cover. Covers depict a range of different wars and battles, from Royal Marine Commandos storming Gold Beach during Operation Aubery, to a solo Spitfire being shot at by German guns, swooping and speeding through the sky. There’s something about the subject matter that readers have always held dear – Commando ’s stories are all about the people. War’s enduring emotion is comradeship. A friend you can trust with anything – including your life. A bond that can only be broken by death. For those who will never experience it first-hand (19% of our readers have a military background), a comic like Commando offers insight into this world. War is a genre that never seems to lose appeal. Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk made over $520mworldwide at the box office, and videogame franchise Call of Duty has sold over 284 million games. Commando has more digital readers and subscribers than ever before showing that there is consistent appetite for content and artwork that dives into the intense, thrilling and disturbing world of war. It’s perhaps why BELOW Content Editor Kate McAuliffe and Design Editor Leon Strachan checking over the latest issue of Commando. FACING PAGE TOP: Ian Kennedy's cover art for Commando 's first large format, full-colour graphic novel—more are in the works! FACING PAGE BOTTOM: Gordon Tait, Commando's Editor.