Crisp, fast, fun. ( )

Jim Butcher's Dresden Files: War Cry is a five-issue graphic novel set in the Dresden Files universe. The story takes place during the war between the Red Court vampires and the White Council. Harry and his team of wardens are sent to protect a group of scholars, but there is more going on than the White Council has divulged. In the story, we see Harry‘s half brother, Thomas Raith, again. ( )

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A swell Dresden romp with lots and lots of action. Not all the characters are drawn the way I wanted (I never imagined Thomas so muscle-bound), but the artists did a great job portraying the action, which, as noted, was most of the book. I liked this story a lot more than the last Dresden comic I read. ( )

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It almost feels like a bottle episode in that it's very limited in scope, but the action and explosions certainly would have cost a fair penny. There's something underhanded going on, an attack by hundreds of red court vampires, and Dresden coming into his role as a mentor warden. It's pretty good.



It's funny because things break down around Wizards. I wonder why they don't have a better way than running? Nice to see Yoki Yoshimo. We haven't seen her since Dead Beat and in the main series, nothing other than a comment in White Night as Dresden tries to trace down the history of the Swords[^king].



It's greatly amusing to me how stuck old creatures can get in their ways.

Finally, fairly major spoilers to the plot:

It's fascinating to see an actual shoggoth in the series for what I think is the first time. We've had increasingly many hints about Outsiders and truly alien beings, but is this the first time chronologically that we've seen something quite like this? It's pretty crazy.

[^king]: As a random aside, it's interesting how big a deal is made of the Swords go to someone descended from a King. Basically everyone is. Is Everyone a Descendant of Royalty? ( )