USA/Canada War Comic Turned Into Bestseller Amid Rising Political Tensions

In 2015, superstar creators Brian K. Vaughan (Y the Last Man, Saga) and Steve Skroce (Wolverine, Cable, storyboard artist for The Matrix) released the miniseries, We Stand On Guard, about the United States invading Canada in the year 2112, and the resistance movement in Canada over the next decade plus against the invaders from the South.

With recent political tensions between Canada and the United States on edge with President Trump threatening to place a 25% tariff on Canadian imports to the United States, the sales of the nearly-decade-old miniseries have skyrocketed, with the trade collection of the series selling more copies in the last week than it did in the past year combined.

What was We Stand on Guard about?

As We Stand on Guard opened, it was the year 2112, and the President of the United States is assassinated, and the attack is blamed on Canada, and the United States attacks Canada in a series of drone attacks. The United States then invades Canada, and takes control of the country. The United States has a dramatic advantage in technology, so the Canadian citizens are heavily outgunned.

However, some of the Canadian citizens still fight back, and we follow one young woman, Amber Roos, as she barely survives the initial attack by the United States (although her parents are killed), and then loses her older brother, as well, before she finally joins the resistance group, "Two-Four," that works as a guerrilla "freedom fighter" army against the occupying forces of the United States, including the mysterious head of American inquisitors known only as "Ma'am."

What does Brian K. Vaughan have to say about the series today?

Image has newly released a preview of the series, showing the Roos family follow the news of the assassination of the United States President, as well as the beginning of the U.S. attack on Canada, where Amber's parents are killed in a missile explosion.

Image quoted Brian K. Vaughan about the newly found success of the series, "Many of my proudest collaborations have been with Canadian creators, and it was a particular thrill to finally work with legendary artist Steve Skroce. So I’m grateful that readers have been revisiting our nightmarish war story, which we hope remains fiction."

We Stand On Guard remains on sale now.

Source: Image