(W) Brian Wood (A) Riccardo Burchielli, Brian Wood (CA) Brian Wood. Written by Brian Wood Art by Wood & Riccardo Burchielli Cover by Wood From indie comics icon Brian Wood (Demo* Channel Zero* GLOBAL FREQUENCY) and up-and-coming Italian artist Riccardo Burchielli (John Doe) comes the first volume of DMZ* collecting the first 5 issues of the series about the ultimate embedded war journalist trapped in a most unlikely war zone: the streets of New York City. In the near future* America's worst nightmare has come true. With military adventurism overseas bogging down the Army and National Guard* the U.S. government mistakenly neglects the very real threat of anti-establishment militias scattered across the 50 states. Like a sleeping giant* Middle America rises up and violently pushes its way to the shining seas* coming to a standstill at the line in the sand Manhattan or* as the world now knows it* the DMZ. Matty Roth* a na ve young man and aspiring photojournalist* lands a dream gig following a veteran war journalist into the heart of the DMZ. Things soon go terribly wrong* and Matty finds himself lost and alone in a world he's only seen on television. There* he is faced with a choice: try to find a way off the island* or make his career with an assignment most journalists would kill for. But can he survive in a war zone long enough to report the truth?