Bad Company #11

Bad Company #11 was published as part of the science fiction comic anthology 2000 AD, appearing during the late 1980s. The series, written by Peter Milligan and illustrated primarily by Brett Ewins and Jim McCarthy, centers on a group of human soldiers fighting a brutal, unwinnable war against the alien Krool on the planet Ararat. This issue represents a chapter in a narrative defined by its grim, anti-war sentiment and its exploration of the psychological toll on soldiers forced into conflict in an increasingly surreal and hostile environment.

The series is widely regarded for its departure from traditional gung-ho military tropes, favoring a hallucinatory, dark aesthetic that reflected the creative sensibilities of its contributors. Ewins and McCarthy utilized a distinct visual language characterized by jagged lines and unsettling creature designs, which grounded the series in a sense of claustrophobia and decay. Over the years, the run has been recognized as a pivotal work in British comics, celebrated for its cynical tone and its refusal to offer conventional heroic resolutions to the trauma depicted on the page.