Katusha Book Two: The Shaking of the Earth has topped PanelsOnPages’ “Independent Feature Best of 2015” list. The comics and pop culture website raved:
Wayne Vansant’s Katusha trilogy is such an excellent look at World War II and those it affected, both on the front lines and well behind them. The first volume is also well worth the purchase, but wasn’t included here simply because Book Two is where this trilogy really took off. Book Three is expected any moment now and would be a great time to pick these up if you’re interested in a less sensationalized but still very detailed, riveting look at a landmark time in World history.
PoP! previously reviewed the first two volumes of Wayne Vansant’s Katusha Girl Soldier of the Great Patriotic War trilogy when the books were released on the #1 digital comics platform, Comixology, writing:
Another thing [Writer and Illustrator Wayne] Vansant is so great at is showing the horrors of war without being overly graphic. So many other comics, from other Submit titles all the way up the food chain, prefer to let it all hang out. As in, guts. Many creators and editors, be it for realism or sensationalism, love to show violence and gore in their books to the point it desensitizes readers and just makes them not care about whatever story may be buried under so many miles of exposed arteries. When the New 52 started, there was blood and dismemberments everywhere! Katusha Book Two: The Shaking of the Earth is a shining example of less is more. Vansant shows some of the effects of war, for sure. In a book like this, there’s not much choice. However, Vansant shows just enough of the effects to get the point across. In addition, he also uses the characters’ dialogue and captions to tell the reader how long-lasting those effects were in brilliant style.