from the back cover:
A village in northern Senegal, 1983.  A lonely World War One
veteran tells the story of his wartime experience to a university
researcher.
One question challenges him to find the value in a self-defining
and enduring statement...  One Thousand Words.
 
 The first volume in the series "Force Noire", stories inspired by the story and history of the tirailleurs senegalais (Senegalese riflemen- colonial conscripts from French West Africa), before, during and after World War One.
40 pages in rich colour on quality paper! 
cover is #80 gloss cover stock, interior is #24 matte
8.5X11, saddle-stitched.
Mild battlefield violence on two pages, no explicit language.
 
Story and art by Warren D M Reed