Clad in star-spangled rags, a mystery man named Sam wanders the streets of an anonymous American city, struggling to remember his true identity and the purpose in his life. But... more
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Uncle Sam - Steve Darnall
Having gloriously portrayed DC's apocalyptic future (Kingdom Come) and Marvel's glorious
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past (Marvels), Alex Ross turned his gaze to an even older American icon and, armed with Steve Darnell's eloquent prose, proceeded to look into its dark heart. The...
Advantages: Thought provoking Disadvantages: Very US centric, Could be misconstrued as patriotic or anti-US, Very complex and wordy
...JFK’s words and twisting history Uncle Sam is a bizarre and thought provoking trip through American history taking in some of the countries most notorious events and putting a new perspective on them. Steve Darnell’s Uncle Sam never quite lets you in on what is happening, the story involves a ragged old man dressed in red and white striped trousers and a battered waistcoat and long jacket. He could be any old tramp, couldn’t he?? ... ...a dumpster. Is it really Uncle Sam or a madman? We get a confusing insight as he has a flashback to an earlier incarnation, Sam and his wife, “this is not my beautiful wife?” and he is about to go off to war with the English redcoats. The story is convoluted and deliberately so, it’s the nature of history after all and to be honest it isn’t the story that makes this book important, it’s the idea behind it. Uncle Sam ...
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Clad in star-spangled rags, a mystery man named Sam wanders the streets of an anonymous American city, struggling to remember his true identity and the purpose in his life. But he's plagued by inner voices and a parade of icons come to life that carry him on a time-travelling journey into the dark heart of America...and hint at his own violent past. Is he Uncle Sam -- or one of U.S.? Nominated for an Eisner Award, this moving tale of a down-and-out icon is filled with the passionate and striking imagery readers have come to expect from Alex Ross, the award-winning artist of Kingdom Come and Marvels.
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