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Title: Uncle Sam by Steve Darnall ISBN: 1563894823 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: May, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.46
Rating: 5
Summary: Stars and stripes forever
Comment: "Uncle Sam" rightfully takes its place next to "V for Vendetta," "Maus" and "I Saw It." It is a rare achievement in comics, for a major company to put forth a book that has something to say on a subject other than comics.
Speaking with a remarkable eloquence, "Uncle Sam" speaks of symbols and countries, and what it means to be patriotic, and to have faith in a symbol. The message is not an easy one to decipher, which is proper considering the complexity of the issue. There are layers here.
The art is, of course, incredible, as one comes to expect from Alex Ross. He has really outdone himself, and this is obviously a labor of love that goes above and beyond his fanboy's love of comics. He uses a variety of artistic influences and imagery. Like the storyline itself, a deeper knowledge of American art history aids the appreciation.
This book combines everything that is unique and relevant about the medium of comics. Words and pictures together, telling a story in a way impossible to either alone.
Rating: 5
Summary: Shards of Americana
Comment: One of my absolute favorite works of literature. If you read comic books you will love this book. If you have an interest in history you will either love this book or it will make you seethe in anger. It's simply the story of patriotism, after I read this book I first was floored, secondly I nearly cried in the patriotic upheaval behind it, Third I felt this great optimism about the future of America. Mistakes were made, the textbooks deny it so it must be so. But they also tell of progress. Uncle Sam gives a perfect depiction of this; our greatest promises have been betrayed, but our greatest promises have been kept and will continue to be kept.
Rating: 5
Summary: American Dream?......
Comment: This book is incredible...... From the very beggining, where you wonder if the old nut really can be Uncle Sam, with his constant flashbacks and presidential quips, to his struggle with the image of what he has become at the end of the story, this book tells a tale that should not be ignored......
However, it is Sam's final struggle with what he has become that touches me the most. The symbol and spirit of freedom in America faces what he has become- a symbol of corporate payola..
Read this book, I urge you. It's far better than most of the junk that DC churn out these days, and better than 'The Dark Knight Returns', their best publication ever.... People might say that you cant really compare the Batman to Uncle Sam, but then you are ignorant to what Uncle Sam is, a superhero in his own right, giving hope and freedom to Americans.........
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Title: Marvels by Kurt Busiek, Alex Ross ISBN: 0785100490 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Watchmen by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons ISBN: 0930289234 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: April, 1995 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: V for Vendetta by Alan Moore, David Lloyd ISBN: 0930289528 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: April, 1995 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Kingdom Come (Graphic Novel) by Mark Waid, Alex Ross ISBN: 1563893304 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: February, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 by Alan Moore ISBN: 1563898586 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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