Comments on: *American Flagg! — Recommended

By: THE CORRIDOR; A Creepy Little Horror Film and its' Writer Who Never Gave Up | Optimum Wound

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 15:05:20 +0000

[...] Hunter S. Thompson and to Lester Bangs over the years! Off the top of my head, you introduced me to Howard Chaykin’s American Flagg, to novels by Jim Thompson, James Ellroy, Andrew Vachss; you were the first one to send me movies [...]

By: Die Hard: Year One REVIEW | Captain Blue Hen Comics & Entertainment

Die Hard: Year One REVIEW | Captain Blue Hen Comics & Entertainment — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:06:00 +0000

[...] have long admired the work of writer/artist Howard Chaykin but I haven’t liked everything. AMERICAN FLAGG! (First Comics) was ground-breaking. I did enjoy SWORD OF SOLOMON KANE (Marvel) but it failed to [...]

By: Fleen: Enjoy Our Semi-Abusive Opinion Mongering » New WebomicsÃ¢â€žÂ¢ (Abridged Title)

Wed, 27 May 2009 17:30:21 +0000

[...] Douglas Adams wrote. I’m picking up overtone vibes of Snow Crash and Howard Chaykin’s American Flagg!; just check out the sequence where our hero has to decide whether to order the Very Large Coffee [...]

By: Johanna

Johanna — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:27:58 +0000

It looks to me like those criticizing it are only doing so after page-to-page comparisons with the originals, complaining about background color changes and such. The point of the book is that plenty of people don't have the originals available to do that kind of comparison. Their criticisms might be valid, but I don't find them significant to most readers. I liked the guy in that thread who said, "Does not feel like a shoddy production to me but I know some of you guys are super-fusspots."

By: Not so fast

Not so fast — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:51:09 +0000

The quality of reproduction has been harshly critiziced:

http://marvelmasterworksfansite.yuku.com/reply/163487/t/American-Flagg.html#reply-163487

By: Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Jan. 23, 2009: The $65 question

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:49:39 +0000

[...] [Review] American Flagg! Vol. 1 Link: Johanna Draper Carlson [...]

By: James Schee

James Schee — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:11:36 +0000

I saw the softcover of this at a shop that I’d stumbled into a few weeks ago. I had ordered this WAY back when it was first listed, but canceled the order midway through the 4 years.:)

I may go look for the softcover to srt f give it a try.

Didn’t he use a similiar looking lead character in a miniseries called Power & Glory as well?

By: Johanna

Johanna — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:34:32 +0000

Supposedly, a shorter, softcover version came out at the end of December, but I can't find it on Amazon, and the Dynamic Forces site lists it as "Available Soon".

By: Guy Smiley

Guy Smiley — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:57:00 +0000

Mmm, yes, Flagg. I still have the oversize trades First published back in the day, three slender volumes of, I think, the first 12 issues. If they ever softcover this at a less daunting price point, I’ll consider picking it up for the added material and color quality.

Such a great piece of work, this series, and it holds up so well …