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American Flagg's Retrofuture Still Ahead Of Its Time

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BadUncle
07/06/09

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The idea that political economy falls to city-state shopping malls ("Plexmalls") is also timelessly hilarious. Plus guns sounds lettered like "Poppa-ooo-mao-mao."
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jccalhoun
07/06/09

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I wasn't all that crazy about the actual storyline of American Flagg. However, the art was awesome. Remember that all this was before photoshop so when he did "cut and paste" he really did cut and paste the art.

Sadly, Chaykin hasn't really done anything great in recent years.
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goldfarb
07/06/09

@jccalhoun: agreed, Chaykin was really one of the first to use heavy graphic design sensibilities in his art - esp. the backgrounds, often using a sound effect covering the entire background of the panel (smart and cheap :) ) or really interesting patterns...
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BullfightsOnAcid
07/06/09

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As a young boy I only read superhero comics from the Big 2 but somebody recommended American Flagg from First Comics to me. It completely changed my world. I had never read anything so sexy and smart. It was so layered that I would reread an issue and see several things that I hadn't noticed before. At a comic convention once I asked Howard Chaykin if he would ever return to American Flagg. He made a face like he is asked that question all the time (which I'm sure he is) and he basically said no. I know it would be almost impossible to capture lightning in a bottle once again but I'd like to see him try again.
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Perhaps Not
07/06/09

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Are they reprinting the Alan Moore issues?
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Plague
07/06/09

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Agreed.
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