American Flagg HC... FINALLY!

[Schmakt]

Did anyone else get this? I ordered it when it was first announced for freaking ever ago... finally showed up at my door today. I got the signed edition, and everything looks great. I'm saving the re-reading for tonight before bedtime, but boy howdy, I'm stoked to read this again... and a new Flagg story too! Very cool

[CJ]

American Flagg

Jon Sable

Badger

Nexus

some great reads if none has evr tried them.

 

Did not know about the FLAGG HC or it being Signed.

I may have to get that

[helionaut]

How big is it? IIRC, the original solicitation was for #1-12, but if they made it an omnibus with the 24 or 25 Chaykin-drawn issues that's a must have, even though I still have my original copies. Flagg was super-sweet, and so far ahead of its time they could make an HBO series out of it today, taken directly from the comic, without changing a thing, and it'd still be ahead of its time.

 

Nexus also was very good, awesome at times. I think it really hit its stride around #7, and then up through the thirties it was so much fun and so creative. Something went wrong, at least for me, around #40 and I stopped reading. But I still fear the Black Pencil.

[Schmakt]

It's actually 1-14 + Hard Times + the new 10-page Chaykin story + an intro by Michael Chabon. I'm off to start reading now. Thank God it's Friday.

 

EDIT: I read some Nexus stuff, but not a lot... the thing I remember most clearly is Magnus/Nexus... none of it really stuck with me that much. Is there a "got-to-have-it" Nexus story that I should be checking out?

[CJ]

It's actually 1-14 + Hard Times + the new 10-page Chaykin story + an intro by Michael Chabon. I'm off to start reading now. Thank God it's Friday.

 

EDIT: I read some Nexus stuff, but not a lot... the thing I remember most clearly is Magnus/Nexus... none of it really stuck with me that much. Is there a "got-to-have-it" Nexus story that I should be checking out?

 

Baron / Rude Nexus was just always fun reads for me.

Badger is just a NUT JOB

[Rommin]

American Flagg

Jon Sable

Badger

Nexus

some great reads if none has evr tried them.

 

 

 

Here here!

[Pirate]

mine will be here this thursday.

[MedicAR]

Dang...I've got to find one of these! I love American Flagg back in the day.....

[Nexus]

Look forward to picking up my copy this week.

 

I'll second what CJ said-- AF, NEXUS, JON SABLE, BADGER were all great reads in their prime. And each faded eventually. I think each creator burned out from First's rigid monthly schedule. The monthly schedule is a double-edged sword...on one hand, you keep readers engaged. On the other, you risk burning out your creators. In retrospect, I think Dark Horse's format for HELLBOY (as a series of mini-series) would have worked better for these guys.

[rob_react]

I never thought I'd see the day.

[helionaut]

It's tough to describe Nexus in terms of a must-read story arc because the whole series, at least the part I read, was very organically grown and character driven. I think my favorite span was the teens through the late twenties, when it felt like they really were clicking on all cylinders. The background of Nexus being a reluctant assassin was new, or felt new to me, at the time. His origin, being given his powers by the mysterious Merk, was a good subplot for the first couple years. The big reveal came in #19, which took me literally years to find. In each issue you could see Baron and Rude having a lot of fun coming up with quirky characters, creative villains, and funky sci-fi tech that rank up along with Ellis and Morrison today. Gotta reread those eventually. Maybe if I can snag the Archives volumes cheaply.

[kingofwhales]

I saw the american flagg book at comic-con but i already have all the comics and these hard covers each signed and numbered limited editions plus a signed poster that i got from Bud Plant years ago.

I`m still kinda thinking about getting it though since its got a new story,but maybe if i wait i can get it cheaper.

 

 

[Schmakt]

wow... those books and that poster are sweet...

 

Is that a, uhm, cat between her legs?

[MedicAR]

I saw the american flagg book at comic-con but i already have all the comics and these hard covers each signed and numbered limited editions plus a signed poster that i got from Bud Plant years ago.

I`m still kinda thinking about getting it though since its got a new story,but maybe if i wait i can get it cheaper.

 

 

My thinking exactly! (thumbs u

 

 

Well, that and I'm broke......

[kingofwhales]