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Cargando... Uncle Sam (1997)por Steve Darnall, Alex Ross (Ilustrador)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. 723 The three star review is solely based on Alex Ross where as Steve Darnall's writing deserves a two. Uncle Sam seems to be a washed up, has-been, liberal who embodies more the hippie movement than the American ideal. A symbol of the United States should never be used for ones political gain unless if it's for propaganda. I like how Darnell reminded people of the United States treatment towards slavery, Native American genocide, and poverty but it fell short when it was clear the writer wanted to use Uncle Sam to attack Republican politicians for corruption and lying (as if the Democrats never do anything like that). Also Marianne is treated like she was irrelevant after Napoleon and never to be seen or heard from again, don't tell Darnell that she is still very much alive in the French Republic. So if a writer wants to anything using national personification they should avoid party politics and go on a independent slant. Liberals nor conservatives own Uncle Sam and if he were real he'd be pointing faults at all parties not cherry-pick them. Read this back when it came out in 1998. A surreal, hallucinatory trip through the historical, emotional, and philosophical landscape of America as seen through the eyes of the Eisner-created DC Comics character Uncle Sam. Recommended reading for anyone unafraid of a little introspection on a national level. A disturbingly honest history of the United States', faults, follies, and all, as told by and through Eisner's World War II superhero Uncle Sam. The best writing comes near the end: "I tried my best to make people take pride in facing their problems. You're telling them to take pride in ignoring them. ... You're the spirit of a nation, all right. But it's not America." sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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Written by Steve Darnall and Alex Ross Art and cover by Alex Ross "The most eloquent use of a super-human archetype for a great many years, Darnall and Ross have with UNCLE SAM produced a luminous and moving study of America's iconographic landscape . . ." - Alan Moore Alex Ross illustrates a vibrant, hallucinatory tour of modern America as seen through the eyes of a homeless man who may be the living spirit of America in this new hardcover edition of a Vertigo classic. With dynamic painted art by Alex Ross, UNCLE SAM is the story of a star-spangled vagrant clad in red, white and blue, guided by the voices in his head and his own fractured memories. Absorbed by history-traveling visions of America's dark past, Uncle Sam struggles to piece together the scattered clues of his own experiences in this deep and thoughtful look at America's checkered past. Advance-solicited; on sale June 10 - 7.0625" x 10.875", FC, 128 pg, $19.99 US Mature Readers No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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