At last, the acclaimed series from Don Lomax, nominated for a Harvey Award, is collected and presented as a series of graphic novels collecting the entire publication run. The four issues contained in this volume were originally published by Apple Comics (#5-#8) and issue 8 and 9 have never been reprinted before so this volume is a chance for long time fans to finally get the whole saga of "The Iron Triangle" in its entirety. Vietnam Journal is a look at the Vietnam War through the eyes of a war journalist, Scott 'Journal' Neithammer, as he chronicles the lives and events of soldiers on the front line during the Vietnam War. Picked by Entertainment Weekly as "a graphic novel you should own" and recommended by the Military History Book Club, Vietnam Journal is written and drawn by Don Lomax, a Vietnam War veteran. Some of the Reviews regarding the original series: "Even today, VIETNAM JOURNAL is one of the most gritty and brutally honest war stories ever published." - Brian Cronin, Comic Book Resources. "Vietnam Journal by Don Lomax is the best comic book portrayal of Vietnam I have ever read. Its probably one of the best works ever put down in any art form about the war." - Daniel Robert Epstein. "Vietnam Journal is a powerful work." - Marcia Allass, Sequential Tart. "A powerful collection of stories and history of the Vietnam War, created by a veteran of both the war and of war comics " - Douglas P. Dave, School Library Journal.
Author Biography
Don Lomax is an American comic book artist. He studied art and communication at the Adelphi University. In the early 1980s, he published comic stories in magazines like Cavalier and Hustler Humor. He contributed to Anything Goes! by Fantagraphics and drew for Pacific Comics' Twisted Tales. For First Comics, he worked on titles like 'American Flagg', 'Starslayer' (inks) and 'The Black Flame'. A Vietnam vet, Lomax is the author of the highly praised comic book series 'Vietnam Journal', published in 16 issues by Apple between 1987 and 1991. It was followed by 'High Shining Brass', collecting the stories told to Lomax by Robert Durand. In the 1990s he wrote scripts for Marvel's 'The 'Nam' and did inks on 'Sleepwalker'.
